Universal Music Group (UMG) is asking streaming services like Spotify and Amazon Music to stop artificial intelligence companies from accessing its artists’ back catalogs and using their music to “train” their software.
An email, first reported by the Financial Times and verified by Billboard, was sent to streaming services last month, stating AI services were training on copyrighted music “without obtaining the required consents” from the owners and, thus, infringing on artists’ copyright.
UMG also reminded the streamers that they must block these AI companies from using their platforms for those purposes or…
