👀 Are we cooked?
Creators need to pay attention to this one because this case could affect way more than just AI companies.
A group of independent artists sued
@Google , claiming its Lyra AI music model was trained on copyrighted songs uploaded to YouTube without permission.
Google’s argument?
“You already gave us permission.”
Their claim is that by uploading music to YouTube and accepting the Terms of Service, artists granted YouTube and its affiliates broad licenses to reproduce, distribute, and create derivative works from that content — and because Google owns YouTube through Alphabet, they argue AI training may fall under that umbrella.
That’s a massive legal argument.
Because the next major AI battle may not come down to copyright law alone… it may come down to the fine print everyone clicked “accept” on years ago.
I’m not saying Google wins. The courts will decide that.
But if this argument holds up, creators everywhere need to start reading platform agreements a lot more carefully.
Because the real question may not become:
“What was copied?”
It may become:
“What did you already license away?”