General Intelligence
Is Spotify’s Newly Patented A.I. Plagiarism Detector a Data Collection Scheme?
‘Spotify wants machine-made music the same way Uber wants self-driving cars’
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Spotify, the music streaming giant with a reputation for underpaying artists, has staked its claim to a technology that it says could protect musicians from plagiarism allegations, according to a patent recently granted by the European Union.
According to the patent application filed in 2019, before publishing a song, or even when writing it, an artist would share a “lead sheet” with Spotify, a document that outlines a song’s melody, chords, and sometimes lyrics. The A.I. algorithm would translate the sheet music into a more machine-friendly format, and then compare it to music already in Spotify’s database. Spotify told OneZero that not every one of its patents becomes a part of its product, and wouldn’t say whether the system had been implemented or not.
Plagiarism is a critical issue in the music industry. Think back to the “Blurred Lines” legal battle, in which Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams were made to pay more…
