The world as we know it is rapidly transforming as artificial intelligence integrates into daily life; streamlining tasks, generating content, and even making decisions once reserved for humans. From self-driving cars to AI-powered customer service, the lines between human ingenuity and machine efficiency continue to blur. In the midst of it all is the music industry, where AI-generated songs threaten to replace struggling artists—because who needs an entire tortured poets department when an algorithm can churn out heartbreak ballads at a moment’s notice?
In this episode, hosts Kieffer and Scotty examine some of the latest alleged uses of artificial intelligence in music. In their discussion regarding legal issues that artificial intelligence poses to proprietary rights, they discuss previous cases that touched upon an individual’s proprietary rights, as well as new legislation aimed at containing the use of artificial intelligence. The discussion hopes to bring the attention of listeners towards the potential legal issues that courts will face as artificial intelligence continues to develop, whether they be the proprietary issues specific to the music sphere, or on a much larger scale.
Kieffer Beard and Scotty Sullivan – Producers, Hosts, Editors
Music: Prism by Theatre of Delays
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Research Referred to in the Podcast:
JURISPRUDENCE:
Krouse v. Chrysler Canada Ltd. et al., 1973 CanLII 574 (ON CA)
Athans v. Canadian Adventure Camps Ltd. et al., 1977 CanLII 1255 (ON SC)
SECONDARY MATERIALS:
Bill C-27, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts,1st Sess, 44th Parl, 2022 https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-27/first-reading
Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security Act, Pub L No 2091, Tenn, 2024. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2096.pdf
Dahl et al., “AI in music: The Drake/Tupac case and beyond” (May 7, 2024) https://www.millerthomson.com/en/insights/publications/ai-in-music-drake-tupac-case/
“AI created a song mimicking the work of Drake and The Weeknd. What does that mean for copyright law?” (May 2, 2023) https://hls.harvard.edu/today/ai-created-a-song-mimicking-the-work-of-drake-and-the-weeknd-what-does-that-mean-for-copyright-law/
Gabriel Bras Nevares, “Playboi Carti Reportedly Denies Using AI On New Album “MUSIC” Amid Fans’ Outrage” (March 16, 2025) https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/894587-playboi-carti-denies-using-ai-new-album-music-hip-hop-news
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