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Mar 2024
33m 49s

AI in Music: Whose Voice Is It Anyway?

THE ECONOMIC TIMES
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From production tools to actual music creation, AI is tearing into every segment of the music industry. The latest fad is the scarily accurate regeneration of artists’ voices: from Drake to Kanye West, Michael Jackson to SP Balasubrahmanyam. But the trend has raised excitement and alarm in equal measure. So while AR Rahman has done it the right way in a recent Rajinikanth film: with permissions and proceeds; the music directors recreating SPB’s voice have earned themselves a lawsuit.

Who owns an artist’s regenerated voice?
Should voices be patented? What copyright laws cover such products?

Get all the details in the latest episode of The Morning Brief podcast hosted by Dia Rekhi as she gets you insights from - Ashish Pherwani, EY India Media & Entertainment Leader, ⁠Anshuman Sharma and Aditya Kalway, A Producer-Singer Duo, ⁠Kavitha Deenadayalan, Lawyer, and ⁠Gautam KM, Partner at K Law.

If you like this episode on AI, check out other interesting episodes like AI and Elections: Deep-Faking Democracy, The ABCs of Building AI in India, The Economic Times Conversations with Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI, and more!

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