The music industry’s fragile détente with AI just got a lot messier as tech firms exploit “fair use” loopholes to train AI on copyrighted tracks without paying the original creators a dime. Ilya Tolchenov of Delphos cuts through the noise: this isn’t about AI spitting out cheap filler tunes; it’s a full-frontal assault on the very foundation of music rights and the economics that keep creators afloat. Delphos isn’t some consumer toy—it’s a professional-grade tool designed to solve real problems like expanding catalogs and genre hopping, letting composers collaborate with an AI that learns their style and speeds up production without sacrificing quality. But here’s the kicker: AI is turbocharging the streaming discoverability nightmare, where billions of songs drown out each other and revenue gets sliced thinner than ever. The winners will be those who wield AI to amplify their creative and business muscle—think smarter workflows, new licensing streams, and tighter control over IP. The losers? Everyone else who gets washed away in the flood of AI-generated noise and legal gray zones. Expect the next chapter to be a brutal legal slugfest over what “fair use” really means and how licensing models must evolve to keep creators paid in an AI-dominated landscape. So here’s the million-dollar question: will AI tools like Delphos be the industry’s lifeline or its silent executioner?
Source: Music.AI
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