After the major strikes in Hollywood for the cinema industry, the music world is worried about the continued significant use of artificial intelligence in its sector.
And the economic impact it has for artists.
Sacem, Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers, and its German counterpart, Gema, have unveiled a study on the impact of AI in music.
This is the first report of its kind.
The study, unveiled at the end of January, is based
“on a market analysis, interviews with experts and a survey carried out among more than 15,000 creators and publishers who are members of Sacem and Gema”
, according to the two entities.
Klaus Goldhammer, the managing director of Goldmedia, the German consulting company which carried out the study, points out that
“35% of those surveyed are already using AI in a large number of areas related to music creation”
.
“New technologies also raise concerns: 71% of those surveyed fear that generative AI will no longer allow music creators to make a living from their work in the future
,” he adds.
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By 2028, Gema and Sacem estimate
“that authors and creators could see their income decrease by 27%, representing a total cumulative loss of 2.7 billion euros”
.
Faced with these projections,
“95% of music creators and publishers are demanding more transparency from companies developing AI tools”
.
And about
“93% of them say they want policymakers to give more importance to challenges related to AI and copyright”
.
For Cécile Rap-Veber, the managing director of Sacem, it is not a question
of “slowing down”
the activity of AI,
“but of making it virtuous”
.
“We are actively working with industry players to implement technical solutions aimed at identifying content generated by AI
,” she continues.
The general director of Gema, Tobias Holzmüller, defends the artists and insists on the need
for “transparency and control over the use of their works
”.