r/Music • u/ebradio • Jul 21 '25

music Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission

https://www.404media.co/spotify-publishes-ai-generated-songs-from-dead-artists-without-permission/
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u/Dead-O_Comics Jul 21 '25

I'm about halfway through my Discover Weekly for this week, so far 3 songs are AI generated.

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u/MD_FunkoMa Jul 21 '25

This is awful. I hate that Spotify and Netflix are all cool with AI being a top priority for their futures.

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u/TFFPrisoner Jul 21 '25

Velvet Sundown and several other "artists" with similar copyright lines are quite prevalent in my Release Radar. I've blocked Velvet Sundown and those other tracks are not playable for me but still take up space in that playlist 🙄

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u/MD_FunkoMa Jul 21 '25

That band got us hooked, link, and sinker.

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u/Ghost51 Concertgoer Jul 21 '25

Shareholder value must go up every quarter or the world will explode

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u/MetroidHyperBeam Jul 22 '25

Shareholder value must go up every quarter and the world will explode

That's my best offer

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u/IRLconsequences Jul 22 '25

Double true still satisfies an "or" statement.

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u/ladiesngentlemenplz Jul 22 '25

...unless it's an exclusive "or."

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u/ceae Jul 28 '25

Feels like every tech company has a C-suite obsessed with AI and no matter what the people doing the work tell them, no matter what the audience says, they keep going all-in on it. Not great for us meatbags.