[Intellectual Property Rights] An Il-woon Partner Attorney – Are there any legal issues with creating songs using the voices of others?

Law firm Veat will provide legal opinions based on professional expertise regarding ‘AI Voice Utilization’ and whether there are legal issues with creating songs using AI. Please submit your inquiries to Law firm Veat if you need legal advice regarding intellectual property rights, including copyrights and publishing rights.

Please refer to the following article for detailed interview content. Partner Attorney An Il-oon of Law firm Veat, who is a lawyer with a background as a developer and majored in computer engineering, received an award from the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism at the ‘2020 Copyright and Open Source SW License Conference’ and has been active as a community professional advisor of the Korea Copyright Committee, providing legal advice with professional expertise in the field of ‘copyrights and intellectual property rights’.

Law firm Veat’s TIP Team is a specialized team for resolving various copyright and intellectual property issues arising from new industries generated based on advancing future technologies such as AI (Artificial Intelligence). It provides specialized legal advice on copyrights and intellectual property rights, incorporating Veat’s expertise.

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“콩밭~ 매는~ 아낙네야~” is the lyric of the debut song ‘Chilgapsan’ by singer Ju Byeong-seon in 1989. However, in a video uploaded to YouTube, trot idol Im Yeong-ung sang the song. Although Im Yeong-ung sang the song, he did not sing it himself. It seems paradoxical, but it’s true. It was created by a YouTuber using AI voice technology. Although Im Yeong-ung did not actually sing ‘Chilgapsan,’ the world has come where you can hear ‘Chilgapsan’ by Im Yeong-ung.

As AI technology advances, things that were only imagined are becoming reality. One of them is AI music. AI can implement the voice of a specific singer and sing any song. If you search YouTube for ‘AI cover song,’ you will find many songs created by AI. Is there a legal issue with creating songs using the voice of another person? The legal community views it as a violation of publishing rights. As AI gets closer to our lives, it is pointed out that it is necessary to regulate related laws.

‘AI Im Yeong-ung’ singing Ju Byeong-seon’s ‘Chilgapsan’, are there any legal problems? / Source: Segye Ilbo (https://www.segye.com)