MPC Submission to Federal Government’s AI consultation

Music Publishers Canada was pleased to recently file submission in the Federal Government’s AI consultation.   

MPC recognizes that artificial intelligence has the potential to be enormously beneficial when it is implemented in a responsible and ethical manner, and MPC embraces that potential. In the music space, AI has the potential to support the valuable work of human creators, which in turn enriches Canadian culture and society. Our members are already exploring the benefits of this new technology. However, the astonishing rate of both acquisition (or sometimes appropriation) of copyright-protected datasets and content on the input side, together with the development of generative AI models on the output side, pose serious risks for Canada’s creators and the companies that invest in them.