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The Supreme Court Said AI Music Is Legal — So Why Are Artists Still Losing?

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Our AI and music comment section has officially become a war zone, so today we're doing something different: the AI music comment hot seat. In this video, I pull the wildest questions, accusations, and arguments you've left us—Suno stealing music, whether AI users are actually artists, copyright royalties, and whether the music industry is just scared—and answer each one in 60 seconds. Stick around to the end for the hardest comment of all, where I'll need your help deciding if there's a clean answer.

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Welcome to the AI Music Comment Hot Seat
0:44 - Good AI Borrows, Great AI Steals
1:45 - Why AI Training Isn't Like Human Learning
3:25 - The "Only 12 Notes" Argument
5:10 - Is It All About Money?
6:32 - AI Songs & Ghost Town Platforms
7:43 - AI as a Level Playing Field
8:37 - Writing Lyrics & Using AI for Music
10:01 - Who Actually Owns Your Song? (Protect What You've Made)
11:22 - AI Disclosure Requirements Coming?
12:05 - User Responsibility with AI Outputs
13:55 - Suno Replicating Your Lyrics & Sound
14:31 - Suno Terms of Service: Ownership vs License
15:27 - "You Don't Own the Copyright" Debate
16:31 - Is Suno Actually Copying Existing Songs?
17:29 - Art Is Not Dead: Your Unique Edge
17:56 - The Final Hot Seat: Collaboration or Replacement?
19:29 - Can You Prove It's Yours?
20:37 - Protect What You've Made Workshop

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20 Comments

@BibleinContext-dw5cl 1 month ago

Mark my words: The music industry and especially the streaming platforms that are coming down hard on AI music now, in 5 years from now, they will regret it deeply that they did. They called something a monster that wasn’t one, but by then it will be too late, because streaming competitors will have come on the scene that welcome quality AI music with open arms and will snatch the music market away. AI music is never going to go away. It will just become better. These streaming platforms (especially SPOTIFY) have become the enemy of AI music artists, and will not be able to win them back when they see the listener marked has moved on...

@therisingshineproject 1 month ago

Copyrights have always been legally enforceable, and still are! If you can demonstrate that someone "copied" your song, you will win the lawsuit. If you can't, you won't! I write ALL of my lyrics, I give very detailed arrangement and production instructions, I edit, I provide melody guidance through recording or uploading my previous recordings, I sometimes play guitar in to provide that guidance as well. My songs are more original and I have more artistic input than most recording artists, who buy their songs and just sing them, while skilled studio players actually create the music.

@Toks-u9s 1 month ago (edited)

7:24
Consumers don't want to generate music from scratch.They want to consume music that is already available to them on a platter.

Prompting a song from scratch takes close to 50 seconds, but searching for a song that is already available takes far less than that, especially if it is a song you're familiar with.

How long do you think a consumer will wait during those fifty seconds before each song gets completely generated?

Prompting a song from scratch will be much overbearing to the average consumers than searching for what is already available.

An algorithm can recomend an existing playlist to you in less than a second, compared to rge generation of a song you may not even like.

If you are generating a song from scratch, The person whos got the playlist ready is already playing the music even before you get a chance to hear the AI generated song.

And even though the person doesnt like the discovered playlist, theyre tons of playlists and ready made songs to skip and dig through, unlike an AI generated song that takes a minute to finish.

People cannot be that patient with their short attention spans.

Their attention SPANS arent worth the AI SPAM. It has its end of life.

AI music wont get them to survive while living in their short attention spans.

@manb4war 1 month ago (edited)

Music industry uproars happen with every technological shift, just like during the Napster and digital download era when record companies panicked instead of pivoting. Now, AI-driven music creation is the new target.
As a hobbyist who loves making music without aiming to monetize it, I use Suno to finish the dozens of rough Ableton and Maschine demos I never completed. After uploading a track, Suno analyzes it and produces a fully realized song close to my vision—it feels like having Quincy Jones as a personal producer. For the past few months, I’ve been jamming to my own co-written music in my car, complete with professional mixing and vocals. While not perfect, it has made my music hobby incredibly fun and fulfilling.

@thekenzternet 1 month ago

i upload old songs of mine (that could mostly still be found online), have Suno cover them, take the stems, COLLABORATE with the cover, then, perform live as if i were the lead singer of an invisible band named “Kenny & The Narrativez”.. i think there should be a “hybrid” tag. i don’t have a problem crediting AI, but, i don’t want that tag to devalue or overshadow the fact that it all originally came from me.

@furrycheetah 1 month ago

The problem of Artificial intelligence technology is that it accumulate more info about the human capabilities of decision making in real life and also analysis the human environment on earth before making it's final decision or conclusion of what to do next.
That is very dangerous about it.

@Mestizo_Kid361 1 month ago

I also collaborate with real artists with the lyrics I write. Suno is used like a tool for two things, my demos and my two, my stories. I write too much. And have hundreds of poems and songs I wrote over the years and now I ghost write for music artist and I help them to record it. But even my demos and samples were made offers but I have no idea what to do with that. My main dream is to be a writer and storyteller and poet. That I can make a living off of and be happy and content.

@davidreal1825 1 month ago

People have been copying other people for centuries. If you can prove your work was copied, you win; if you can’t, you lose. Copying really becomes an issue when there’s a financial incentive behind it. When there’s no profit involved, it’s usually not as serious. Sad to say, I don’t think truly original music will be as common in the next few decades. But I think that will create an even bigger demand for live performances and real human talent. At the same time, people will be drawn to music that can instantly match whatever they imagine or want to hear.

@RustysTuneProject 1 month ago (edited)

"Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief; All kill their inspiration and sing about thier grief." Bono..

@kevindunkley6974 1 month ago

Father Remember anyone behind these ais who is inside of my phone stealing my music right now

@Hishumbleservant1712 1 month ago

I find it interesting listening to most pop and country songs that are in the same key, similar melody, and people are complaining about AI doing the same thing? I just find it an interesting topic.

@mischievousmiracles4350 1 month ago

Can you tell us more about how you turned your Christmas album into branded client gifts?

@petepuma-e7f 1 month ago

Bottom line once all the protection is in place... How does one get paid for their song????

@EddBanshee 1 month ago

Tell me something. Exactly how many singers/bands write their own lyrics for every song? Exactly how many singers/bands write their own music for every song? I mean I write my own lyrics for my songs and I of course write my own rants 100% of the time. But I'm a freak that's been writing song in my head, since I was eight! I just use Suno as the middleman between me and whoever wants to listen, because I haven't been able to verbally say whatever I want, whenever I want. Since I was hit by a speeding van, a few seconds after I got my throat slit, saving a friend from a group of punks.

@MoneyMagnet-m2t 1 month ago

Maybe if everyone quit downloading songs and using Suno, they will all get what they deserve.

@RidayShak-i9s 1 month ago

Very helpful ❤

@theonlyairconditioner 1 month ago

Does Fender own the copyright to any song written/played with their guitars?

@scruffyalice-ff5pz 1 month ago

Here is an example. Frankenstien, a non human, made by a human. Villagers uproar against what they don't understand?

@OfficialZaireNoir 1 month ago

This is so random, but I love your hats Lol. I think they make you so much more relatable as a real person. It's takes away the salesman feel many other YT influencers have. Please stay down to earth as long as possible. Too many greats got big headed along the way and even though I AM AN AI ARTIST since I use it for production and things like that, I still enjoy your content.