A folk musician became a target for AI fakes and a copyright troll

Folk artist Murphy Campbell discovered AI-generated versions of her songs uploaded to Spotify without her consent, created from performances she posted on YouTube. Despite reporting the issue, some fakes remain available under different artist profiles. Spotify is testing a manual approval system, but Campbell is skeptical. The situation escalated when someone used videos uploaded through Vydia to falsely claim copyright ownership of public domain songs in Campbell’s videos, including “Darling Corey” and “In the Pines.” Vydia has since released the claims and banned the uploader, attributing the incident to a rare error within their Content ID system. Campbell believes the issues stem from deeper problems within the intersection of AI, music distribution, and copyright law, and notes that Vydia received death threats as a result of the controversy.

(Source：The Verge)