AI Music Copyright

Commenters discuss copyright concerns with AI-generated music, questioning if generated tracks violate copyrights on compositions or recordings, potential YouTube claims, and legal risks of using or distributing them.

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seddin Feb 22, 2019 View on HN

They dont allow it on copyrighted music.

eru Sep 6, 2008 View on HN

Do they have a copyright on their noise?

ranger_danger Aug 27, 2025 View on HN

How are these audio tracks not copyright violations?

voiper1 May 19, 2020 View on HN

Sorry, I tried it on a (typical) copyrighted song.

zatkin Nov 30, 2015 View on HN

What is stopping me from using this to illegally distribute copyrighted music?

briandear Jan 5, 2020 View on HN

How would “others” have the right to release music they didn’t make?

croes May 9, 2023 View on HN

Take a popular song, change the rhythm and timing and wait if you get a copyright claim.

benologist May 29, 2015 View on HN

It's their performance of the music that is copyright, not the music itself.

kroeckx May 1, 2021 View on HN

For music copyright is split in 2 types: composition and recording. The copyright on the composition is probably expired, but on a recording most likely isn't. The automated system most likely claims it's a copy of a copyrighted recording. Since it's a popular piece, it can be hard to tell recordings apart.Note that the composition might also still have a copyright because it's not the original composition but a derived work, but that seems unlikely in this case.

rvense Nov 16, 2015 View on HN

Recordings are copyrighted.I don't think anyone's suggesting that the Winstons own the pattern, just that they deserve more compensation for this particular rendering of it.