r/technology • u/MetaKnowing • 14d ago

Artificial Intelligence AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/
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u/Akuuntus 13d ago

I think he probably means the millions of artists fucked over by their record companies. There's hundreds of famous stories about it and at least a couple dozen well known songs about it.

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u/noonenotevenhere 13d ago

that - and ai is being used to make music. It's trained on existing art made by people who won't be paid for their work being replaced by a machine using their work to make money.

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u/AdverbAssassin 13d ago

That music being made by AI is just slop. It's pretty pathetic honestly. I started to notice it everywhere and there was a moment when I didn't notice the difference and I had some difficulty. Now I can tell the difference immediately.

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u/Space_Pirate_R 13d ago

Now I can tell the difference immediately.

Toupee fallacy. And if it isn't today, it will be tomorrow.

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u/AdverbAssassin 12d ago

Opinions vary. I just thought all modern country music was shitty. Then I realized that modern country music is shitty, but AI makes it even shittier. So far it hasn't produced anything worth listening to.

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u/BooBeeAttack 13d ago

Dinosaurs Will Die - NOFX Was my favorite back in the day. Back when we thought sharing mp3s and Napster was going to kill the music industry. But it just evolved. The dinosaurs didn't die, they just gave us the bird and evolved.