AI Music is Robbing Us Blind… And For What?
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00:00 Intro
00:50 The Setup
04:19 The Issue
07:48 The Solve
11:03 The Bigger Issue
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@apartofthewhole6639
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
I have never found an actual use for AI that wasn't "it makes my useless job easier"
@VanillaSpooks
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
12:12 Unfortunately music services do recommend AI music on autoplay. It’s bad enough I’ve stopped listening to new music from artists I don’t know.
@siobhangear2866
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Sounds like the answer here is just that copyright is cooked… which isn't necessarily a bad thing, sorry.
@LarryContigo
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Every step of Hip Hop by real artists has been lawsuited, btw.
When we took music and flipped it, it was illegal.
White dudes stealing it is okay.
@LordJapos
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Or… we could just support real artists and not worry about this at all!
@helthebell
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Have any of the lawsuits touched on the possibility that AI-created music canNOT be copyrighted? I feel like if we prevent any AI-created music from being able to be legally copyrighted, it would cut down on this.
@dablackmessiah
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
I'm so mad that sampling got burned as theft, essentially killing the art form, but AI companies can just grift willy nilly, WITHOUT the artistry and they expect us to be okay with it.
Edit: also, Epidemic Sound isnt much better, especially when they fill music services playlists with cheap filler tracks. Mood Music is a fantastic book that dives into it.
@IABITVpresents
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Also have we all European people forgotten how ruthless can GEMA be sometimes? It would use to block a LOT of music in Germany on Youtube back in the day. A LOT.
@TheRareVideosXL
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Great content as always.
@IABITVpresents
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
They make AI songs about Mic the Snare before they add his video scripts to AI databases. Let that sink in for you for a moment.
@DiamondBrickZ
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
3:29 bro they got one of mine but not one of yours?? insane
@nicholaswood3250
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
What all this shows IMO is that absolutely nothing is going to change until there is a government in place in the U.S. that is willing to actually write and implement laws that bring these corporations to heel. How we get there is a matter of debate
Also, I think the laws that would be written to control this would be laws about strictly requiring AI models to disclose all of their training data in public, with massive fines (100 million plus) for not doing so
@ComboSmooth
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
When you use fair use, the big companies crush you.
When they use fair use, the big companies crush uou.
@wotintarnation8388
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Doesn't help that an AI song was used during an actual World Cup match not even 2 days ago
@officialwinstonchurchill
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
i wanted to check that database but the atlantic appears to be paywalled </3
@yat282
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
No one is being stolen from. If you put your music online, another person can listen to it and copy from it much more directly and deliberately. AI doesn't store copies of the data that it is trained from.
The type of IP law that anti-AI people argue for is the type of IP that says Blurred Lines stole from Marvin Gaye, despite using zero parts of any of hs songs. It's a form of IP that will only benefit giant corporations that can pay to liscence dozens of works for every single new song. Regular small artists can't afford to do that. Say goodbye to hip hop artists being able to use samples, say goodbye to cover songs, say goodbye to musical tributes.
@camouflaging6090
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
You’re insanely funny man. Just wanted to say that lmao
@BeatsWithKev
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
3:30 For a second, this reminded me of old YouTube days after a floor shift from Walgreens, spending the night watching Funhaus, Angry Video Game Nerd, and The Super Best Friends with a grin.
@Kol-Fox
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
"What can be done?"
I have some ideas. Just none of them are legal.
@andrewkathe3471
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Isn’t there a kind of poison pill you can add to your mixes now? I think Ben Jordan is working on it. Perhaps we should keep fair use, but lobby to get a law passed that specifically bans training AI on copyrighted material.
@j0sh727
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
I think this is also a great time to mention that Tidal just updated its policies towards AI, where you can still upload AI music but it will be tagged as such and you won't be able to monetize it. I know it might not be the best thing to still have it on your platform but it's much more than other streamers are doing right now…
@duskfallcrew
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Ok the sad part is: It's a paid article, no i'm not saying the author DOESNT DESERVE TO BE PAID: but it's a corporate news/magazine and the way to search is hidden under a paygate…
When i myself, I wanted to know if any of my non AI (as i've played around with AI music and i'm not entirely sold on it because the corporations sort of zoomed before anyone could really get a hold on the technology and now it's too late everything's fcked lol) – was trained on which it likely has by now unless suddenly that was post 2025 and pre just now — and in which case unless they ripped my whole youtube channel instead of using spotify or apple music (i used to be distributed i'm likely go ing back soon but the paid artciel thing just pisses me off)
The idea that someone's going to make a whole DECENT talk about AI music like this and force poeple to sub to the ATLANTIC? geesh.
