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Everything Made By an AI Is In the Public Domain
(doctorow.medium.com)
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This is going to get dicey.
If I ask ChatGPT for a chord progression, and it says "Use the ii V I resolution in C"
And I now play ||: Dm Dm G7 C :||
Then I sing some heartfelt lyrics and add a drum beat and a bass line...
Did an AI write the song?
Well what if I asked it for the lyrics?
Lyrics but not the chords?
What if an AI is doing my mastering in my DAW?
Ii-V-I is already not eligible for copyright. That's why a million contrafacts exist.
Lyrics, maybe. Lyrics are really the most copyrightable part of a song. Then melody after that.
Chord progressions are barely protectable, usually only in combination with a melody and lyrics.
Stop making so much sense. The AI "creators" are already really, really, really confused.