Stairway to Lawsuit: How to Spot (and Stop) Plagiarized Music?
With an increasing number of AI tools that can create “original” songs (that sound way too familiar) in seconds, can artists and lawyers fight back the plagiarism?
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Ana Balashova
I'm a PR and marketing pro turned tech writer. In love with storytelling and disruptive technologies. Big fan of learning and writing about it.
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