Pearl Jam, Jon Bon Jovi Among Group of Artists Taking a Stand Against AI
Pearl Jam and Jon Bon Jovi are among a diverse group of artists known as the Artist Rights Alliance who are taking a stand against AI.
In an open letter published via Medium, the Artist Rights Alliance is calling on “AI developers, technology companies, platforms and digital music services to cease the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to infringe upon and devalue the rights of human artists.”
The letter further states, “Make no mistake: We believe that, when used responsibly, AI has enormous potential to advance human creativity and in a manner that enables the development and growth of new and exciting experiences for music fans everywhere. Unfortunately, some platforms and developers are employing AI to sabotage creativity and undermine artists, songwriters, musicians and rightsholders.”
The letter concludes, “We call on all AI developers, technology companies, platforms and digital music services to pledge that they will not develop AI music-generation technology, content or tools that undermine or replace the human artistry of songwriters and artists or deny us fair compensation for our work.”
In addition to Pearl Jam and Jon Bon Jovi, other artists who are part of the Artist Rights Alliance include Billie Eilish, FINNEAS, R.E.M., Peter Frampton, Sheryl Crow, Robert Smith, Elvis Costello, Smokey Robinson, Greta Van Fleet, The Estate of Bob Marley and The Estate of Frank Sinatra.
Who are the Artist Rights Alliance?
Formerly known as the Content Creators Coalition, the Artist Rights Alliance describes itself as, ” … a non-profit, artist-run organization advocating for music creators for fair compensation in the digital realm. We work for songwriters and musicians.”
The Artist Rights Alliance has many goals that fall under their overall mission. In addition to fair compensation, the group also aims for transparency from music services, publishers, record companies and more. They’re also striving to build an ecosystem that will help new artists and songwriters flourish in the music industry.
