Considering another skater is getting called out for copyright problems when she did her due diligence to clear rights — you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
And then the orchestra that recorded it would possibly sue them for copyright infringement. Just because the sheet music is out of copyright doesn’t mean the recording is.
Maybe they could dig through some old 78s or hire a piano player to work around that.
The theme for the event was "90s music." As a 90s kid, I just... shake my head. There's so much good music to choose from that decade, and yet they chose to make AI slop instead.
they didn't want to pay for it. it's expensive to license music, esp across multiple countries and events. each skater basically has to hire a copyright lawyer to file all the paperwork for them.
none of this was an issue until recently... people didn't care if they used their music for the obscure sport of figure skating. now they sue you for doing so. it's add tons of cost and legal bullshit for skaters, so why even bother? just use uncopyrighted music for free and don't get sued.
blame greedy lawyers and record companies who decided they needed a 'slice' of the tiny sport of figure skating and now want to sue skaters for 5-6 figure sums. 'untapped market' of exploiting teenage girls and competitive professionals.
This is the comment and argument everyone should be making about this. They wouldn't be using an AI song in the first place if it weren't for corporate greed, the usual villain behind the mask.
Or, they could have reached out to indie bands in their genre of choice. I've no doubt there are tons of small bands out there who would love having their work used in the Olympics, it'd be one of the rare "do it free/cheap for the exposure" deals that might be actually worth it.
But that'd take a little bit more work than jerking off the theft slop machine, so fuck it, right? /s
Ahhh yes. Fuck AI, instead we should make teenagers pay licensing fees if they want any chance of achieving their dream. This is a problem solely created by corporate assholes who want to make a buck.
32 Comments
reddig33@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 199d
Considering another skater is getting called out for copyright problems when she did her due diligence to clear rights — you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canadian-musician-usa-olympic-skater-copyright
bonenode@piefed.social · 34 pts · 199d
renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 199d
is classical music good for skating? they could have used that
reddig33@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 199d
And then the orchestra that recorded it would possibly sue them for copyright infringement. Just because the sheet music is out of copyright doesn’t mean the recording is.
Maybe they could dig through some old 78s or hire a piano player to work around that.
renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 199d
yeah I was thinking of hiring a performer, although I don't know how expensive that would be vs getting rights to some that's already there
JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 199d
Before 10 or 15 years ago you weren't allowed music with voices, and most people used classical.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 199d
Just get a string quartet to follow you around on the ice and play live. I'd pay to see that
RedAggroBest@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 199d
There's a theme, it was 90's music.
Zexks@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 199d
The "must hate on ai" train is to thick here to understand such subtleties as licensing and rights restrictions. Ironic isnt it
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 199d
The theme for the event was "90s music." As a 90s kid, I just... shake my head. There's so much good music to choose from that decade, and yet they chose to make AI slop instead.
I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 199d
they didn't want to pay for it. it's expensive to license music, esp across multiple countries and events. each skater basically has to hire a copyright lawyer to file all the paperwork for them.
none of this was an issue until recently... people didn't care if they used their music for the obscure sport of figure skating. now they sue you for doing so. it's add tons of cost and legal bullshit for skaters, so why even bother? just use uncopyrighted music for free and don't get sued.
blame greedy lawyers and record companies who decided they needed a 'slice' of the tiny sport of figure skating and now want to sue skaters for 5-6 figure sums. 'untapped market' of exploiting teenage girls and competitive professionals.
RedAggroBest@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 199d
This is the comment and argument everyone should be making about this. They wouldn't be using an AI song in the first place if it weren't for corporate greed, the usual villain behind the mask.
WraithGear@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 199d
and they stole the music to train the ai as well.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 199d
Or, they could have reached out to indie bands in their genre of choice. I've no doubt there are tons of small bands out there who would love having their work used in the Olympics, it'd be one of the rare "do it free/cheap for the exposure" deals that might be actually worth it.
But that'd take a little bit more work than jerking off the theft slop machine, so fuck it, right? /s
Zexks@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 199d
So youve never heard of licensing then.
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip · 19 pts · 199d
Too bad there's no ruling against that. The Olympic committee are just gonna let it slide like the spineless puddles of too they are.
Retail4068@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 199d
RedAggroBest@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 199d
Ahhh yes. Fuck AI, instead we should make teenagers pay licensing fees if they want any chance of achieving their dream. This is a problem solely created by corporate assholes who want to make a buck.
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 199d
Why even skate? Just generate a video of it, then have AI watch it for you and summarize what it saw in 160 characters or less.
Yorick@piefed.social · 4 pts · 199d
A ~2mn part of the Olympics opening ceremony had an AI video so I don't think the IOC would even care 🤷♂️
myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 199d
I’m more shocked it’s only been 1.
xcutie@linux.community · 1 pts · 199d
Fuck I.C.E.
Retail4068@lemmy.world · -23 pts · 199d
echodot@feddit.uk · 17 pts · 199d
You mean you don't care.
Retail4068@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 199d
Skua@kbin.earth · 5 pts · 199d
New account, being obnoxious with all caps and emoji spam to make a contrarian argument. This is definitely intentional ragebait
vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 199d
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 199d
Go back to Xitter to post your AI slop there!
Retail4068@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 199d
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 199d
Huh. Weird how you're allowed to take a stand and point things out and correct people, but others aren't
vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 199d
Retail4068@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 199d
roofuskit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 199d
Same thing, just give it time.
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -24 pts · 199d
Regardless of how people feel about AI, it is here.
Regardless of ethics and morals, it is not going to go away.
mrmaplebar@fedia.io · 34 pts · 199d
Yes, just like every other shitty, abhorent and misanthropic thing that exists in our world.
That doesn't mean we have to accept, embrace, condone or endorse it. Nor does it mean that make it legitimate or above regulation.
Resistance is not futile.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 199d
Not with that attitude.
roofuskit@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 199d
Regardless of how people feel, the Nazis are here
Regardless of ethics and morals, they are not going to go away.
Regardless of how people feel about it, polio is here
Regardless of ethics and morals, it is not going to go away.
You could insert pretty much anything we've done away with into those sentences.
november@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 199d
Regardless of how you feel about people criticizing AI, we're here and we're not going to go away.