Last week, Sony Music Group sent out a letter to more than 700 companies building out or using generative AI models with a clear warning: If you’re going to use Sony’s content, you better have explicit permission.
“We have reason to believe that you and/or your affiliates may already have made unauthorized uses (including TDM) of SMG Content in relation to the training, development or commercialization of AI systems,” according to the letter, a copy of which was obtained by Term Sheet. (The letter was first reported by Bloomberg.)
