I Only Released My Own Silent Album Last Week.

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyd3r62kp5o

sods law I suppose!

[Ken4155]

Instead of opting out, artistes should be asked for permission to use their work. 

The problem with AI is that we can no longer believe what we are seeing and hearing. Yet some folk will actually believe what they are seeing.

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[ynnafymmi]

Isnt it time these multi-millionaire pop stars started living in the real world?Most of these so-called celebrities probably voted for Starmer and co.Let them get onto him rather than us plebs.

[Ken4155]

^

"Let them get onto him rather than us plebs."

Well, yeah, that's what they are doing.

[ynnafymmi]

A waste of time them getting on to him now,they put him into office,let them take the blame for their stupidity.Ive no sympathy for champagne socialists who moan about a PM who they themselves voted into office and then moan about it.

[Old_Geezer]

Specifically opting out is a con that all websites use. Can't see why artistes should be exempt before the rest of us are.

[Ken4155]

Websites? This is about copywright, OG. The artists are not asking for preferential treatment. All they're asking is for their copywright to be protected. Why should AI developers profit off the backs of musicians and other artists.

Myfanwy; Not all popstars are multi-millionaires and i dare say that many who are, probably vote Conservative. Isn't that what people with money do?

[Old_Geezer]

Copyright is preferential treatment. You don't get plumbers and bricklayers saying that because you are still enjoying the work they did years ago they need a further payment. I appreciate that creative work may not be valued for ages, but the way it works now one can milk old work all one's life having done nothing more to warrant further reward; I've even heard it be claimed that it is "their pension" when, no, a pension is taken from present one's earnings and needs investing, it ain't a free payment.  The present system is skewed in their favour, and other workers don't get offered that.

 

Now I appreciate I've not looked into this latest moan in depth, but it seems to me if a creator is happy for human beings to experience their work and decide to have a bash themselves, then that is no different to a piece of hardware and coding doing the same. The cat is out of the bag, the genie can't be put back into the bottle. The future is what it is and even King Canute could not halt the tide.

 

Human creators will continue to create for the sheer joy of creation, as all enthusiasts do.  But maybe the use of it as a way to continually attract unjustified wealth has come to an end, and the public will be able to enjoy such art at a commodity level price.

[Atheist]

OG; Rich people can invest and make good money without doing any work for it other than that they gambled a bit of dosh. An artist can work hard in a garret and earn f-all, unless they are lucky and it catches on. They do it for love, but they also would like to earn a bob or two, so that they don't starve. tik-tokers and influencers and investors expect a return, so why not artists?

[Atheist]

The guy who invented catseyes made loads because his invention saved loads of lives; why shouldn't he be able to earn a crust from that?

[Old_Geezer]

Tik-tokers and influencers are also parasites. Investers at least fund something (hopefully) useful. That is at least a decent function and loans ought not be free.

 

Of course Percy Shaw should have made something appropriate to the initial idea at the time. Not as much as those having to manufacture them of course. But he ought not be able to milk it forever. I refer you to the plumber/builder example. Are they not entitled to a payment ? Or are we happy they receive an annual payment forevermore because they were clever enough to do something at the time ?

[Togo]

I have spent weeks directing and producing, after writing the script, a 2½ hour film that is a silent black screen. The title is "Nowt" and should earn me a fortune according to recent reviews. It is best watched when you are asleep. 

[Hymie]

Many years ago, a work colleague lent me this LP to listen to:-

 

https://www.discogs.com/release/602752-No-Artist-The-Wit-And-Wisdom-Of-Margaret-Thatcher?srsltid=AfmBOopd_R3o_bnxx1lzclEJtSwqk34ZFigaSijPdpP7h2eNxUO1DVst

 

Side A contained the Wit, and side be the Wisdom of Margaret Thatcher.

[Buenchico]

>>> "I Only Released My Own Silent Album Last Week"

I'd certainly buy it!  The chance of hearing absolutely nothing from TTT would be too good to miss!

😊

[Old_Geezer]

How would you know he didn't get someone else to record it for him ?

 

I reckon he was miming.

[Ken4155]

You old dinosaur, OG. Miming is so, so yesterday. It's now known as 'lip-syncing' 😉