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Bluetus

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22. I don't think you understand copyrights.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 09:25 PM
Jan 2026

Anybody can assert a copyright. You simply file a paper and pay the fee. That's the easy part. Defending it is the hard part.

What I said is 100% accurate. With the free Suno, the user agrees that any copyright privileges remain with Suno. If you pay the subscription, Suno waives its right to the copyright and the customer can claim the copyright.

That doesn't mean the copyright will hold up, but that has nothing to do with AI. I've played around a little on Suno. In my (non-lawyer) view, the songs I've generated could hold up in a copyright suit, but the songs aren't good enough that anybody would challenge them. In another 5 years, that may be different.

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Good for them!!!!! SheltieLover Jan 2026 #1
I wish them well. It is fraught. Bluetus Jan 2026 #2
Because those tools are trained illegally on stolen intellectual property, any use of them is unethical highplainsdem Jan 2026 #3
And btw, what you wrote about AI being used at all levels of the music industry "for a long time" is wrong and highplainsdem Jan 2026 #4
By "long time" I mean 5+ years Bluetus Jan 2026 #10
I don't believe that AI music taking over is inevitable - that's propaganda from the AI companies. And highplainsdem Jan 2026 #11
Just to be clear, my use of the AI material Bluetus Jan 2026 #15
You're still likely to end up encouraging some of those people to use AI. highplainsdem Jan 2026 #16
No competent lawyer files a brief written by AI Bluetus Jan 2026 #17
No ethical person should be using generative AI, period, for anything, unless forced to do so by a highplainsdem Jan 2026 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Jan 2026 #7
Now, if only Spotify and the other streaming platforms... LudwigPastorius Jan 2026 #5
Very cool. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2026 #6
I absolutely can't stand ai so called music. tazcat Jan 2026 #8
I am a happy CAMPER and have been for years. Tikki Jan 2026 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Jan 2026 #12
Why aren't they all doing this? FakeNoose Jan 2026 #13
Spotify makes more money from AI-generated music. It can't be copyrighted, so they don't have to highplainsdem Jan 2026 #14
Well I get that FakeNoose Jan 2026 #18
Of course it can be copyrighted. Bluetus Jan 2026 #19
No. That's not true, and they don't claim copyright. See this: highplainsdem Jan 2026 #20
I don't think you understand copyrights. Bluetus Jan 2026 #22
You're still 100% wrong, because you ignored this paragraph: highplainsdem Jan 2026 #23
What you are citing is only an opinion by the copyright office and that is not binding on anything. Bluetus Jan 2026 #24
You can claim a partial copyright if you did any of the work and can prove it. I doubt applying a little highplainsdem Jan 2026 #25
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