Subj : Rick Beato
To   : Avon
From : Ogg
Date : Mon May 15 2023 09:09:00

Hello Avon!

 Og>> Beato makes a brief comment on someone's creation of an
 Og>> artifical female singer's voice and that creator's stipulation
 Og>> that the voice is free to use by anyone as long as the creator
 Og>> gets 50% of the income.

 A> the trick becomes how does the artist even know their
 A> likeness (in sound terms) is being used?

Yes.. that is tricky. Perhaps the voice could be used by  
cooperations in commercials or new songs ..in which case, then  
the awareness of it would eventually spread and reach the  
"owner's" ears.  Even if it were used in new songs and labelled  
as an AI-voice, then that would be the invitational vector to  
begin investigations.  Dishonest and unscrupulous people might  
be able to get away with commandeering an AI-voice for their  
own uses, but if the matter reaches litigation, they could be  
faced with damages retroactively.


 Og>> Maybe this is just an exploratory fad.  If the fake or AI
 Og>> material is labeled as such, maybe the public will grow
 Og>> tired of it after a while and yearn for real music and
 Og>> real artists.

 A> If what it sounds like sounds artificial then perhaps yes,
 A> but the alarm bells for all is that this stuff sounds very
 A> close to the original artist..

Ah... if it is very close to the original artist, then that  
voice and the material will not be able to hide. The original  
artist's name will be essential on the artificial product for  
successful promotion.  And if that name is part of the product,  
the original artist will eventually find out - and litigations  
will ensue.  Existing laws already exist that other people  
can't arbitarily use anyone else's name on their product  
without permission.  Even using "Fake Drake" or "Drake-AI" tied  
to the audio item is swimming in dangerous waters.

We have rights to our likeness, and that includes what we look  
like and sound like.

When the self-title album KLAATU first came out, the talk was  
that it was a Beatles come-back.  The band intentionally  
avoided the press and public performances for a long time.
"The band elected to include no photos, no individual musician  
credits, and no biographical information in the album package"

The Beatles sound-alike was not intentional, but the Beatles  
masquerade was started by a journalist in the UK and "not  
denied" by the record company in the US.


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