Reach of the Month: Music Catalogues and AI Rappers

[Amo Husserl]

Because streaming, companies about to catalogue and automate all the artist catalogues they bought to an algorithm.
And have AI generated bots, avatars and holograms here and on metaverse doing playlist of greatest hits.
They won't need to pay royalties anymore when artists sign away the catalogue. It will be a big buyout for artists with enough clout.
Companies might restrict specific catalogues for a listening fee since physical format is phasing out.
They gone collect catalogues and code songwriting programs to put Biggie rhyme schemes over Zaytoven beats with a Justin Bieber hook.

They won't need to pay rappers for the ear of the culture anymore.
The price of the brick goin' down. Shyt's about to be automated and OD.

I hate to do this...but if we're mad about the AI Rapper...we gotta discuss what "the culture" is; voice behind AI artist speaks out

This guy says he was the artist behind the AI character and he got jerked, but specifically that "the label stole THE CULTURE" :francis: Bruh, what is THE CULTURE here? :jbhmm: I get it, its a clown ass stereotyped rapper mimicking the reality of black poverty and hustle to make it...but...

www.thecoli.com

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/a-virtual-rapper-named-fn-meka-powered-by-artificial-intelligence-has-signed-to-a-major-label-update-dropped-by-label.933132/

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/a-i-powered-virtual-rapper-signs-record-deal.933126/

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/the-white-creator-of-ai-controlled-rapper-fn-meka-that-repeatedly-uses-the-n-word-in-lyrics-speaks-out-on-his-capitol-records-signed-design.933374/

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/this-ai-generated-music-is-getting-too-real.957762/

They sold future earnings 'cause ain't about to be no big future earnings.

 

[Rembrandt]

You know a music catalogue doesn't involve likeness right?

Oh, you're saying they're gonna use AI rappers over old beats and old choruses?

But if the backlash to AI art and that rapper showed something, a fair amount of people aren't super into this shyt

 

[Complexion]

I do suspect this is going to be the next wave and artists see it coming in a "roll with us or get rolled over" way as well as expanding their profile to stay current..

Most current songs are formula based anyway. Production def is in most respects. This is just the next level DLC

Like I said:

Would You Listen to a 1:1 Clone of Your Favorite Dead Artist?

Inspired the whole FN Meka digital culture vulture thing, dead singers holograms and the future I was inspired to write an article. At two thousand words its probably a bit much to cut and paste on The Coli but I'll drop some cliffs because I want to know what you think about the implications of...

www.thecoli.com

The future is going to be like nothing we've known....

 

[Amo Husserl]

You know a music catalogue doesn't involve likeness right?

Oh, you're saying they're gonna use AI rappers over old beats and old choruses?

But if the backlash to AI art and that rapper showed something, a fair amount of people aren't super into this shyt

Artists already signed away their likeness in the contract, they didn't sign away the future earnings of their catalogue.
If companies own both, the signed away likeness and content, they can do whatever they want with old beats and choruses.
Worse yet, they can generate "type beats" for AI rappers.


They set it up for later. No backlash two generations later.
They already got y'all on the MPC and in ProTools. Digital.
They might deep fake some stuff for events, most of it will be computer generated.

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/this-ai-generated-music-is-getting-too-real.957762/

 

[Rembrandt]

Artists already signed away their likeness in the contract, they didn't sign away the future earnings of their catalogue.

Links? Because they definitely signed away future earnings of their back catalogue

The plan is for the younger ones like Bieber to make music music since their old catalog isn't huge in 2022 outside select songs

 

[Amo Husserl]

Links?

Chappelle video in post #4.

 

[Rembrandt]

Chappelle video in post #4.

I've seen that whole special. Him being on a tv show and them having the rights to that isn't the same as musicians selling their back catalogue

No artist has or is selling their likeness, especially not with a back catalogue.

Actors have contacts where they can possibly use your likeness or clips posthumously ala Carrie Fisher in star wars or Paul walker

Bruce Willis is supposedly selling his likeness

No musicians have or are anytime soon. Dre had to get approval and most likely pay Tupac's estate to do the hologram

 

[Rembrandt]

Now it's absolutely possible for real artists and AI ones to coexist like Hatsune Miku has been around for over a decade and vocaloid are popular

 

[Amo Husserl]

isn't the same as musicians selling their back catalogue

"and"

 

[010101]

it's only entertainment..........*

 

[Rembrandt]

"and"

What and? Find me any of the multiple artists that sold more than their back catalogue


You keep saying they're selling more or their likeness when they literally aren't

 

[Complexion]

Beach Boys sell rights to intellectual property, including name, likeness, masters

The Beach Boys have sold their intellectual property rights - including their name, likenesses, masters, and brand - to Irving Azoff's Iconic Artists Group.

consequence.net

Longtime music business power player Irving Azoff’s newly launched company Iconic Artists Group struck a deal with the band for an undisclosed sum. Under the terms, Iconic now owns The Beach Boys’ master recordings, a share of their publishing rights, memorabilia, and — perhaps most interestingly — the entire Beach Boys brand, including the members’ likenesses.

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Catalogue sales are just foreplay. This is the literal moneyshot.

 

[Amo Husserl]

What and? Find me any of the multiple artists that sold more than their back catalogue


You keep saying they're selling more or their likeness when they literally aren't

They don't need to sell their likeness if...

Artists already signed away their likeness in the contract,

Legalities 7: Issues Regarding the Use of Someone's Likeness | Owen, Wickersham & Erickson, P.C.

Our exceptional focus on trademark and copyright law allows us to provide clients with clear, straightforward, and seasoned legal advice.

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Individuals do not have an absolute ownership right in their names or likenesses. But the law does give individuals certain rights of “privacy” and “publicity” which provide limited rights to control how your name, likeness, or other identifying information is used under certain circumstances. These laws vary from state to state, so they are difficult to summarize.

"and" is a conjunction, "a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, if )."

Sign away likeness first and sell catalogue later.

 

[Rembrandt]

They don't need to sell their likeness if...

Legalities 7: Issues Regarding the Use of Someone's Likeness | Owen, Wickersham & Erickson, P.C.

Our exceptional focus on trademark and copyright law allows us to provide clients with clear, straightforward, and seasoned legal advice.

www.owe.com

"and" is a conjunction, "a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, if )."

Sign away likeness first and sell catalogue later.

Yes, to the record label for the duration of your contract.

That's 0 to do with the selling of the back catalogue.

 

[Rembrandt]

Beach Boys sell rights to intellectual property, including name, likeness, masters

The Beach Boys have sold their intellectual property rights - including their name, likenesses, masters, and brand - to Irving Azoff's Iconic Artists Group.

consequence.net

Longtime music business power player Irving Azoff’s newly launched company Iconic Artists Group struck a deal with the band for an undisclosed sum. Under the terms, Iconic now owns The Beach Boys’ master recordings, a share of their publishing rights, memorabilia, and — perhaps most interestingly — the entire Beach Boys brand, including the members’ likenesses.

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Catalogue sales are just foreplay. This is the literal moneyshot.

Whitney did the same. I'm not saying it's never happening, even more so with dead artists. But this is rare.

And even then, they're talking things like a beach boys restaurant. I wouldn't take a band that had most of the original members die, went basically broke and flopped as indictive of anything

Considering the vast majority aren't and the two examples are a mismanaged, possibly desperate estate and a desperate band