Grimes invites AI artists to use her voice, promising 50 percent royalty split<p>Canadian synth-pop artist Grimes says AI artists can use her voice without worrying about copyright or legal enforcement. “I’ll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with,” she <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1650304051718791170">tweeted[/url] on Sunday. “Feel free to use my voice without penalty. I have no label and no legal bindings.”</p><p>The musician’s declaration comes in the wake of <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/copyright-in-spotlight-after-streaming-platforms-pull-ai-generated-drake-song-183513972.html">streaming platforms removing[/url] an AI-generated song using simulated voices of Drake and The Weeknd. Universal Music Group (UMG), which represents both artists, called for the purge after “Heart on My Sleeve” garnered over 15 million listens on TikTok and 600,000 on Spotify. UMG argued that publishing a song trained on its artists’ voices was “a breach of our agreements and a violation of copyright law.”</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>Grimes takes a considerably more open approach, adding that she has no label or legal bindings. “I think it’s cool to be fused [with] a machine and I like the idea of open sourcing all art and killing copyright,” she added.</p><div id="98f184e62506456ab241fae84f8662f2"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with. Feel free to use my voice without penalty. I have no label and no legal bindings.
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