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> That response has not impressed the IFPI Sweden music industry organisation, which has blocked the song from appearing in the country's official national char
by dist-epoch 10mo ago
> That response has not impressed the IFPI Sweden music industry organisation, which has blocked the song from appearing in the country's official national charts. ... amid concerns that AI could cut revenues to the country's music creators by up to a quarter within the next two years.
The music industry has a stellar record of fighting against generational trends - mp3s, youtube videos, streaming, now AI songs
- LunaSea 10mo agoIt's not because it's new that it is good and something you want. You can say yes to streaming and no to AI songs.
- dist-epoch 10mo agoHow about we let the consumers decide what they want to listen to. Right? Or are you afraid of what the consumers might like and thus preemptively want to strike.
- happytoexplain 10mo agoWe can protect people's livelihoods and the foundations of creativity without making it illegal to distribute or listen to AI music in any way. You're being dramatic. Nobody is being oppressed.
- saghm 10mo agoDo you think that listening to music that isn't on charts is somehow impossible?
- LunaSea 10mo agoI'll answer with the same comment as I did above: cocaine is a popular consumer choice, should we allow, maybe even encourage it?
- JohnFen 10mo ago> How about we let the consumers decide what they want to listen to. Nobody is impeding that.
- plagiarist 10mo agoIt's being removed from an industry chart, not being banned from their devices. If you love freedom so much why don't you support the industry and the chart to make their own decisions?
- ndsipa_pomu 10mo agoBanning AI-produced music is surely an attempt to let consumers continue to decide what they want to listen to. The alternative is that music charts all get flooded with huge amounts of AI-generated music and finding actually good music will be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
- bitshiftfaced 10mo agoDoesn't topping a popularity chart mean that it was "good" at least to many people?
- techpression 10mo agoConsidering how cheap and easy it is to buy views/likes/subscribers I wouldn’t trust it blindly. Somehow I feel that people pushing AI music also would game the system, but I don’t have any proof unfortunately.
- happytoexplain 10mo agoLots of things are "good" in some contexts and "bad" in others. You may disagree that the mere existence of a list that omits AI is "good" for some people, but those people disagree with you.
- reaperducer 10mo agoDoesn't topping a popularity chart mean that it was "good" at least to many people? So we should start awarding Michelin stars to McDonald's?
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 10mo agoWe don't they have their judges so it's more like the oscars: an industry award
- sejje 10mo agoIf you wanted to explain why McDonald's was so popular, you would have to compliment the product a lot, or lie.
- LunaSea 10mo agoIf "complimenting the product" means: "a lot of fat, a lot of sugar, relatively low price, relatively fast order fulfilment", then sure.
- LunaSea 10mo ago
- timeon 10mo agoI can imagine generating AI song for myself but streaming usually seems like hell (algorithms, needs to be online, surveillance, lock-in, subscriptions).
- happytoexplain 10mo agoExcept the first three things affect distribution, not inception.
- SirFatty 10mo ago"The music industry has a stellar record of fighting against generational trends - mp3s, youtube videos, streaming, now AI songs" Actually, they were fighting people taking something without paying. Not fighting a "trend".
- sejje 10mo agoCopying something without paying* When you "take" an mp3, it's still where it started.
- RobotToaster 10mo agoDidn't know Lars Ulrich had a HN account.
- SirFatty 10mo agoAh.. not paying is still a cool thing.. got it.