{"id":1279,"date":"2025-09-25T21:09:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T17:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/what-happens-when-an-ai-generated-artist-gets-a-record-deal-a-copyright-mess\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T21:09:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T17:09:34","slug":"what-happens-when-an-ai-generated-artist-gets-a-record-deal-a-copyright-mess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/what-happens-when-an-ai-generated-artist-gets-a-record-deal-a-copyright-mess\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens when an AI-generated artist gets a record deal? A copyright mess"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two weeks ago, record company Hallwood Media signed a deal with Telisha \u00ab\u00a0Nikki\u00a0\u00bb Jones after negotiations that purportedly included an offer of $3 million, Billboard<\/em> reported<\/a>. Jones is a Mississippi-based lyricist behind the R&B artist \u00ab\u00a0Xania Monet\u00a0\u00bb whose most popular song on Spotify racked up over 1 million listens<\/a>, and whose Reels regularly top 100,000 views on Instagram<\/a> – despite her likeness, vocals, and music being AI-generated.<\/p>\n

Multiple copyright experts speaking with The Verge<\/em> have been quite clear: the law is not at all settled but generally one cannot copyright AI-generated works by themselves without human intervention, but you may \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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