The Reading / Listening - Copyright Infringement - Level 0

A.I. is changing music. Three record labels are suing two A.I. start-up companies. The labels say the start-ups are illegally using their copyrighted music on "an almost unimaginable scale". The labels say the companies could fill the market with "machine-generated content". This could end real music.

A.I. companies say their music is protected under a special law called "fair use". This means people can use material for things like news and comedy. A start-up CEO said his website makes "new output, not…pre-existing content". The record labels want the start-ups to pay $150,000 per song.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Copyright Infringement - Level 1 Copyright Infringement - Level 2   or  Copyright Infringement - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckrrr8yelzvo
  • https://www.wired.com/story/ai-music-generators-suno-and-udio-sued-for-copyright-infringement/
  • https://www.billboard.com/pro/major-label-lawsuit-ai-firms-suno-udio-copyright-infringement/


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. A.I. is
  2. Three record
  3. two A.I. start-
  4. illegally using their copyrighted
  5. an almost unimaginable
  6. say the companies could fill
  7. machine-
  8. This could
  1. scale
  2. up companies
  3. end real music
  4. labels
  5. generated content
  6. music
  7. the market
  8. changing music

Paragraph 2

  1. A.I. companies say their music
  2. a special law called
  3. This means people can
  4. for things like news
  5. A start-
  6. his website makes new
  7. pre-
  8. pay $150,000 per
  1. "fair use"
  2. existing content
  3. and comedy
  4. song
  5. output
  6. is protected
  7. use material
  8. up CEO

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

A.I. (1) ___________________. Three record labels are suing two A.I. start-up companies. The labels (2) ___________________ are illegally (3) ___________________ music on "an almost unimaginable scale". The labels (4) ___________________ could (5) ___________________ with "machine-generated content". This could (6) ___________________.

A.I. companies (7) ___________________ is protected under a (8) ___________________ "fair use". This means people can use (9) ___________________ like news and comedy. (10) ___________________ said his website makes "new output, (11) ___________________". The record labels want the (12) ___________________ $150,000 per song.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

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mpanies.Thelabelssaythestart-upsareillegallyusingtheircopyrighte
dmusicon"analmostunimaginablescale".Thelabelssaythecompanies
couldfillthemarketwith"machine-generatedcontent".Thiscouldend
realmusic.A.I.companiessaytheirmusicisprotectedunderaspecialla
wcalled"fairuse".Thismeanspeoplecanusematerialforthingslikenew
sandcomedy.Astart-upCEOsaidhiswebsitemakes"newoutput,no
t…pre-existingcontent".Therecordlabelswantthestart-upstop
ay$150,000persong.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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Free writing

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Answers

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