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1,000 artists release 'silent' album to protest UK copyright sell-out to AI (techcrunch.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

John Cage's estate will be in touch.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They actually sued another artist some years ago who jokingly credited a track of silence to Cage but didn’t actually pay royalties (apparently joking on credits is a no-no).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Scream internally in MusicBrainz relationships

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Won’t silence be easy to filter out? If yes maybe random noise would’ve been better.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

I just read the article, it's not silence but instead field recordings of quiet places like recording studios and performance spaces.