AI in the Music Industry – Part 16: A Neighbouring Right for AI-Output?

As we saw in part 15 of the series ‘AI in the Music Industry’, artificial intelligence will not have a copyright personality for the foreseeable future. However, it is being discussed that the output created by AI creates could be protected by a related or neighbouring right, as in the case of images (film and photography) or sound recordings (neighbouring right for music labels). In this part of the series, we look at the advantages and disadvantages of a neighbouring right for AI-generated musical works.