Not everyone's got THAT Much extra money for somethign they'rte never gonna read agian.
Plus i don't want a free trial, tehy'll keep emailing me and i got enough issues with my email inbox
@FindTheGhost
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
They've got six of my high school band's songs in there 😮 Not sure whether to be relieved or insulted they've not taken any of my solo stuff but oh well 😂
@MaxHymes-c8q
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
We already have cases of original music getting copyright struck because Suno says they own the piece which was made out of stolen work. An excellent young banjo player name of Campbell i believe, demonetized, recordings pulled. I posted an original live recording of a bach piece from the 1600s, played every part, used my own ornaments, unique instrumentation. Pulled for "copyright violation."
They want art dead. If u use it, you are an accessory.
@sycamorewailuigi
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
I know I'm supposed to support journalism and all, but The Atlantic locking their search engine behind a paywall is very scummy. Not as scummy as AI tho amirite
@sycamorewailuigi
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
To be fair, Todd is a gigantic Youtuber with only 1 video in the databases, and Rick Beato is even bigger, and Fantano is the most influential. Don't take it personally.
@PPunktAlex
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
2:42 Asura's Wrath jumpscare
@krisselissan6539
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Didn’t think I’d ever be rooting for the GEMA yet here we are, man I hate AI companies so much
@rosiemcdamsel
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
If using lawfully acquired material to train genAI is fair use, then all sampling should be fair use as long as you bought a copy of the song. brb, ordering some Disney soundtrack CDs to take samples from, this will go well
@lukegoldberg9720
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
I'd use your videos in a dataset Mr. Michael The Snare🙌
@blue3616
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Its getting alarmingly hard to avoid. My sister and I were listening to a folk Playlist on YouTube that had songs from real artists, but realized quickly there were also A LOT of AI songs mixed in.
@coldengrey12
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
They didn't steal from you, but they took my potato quality flip phone camera vid of R.E.M. from like 20 years ago, wth
@tylerhera
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Don’t worry snare, if I was a trained ai data bot I’d steal your videos❤️
@Dankleberrrrg
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
It's shocking how right you are about them having everything you can think of in those datasets. Literally only one name I searched didn't come up out of 20 and that's probably only because they started after the datasets were made.
@caliamschwabauer
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Literally got an ai song ad on this video
@dancing_on_lillypads
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
its okay mic i will steal your videos ❤ im no ai but ill do my best
@csurname
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
10:32 they got Todd!
@KookieDanish
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Sadly the article was paywalled, I'm curious if they stole my song
@annabelapurva-madhuri4861
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
😹
@EatSpicyGoodnessLikeABoss
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
0:01 Hamburglar The Snare
@MysteryMii
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
8:10 It is worth pointing out that as part of these settlements, both companies have agreed to restrict who is actually able to download the audio files that are generated. Udio flat out removed the ability for anyone to download audio files following their settlement with Universal, and while Suno has agreed to restrict downloads to paid subscribers following their settlement with Warner, they are reportedly still clashing with Universal and Sony since they won’t completely disable downloads for everyone.
@GrizzlyAus
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
I got duped into loving an ai song the other day….incredibly frustrated after i did some research and to find its huge on Instagram reels is even more frustrating.
@tobemutationfox7357
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Piracy is legal now (for the rich)
@dontdontdontletsstart
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Ok but at some point, isn't it all going to feed into itself until everything sounds like that AI WWE announcer losing its mind?
@bonecircuit
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Fair abuse until legally caught
@magnta555
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
AI music can't create parasocialism and cool concerts. I'm honestly not really worried about this AI songs when people crave so much human connection in music for these to succeed.
@fireballninja01
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Spotify has been intentionally filling playlists with AI more even than you and others talk about. I know someone for whom 4/5 songs on his playlists were AI every time, whether he was playing G-Easy, Lil Jon, or Juicy J, or Gucci Mane, not only would 4/5 songs be AI generated with AI generated covers, the 5th were rock songs created by white men. Spotify is becoming very consistent in this for those who can’t or don’t constantly pay attention to what is playing.
Think of how many bars and coffee shops have songs playing in the background from Spotify. Those have been more and more filled with AI.
ESPECIALLY in places I have been that are staffed by non-English speakers whom might not realize what is playing.
@謢
July 4, 2026 at 7:19 pm
can you make a long video…