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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a buzzword that\u2019s frequently used by startups and established businesses in the tech industry.<\/p>\nArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a buzzword that\u2019s frequently used by startups and established businesses in the tech industry.<\/p>\n
In some cases, it refers to little more than advanced algorithms, but complex self-learning computer systems with human-like traits are actively being developed as well.<\/p>\n
From a copyright perspective, AI can bring up some interesting questions. For example, can content created by an AI be copyrighted like any other work? Or perhaps AI can infringe copyrights held by others?<\/p>\n
While legal experts scratch their heads over similar questions, the RIAA has already made up its mind about a selection of services claiming to offer AI music extractors and mixers. <\/p>\n
Responding to a request from the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), the music group highlighted several of these sites in its annual overview of \u2018notorious\u2019 piracy markets.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are online services that, purportedly using artificial intelligence (AI), extract, or rather, copy, the vocals, instrumentals, or some portion of the instrumentals from a sound recording, and\/or generate, master or remix a recording to be very similar to or almost as good as reference tracks by selected, well known sound recording artists,\u201d RIAA writes. <\/p>\n
Songmastr is one of the platforms that\u2019s mentioned. The service promises to \u201cmaster\u201d any song based on the style of well-known music artists such as Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Coltrane, Bob Dylan, James Brown and many others. <\/p>\n
The site\u2019s underlying technology is powered by the open-source Matchering 2.0 code, which is freely available on GitHub. And indeed, its purported AI capabilities are prominently in the site\u2019s tagline. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis service uses artificial intelligence and is based on the open source library Matchering. The algorithm masters your track with the same RMS, FR, peak amplitude and stereo width as the reference song you choose,\u201d Songmastr explains. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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<\/center><\/p>\nWhere Artificial Intelligence comes into play isn\u2019t quite clear to us. The same can be said for the Acapella-Extractor and Remove-Vocals websites, which the RIAA lists in the same category. The names of these services are pretty much self-explanatory; they can separate the vocals from the rest of a track.<\/p>\n
The RIAA logically doesn\u2019t want third parties to strip music or vocals from copyrighted tracks, particularly when these derivative works are further shared with others.<\/p>\n
While Songmastr\u2019s service is a bit more advanced, the RIAA sees it as clearly infringing. After all, the original copyrighted tracks are used by the site to create derivative works, without the necessary permission.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo the extent these services, or their partners, are training their AI models using our members\u2019 music, that use is unauthorized and infringes our members\u2019 rights by making unauthorized copies of our members works. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn any event, the files these services disseminate are either unauthorized copies or unauthorized derivative works of our members\u2019 music,\u201d the RIAA\u2019s submission adds. <\/p>\n
Thus far, Songmastr doesn\u2019t appear to be a major threat in terms of traffic. With less than 200 visits per day over the past 12 months, it hasn\u2019t really caught on. Acapella-Extractor and Remove-Vocals are more popular, with a few hundred thousand monthly visits. <\/p>\n
The RIAA is clearly worried about these services. Interestingly, however, the operator of Songmastr and Acapella-Extractor informs us that the music group hasn\u2019t reached out with any complaints. But perhaps they\u2019re still in the pipeline. <\/p>\n
Aside from the emerging AI threats, the RIAA lists various torrent sites, download sites, streamrippers, and bulletproof ISPs in its overview. The popular video app likee.video is also included, as it reportedly failed to obtain proper licenses for the tracks it uses.<\/p>\n
The RIAA\u2019s full list of \u201cnotorious\u201d pirate sites can be found below, and the full report is available here (pdf)<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2014<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Stream-Ripping Sites<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2013 ytmp3.cc Music Download Sites<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2013 newalbumreleases.net BitTorrent Indexing Sites<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2013 thepiratebay.org Cyberlockers<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2013 zippyshare.com Unauthorized Short Form Video Services<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2013 likee.video<\/p>\n AI Based Extractors\/Mixers<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2013 acapella-extractor.com Additional Issues<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2013 Bulletproof ISPS: PRQ, FlokiNET, Frantech Solutions\/BuyVM, DDoS Guard. From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\n
\n\u2013 mp3juices.cc
\n\u2013 flvto.biz and 2conv.com
\n\u2013 y2mate.com (and related sites yt1s.com, yt5s.com, y2meta.com, , and 9convert.com)
\n\u2013 savefrom.net (and related site savef.net)
\n\u2013 ssyoutube.com<\/p>\n
\n\u2013 intmusic.net
\n\u2013 ak47full.com
\n\u2013 songswave.com<\/p>\n
\n\u2013 1337x.to and mirrored at 1337x.is, 1337x.se, 1337x.st, x1337x.ws, x1337x.eu, and x1337x.se)
\n\u2013 rarbg.to<\/p>\n
\n\u2013 dbree.org
\n\u2013 rapidgator.net
\n\u2013 turbobit.net
\n\u2013 onlyfiles.io<\/p>\n
\n\u2013 remove-vocals.com
\n\u2013 songmastr.com<\/p>\n
\n\u2013 Nigerian-Operated Infringing Sites: thenetnaija.net, trendybeatz.com, justnaija.com, 24naijamuzic.com and bazenation.com.<\/p>\n