2023-04-19 19:24 UTC
"YouTube only continues to exist because of a delicate dance that keeps rightsholders happy and the music industry paid, but the future of Google itself is a bet on an expansive interpretation of copyright law that every creative industry from music to movies to news hates and will fight to the death." Absolute banger of a post by Nilay Patel. https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/19/23689879/ai-drake-song-google-youtube-fair-use
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@ryansingel@writing.exchange 2023-04-19 22:10
@andybaio@xoxo.zone What if Drake recorded his own version of that song? Also reminded of this Rock Astley lawsuit https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/27/yung-gravy-sued-by-rick-astley-signature-voice-betty-get-money-never-gonna-give-you-up
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@andrew@xoxo.zone 2023-04-20 00:34
@andybaio@xoxo.zone has Nilay always been this good and I’m only discovering him this week via this & the Substack interview?? I’m gonna have to go find some greatest hits
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@fenwick@mastodon.social 2023-04-20 13:51
@andybaio@xoxo.zone Agreed. Its interesting to see its different business models colliding into each other.