What streaming services need to do now to save our music ecosystem

AI-generated slop is polluting digital streaming platforms. It's time to clean up and to ensure creators have the 4Cs (consent, control, credit, compensation).

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I 💯 support

Ed Newton-Rex

’s recommendations on how to make our music ecosystem work better with AI and streaming services.

🎶 Music listeners deserve transparency, and musical artists deserve Consent (including Control), Credit, and Compensation ¹ for their works.

See his article published today in MusicBusinessWorldwide:

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/its-time-for-streaming-services-to-act-on-ai-music/

“Up until now, there was some doubt whether Udio and Suno were doing what these artists were worried about: training on their music. That doubt is now gone. … Musicians’ royalties are being diluted by products that are built using their work against their wishes. And DSPs are facilitating this.”

1. Credit for the 4Cs (consent, control, credit, compensation) phrasing goes to the Algorithmic Justice League (led by

Dr. Joy Buolamwini

).

Credit for the original 3Cs (consent, credit, and compensation) belongs to CIPRI (Cultural Intellectual Property Rights Initiative) for their “3Cs' Rule: Consent. Credit. Compensation© 2017.”