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ToolsJacques, Sabine and Flynn, Mathew (2024) Protecting Human Creativity in AI-Generated Music with the Introduction of an AI-Royalty Fund. GRUR International, 73 (12). pp. 1137-1149. ISSN 2632-8623
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Abstract
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is posited to revolutionise the creative industries, prompting global calls for legislative intervention to ensure human creativity remains at the centre of the copyright system. As AI systems gain prowess in analysing and generating content, they promise new levels of creativity and innovation at accelerated pace and reduced costs compared to human production. Alongside these benefits come concerns of displacement, particularly in fields like music, where AI-generated music could potentially supplant human-authored creative endeavours. Suggestions ranging from taxation to levies have been proposed to address this challenge. This paper, however, advocates for a novel perspective: evolving copyright law to not only compensate creators for income lost to technological disruption but also to foster sustainability aligned with the principles of the Council of Europe's European Social Charter. Proposing an 'AI-royalty fund' represents a more optimal approach to this dilemma. Such a fund would acknowledge the intrinsic value of music and support a sustainable and inclusive creative industry ecosystem. Essential to this vision is the role of a national collective, entrusted with administering this fund to ensure equitable distribution and uphold the interests of human authors in an AI-driven landscape, contribute to regional and local plans of growth and foster cultural diversity and innovation. In essence, as AI redefines the boundaries of creativity, adapting the copyright paradigm becomes imperative to preserving the livelihoods of human creators while promoting a resilient and sustainable creative economy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Publisher Copyright: © 2024 Published by OUP on behalf of GRUR e.V. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | law ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3308 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2026 14:27 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2026 23:29 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/103282 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/grurint/ikae134 |
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