Udio Users Can't Download Their AI Music Creations Anymore (theverge.com)
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- News link: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/11/24/1845207/udio-users-cant-download-their-ai-music-creations-anymore
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/827096/udio-users-cant-download-their-ai-music
> As part of the settlement with Universal, Udio has amended its terms of service, and [1]users can no longer download their outputs . This has AI music makers furious, and with good reason. Unfortunately, they have little recourse, as the contract they sign when creating a Udio account includes a waiver of the right to bring a class action.
[1] https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/827096/udio-users-cant-download-their-ai-music
Can't be bothered (Score:2, Insightful)
So, these people can't be bothered to make music themselves and can't be bothered to keep it at their own computers. Sounds like Entitlement with capital E, including a very, very false sense of trust on entities outside their little bubble.
Boo hoo.
Re: (Score:2)
We all know how the saying goes, "the cloud" is just another way to say "someone else's computer". While it would be nice to give a few weeks warning for a change like this, if the users cared they would have saved a copy when they created it.
Re: (Score:3)
you used to be able to save it as MIDI files you could import into a DAW. In parts by instrument. That's much different than just saving the WAV
Re: That's not how computers work (Score:2)
Meanwhile, other companies are getting really good at stem extraction and pitch detection, so reverse engineering midi files from wave files is probably going to be pretty easy pretty soon.
Or maybe it is already. I'll admit I haven't been following this stuff closely, but I've seen pieces of it here and there.
If you're using AI to create music ... (Score:2)
You should be downloading every single track you create **immediately** after creating it. WAV and stems. If you didn't see the RIAA and music industry coming for Udio (and SUNO next, what do you bet?) and forcing them to close down or partner with industry, you're really being naive.
Did the users really sign contracts? (Score:3)
Did the users really sign contracts? Or did they click accept on a TOS? Because I don't believe they're the same thing and the courts have consistently agreed with me. This "article" seems to be written from the perspective of the company. Saying that users have "little recourse" isn't journalism or well-reasoned commentary, it's simply wishful thinking from the grifters in question.
If you signed up for functional service that becomes non-functional, you don't have to keep paying. Full stop. Big Tech can't wipe out centuries of legal precedents about the existence of consumers have rights. This yet another example of the Verge representing the views of platform owners in every single conflict between owners and users.
Take a cab but not allowed to get off (Score:2)
Take another cab. Plenty of choices these days.
Music is made by musicians, playing live (Score:2)
So-called "AI music" is a misuse of the tech
Hopefully, the fad will fade fast
Re: (Score:3)
A lot of today's pop acts involve collaborating on the lyrics, sung over backing tracks assembled on a computer using sample loops. What AI music generation brings to the table is you don't need to be wealthy or have industry connections to turn your idea into a song. Of course, without those wealth and industry connections, you're not going to be selling the end result anyway, so making AI songs is mostly just limited in usefulness as something for your own amusement. Also, an AI "band" can't go on tour
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> Also, an AI "band" can't go on tour.
[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
If Vocaloid can do a concert, the team clearly can go on tour and do the event in different locations with their holograph tech to make them look 3D on stage.
It won't be the same as an acutal band, but it's still possible.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NIsJhktUKQ