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[D] Is it legal to train on audio that is copyright infringing but not traditionally copyrighted? in c/machinelearning@academy.garden

[–] SuperwhizAJ@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Okay yes, technically it would very difficult to track and no one would probably even know the musician is using such a model. But as an academic, I'd prefer to do legal things only :P especially if I want to use results in a publication down the line.

And yes, I'd make money off it. would charge $x/full piano cover request.

[D] Is it legal to train on audio that is copyright infringing but not traditionally copyrighted? in c/machinelearning@academy.garden

[–] SuperwhizAJ@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

songs are mostly from US and Canada, but some are international (ie from Asia).

[D] Is it legal to train on audio that is copyright infringing but not traditionally copyrighted? in c/machinelearning@academy.garden

[–] SuperwhizAJ@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

great points. the focus is so he can create more covers with the model. so the latter.

would the fair use norm be that its transforming the original songs/being trained on transformations so it would be all good? the original songs would be used during training as input to the model, but any generations would still have royalties be returned to the songwriters should the musician intend to monetize them.

re your last point: this musician has a lot of data. 30+ hours :P

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I want to train a model for a musician based on piano covers they have recorded of popular songs and therefore own, but because of copyright infringement they still pay royalties to the writers of these songs. Curious if this is legal or not -- I would presume not since the recordings are not being monetized in this scenario but rather fed into a model, and the recordings are still owned 100% by the musician licensing them to me.