The AM/DM podcast: Elvis and the AI agents
Jimmy Smith is seen visiting during the 49th annual Candlelight Vigil for Elvis Week at Graceland for his 8th time. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
Over the past few weeks, the owners of the rights to Elvis Presley’s songs have sued two artificial intelligence companies for copyright infringement.
The owners of almost 275 Elvis Presley songs sued Anthropic for copyright infringement several weeks ago, while Elvis Presley Enterprises and 13 other plaintiffs sued AI music generator Suno more recently.
The first complaint alleges that Anthropic “has built its entire business model based on copyright infringement at a scale never seen before.”
The second suit says that “All of the humanity, history, despair and triumph that constitutes Elvis’ identity was stolen and is stored on servers.”
Today, arts and culture editor Elle Perry joins us to talk about the lawsuits and their impact on musicians.
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AM/DMMary Cashiola
Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
Before joining The Daily Memphian, she was the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
She also has a background in advertising, with a focus on higher education and the hospitality industry.
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