The Toronto native has also name-dropped ballers like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and David Beckham in his music. “We’ve always said that we want this partnership to be a celebration of fans, players, and artists on a global stage-and there’s no bigger stage than El Clásico.”Īnd because his passionate fans have played a vital role in his reaching this mark, Spotify will be thanking them-and select FC Barcelona members-with a giveaway of these special-edition FC Barcelona jerseys.ĭrake is no stranger to the world of soccer having attended games and repped the attire of clubs like Manchester United, Chelsea and Juventus (although his multi-team fandom has been a source of amusement amongst fiercely loyal European soccer fans). Last week, another AI-generated project AIsis - The Lost Tapes by the British rock band, Breezer, featured the computer-generated voice of Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher performing Breezer’s songs.“We were really excited to celebrate one of the biggest games of the year and mark Drake’s milestone as the first artist to reach 50 billion streams,” Marc Hazan, Spotify VP of Partnerships, told For the Record. “Copyright issues where creators use AI to make digital recordings of an artist can be viewed through the lens similar to the era of music piracy, where a human was involved and could in most cases be tracked to a physical location to satisfy the jurisdictional requirement of filing a lawsuit,” Rossow told Decrypt.Īlbums that include ai-generated vocals of musicians appears to only be picking up steam. Legal attorney and CEO of AR Media, Andrew Rossow, says an artist or record label's legal recourse in pursuing a lawsuit depends on several factors, starting with which country would have jurisdiction over the infringement case. The streaming giant ended up in a game of whack-a-mole as it tried to comply with UMG's request.
After YouTube removed it, fans of the AI song continued to reupload it, gaining even more listeners. On April 4, "Heart On My Sleeve, was uploaded to Spotify and YouTube. While Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple, and YouTube from being legally liable for content uploaded by third parties, they are obligated to comply with valid copyright takedown requests.
“Using artists' music for generative AI training breaches agreements and copyright law, and the presence of infringing content on digital service providers forces stakeholders to choose between supporting artists, fans, and creativity-or enabling deep fakes, fraud, and unpaid artists,” a Universal Music Group spokesperson told the BBC.
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