Folk musician targeted by AI-generated Spotify covers and copyright troll
By
Terrence O’Brien
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Summary
Folk musician Murphy Campbell discovered AI-generated covers of her songs uploaded to Spotify under her name without her permission. The songs were created by pulling her YouTube performances and using AI voice technology to generate covers. Additionally, a copyright troll claimed ownership of her public domain ballad performances on YouTube, creating a dual threat of AI impersonation and copyright abuse.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledI was kind of shocked
She quickly surmised that someone had pulled performances of the songs she posted to YouTube, created AI covers, and uploaded them to streaming platforms under her name
I ran one of the songs, 'Four Marys', through two different AI detectors, and it seemed to support her suspicions with both saying it was probably AI-generated
Murphy Campbell has an AI imposter on Spotify and troll claiming copyright of her performances of public domain ballads on YouTube
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