What I explain in the interview
Only human creation is protected
The only holder of rights over a song is a person. If all you give is a prompt and the AI generates the rest, the work is not yours: ideas are not protected. Using AI as a tool — to help with the lyrics or parts of the song — is not the same as letting it generate everything.
Document your creative part
Voice notes, demos, lyric drafts: keep it all. In law what counts is proof, and that is what will show which part of the song is yours.
Cloning a voice is not a copyright issue
A voice has no copyright, but it is protected: it is personal data, just like your face, and part of your right to your own image. Cloning another person’s voice or image without consent was already unlawful before any AI law.
Read the platform’s terms
AI music platforms such as Suno usually say two things: that they are not liable, and that if they are sued over your song, they will come after you. And on their free plan you may only use what you generate for personal, non-commercial purposes.
Who must disclose that it is AI
Under the EU AI Act, the general duty to mark AI-generated content falls on the provider, the platform. But if it is a deepfake — say, a voice that sounds like a real person — whoever publishes it must disclose it too. I explain it in my EU AI Act guide.
Your artist profile is human
A platform may flag a specific song as made with AI, and may even decide not to accept that content. But you, as an author, are a person: in my view, your profile should not be presented as if you were not real.
And if someone clones a synthetic voice?
Yulia raised a case that is not yet regulated: a synthetic voice created from her own. I know of no specific rule and no case like it, but applying legal reasoning I believe it could also be defended, because it is based on her own voice and it is her creation.
Three recommendations if you make music with AI
- Read the terms of the platform you use, so you know where your liability starts and ends.
- Document your creative process: human creation is what gives you rights, and you have to be able to prove it.
- Keep the human part: do not just press a button, direct the result. And do not clone other people’s voices.
This is not only a music problem: for three years I advised a digital art gallery, and generative artists face exactly the same questions.
“Ideas are not protected. What is protected is human creation.”
Miriam Acerete · HITMAKER TV
Every song is a different case
Which part is yours, what your platform’s terms allow and what you have to label depends on how you made the work and where you will exploit it. If you make music with AI, or work at a label or a platform, let’s review your case before you release.
About the interview
HITMAKER TV, hosted and produced by Yulia Kovalenko, head of HITMAKER. Thanks to BASE2 for welcoming us to their terrace on Valencia’s marina, and to AI Tinkerers Valencia for bringing technology to more people. Watch the interview on YouTube.