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German court: ChatGPT violated copyright law by ‘learning’ from song lyrics (www.theguardian.com)
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"The collecting society GEMA, which manages the rights of composers, lyricists and music publishers and has approximately 100,000 members, filed the case against OpenAI in November 2024."

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[-] saroh@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

My understanding is that it's for learning only. You should be safe for your private singing purposes. It seems like you would owe them royalties if you created your own song lyrics, after having read/heard one of theirs...

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