LyricFind’s Darryl Ballantyne recently penned an op-ed for Hypebot, discussing how AI can improve the business of lyric licensing, translations, synchronizations, and more.
artificial intelligence is understandable.
– Darryl Ballantyne, Hypebot
Artists, songwriters, publishers, and labels have reason to be concerned about generative AI systems that use copyrighted work without permission, flood platforms with low-quality content, and weaken human creativity. Those concerns deserve serious attention, and any use of copyrighted music in AI systems needs clear licensing, transparency, and guardrails.
However, the industry needs to be careful not to treat every AI conversation as the same debate. Some uses can improve the business infrastructure and help existing works earn money, especially for artists.
In lyrics, rights data, translations, synchronization, and metadata workflows, AI can make the music business more efficient in ways that directly benefit the artists and companies behind the songs. I’ll prove it.