There is a rather vibrant culture of _human_ remix artists who sample existing music and generate something completely new. It is still an open question of how

There is a rather vibrant culture of _human_ remix artists who sample existing music and generate something completely new. It is still an open question of how long a sample they can use before it requires licensing: https://www.ajschwartzlaw.com/can-i-use-that-part-2-remix-culture-the-internet-and-copyright-law/ https://www.ajschwartzlaw.com/can-i-use-that-part-2-remix-cu... But all of this, doesn't have much to do with whether an AI should be allowed to consume public media -- even if we agree they need to do a better job about avoiding verbatim reconstruction when prompted. Edit: I wasn't able to find the Lawrence Lessig talk I wanted to link, but here's a quite old one that makes some of the same points: https://youtu.be/X8ULxxgjBuI https://youtu.be/X8ULxxgjBuI