Comments on: Revoked Findaway’s License to Apple for Machine Learning https://karencommins.com/2023/02/revoked-findaways-license-to-apple-for-machine-learning.html Atlanta Audiobook Narrator Sat, 07 Oct 2023 15:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: sed https://karencommins.com/2023/02/revoked-findaways-license-to-apple-for-machine-learning.html#comment-2552 Thu, 03 Aug 2023 07:09:54 +0000 https://www.karencommins.com/?p=12990#comment-2552 Thanks for sharing this.

]]> By: Veleka https://karencommins.com/2023/02/revoked-findaways-license-to-apple-for-machine-learning.html#comment-2287 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:44:13 +0000 https://www.karencommins.com/?p=12990#comment-2287 ♥ ♥]]> Thank you, Karen! ♥ ♥ ♥

]]> By: Karen Commins https://karencommins.com/2023/02/revoked-findaways-license-to-apple-for-machine-learning.html#comment-2222 Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:25:04 +0000 https://www.karencommins.com/?p=12990#comment-2222 In reply to Maggie Foster.

Hi, Maggie. Thanks for your perspective.

The person holding the rights to the audio does not have the legal right to use the performers’ voices for anything other than the distribution of the audiobook unless the performer specifically agreed to it in the contract.

As a result of the publicity over the clause in the Findaway Distribution Agreement, reps from SAG/AFTRA met with Findaway and Apple. Both companies agreed to halt the use of any and all files for machine learning, retroactive to the beginning of the practice.

To my knowledge, compensation for any files previously used was not discussed. However, if any amount is ever paid, it should flow to the person who owns the voice, not the recording.

Karen

]]> By: Stina Nielsen https://karencommins.com/2023/02/revoked-findaways-license-to-apple-for-machine-learning.html#comment-2221 Sat, 11 Feb 2023 16:59:30 +0000 https://www.karencommins.com/?p=12990#comment-2221 👏👏👏👏]]> Bravo! Thank you for your statement & for publicizing this!👏👏👏👏👏

]]> By: Maggie Foster https://karencommins.com/2023/02/revoked-findaways-license-to-apple-for-machine-learning.html#comment-2220 Sat, 11 Feb 2023 04:06:42 +0000 https://www.karencommins.com/?p=12990#comment-2220 It seems to me that the person holding the rights to the audio file should get the money being paid my Apple to use that file for machine learning.

]]> By: Karen Commins https://karencommins.com/2023/02/revoked-findaways-license-to-apple-for-machine-learning.html#comment-2214 Sun, 05 Feb 2023 21:24:34 +0000 https://www.karencommins.com/?p=12990#comment-2214 In reply to Cath Bilson.

Hi, Cath. While I agree with you, you’ll have to refer the question about SAG/AFTRA to the union reps.

Karen

]]> By: Ian Russell https://karencommins.com/2023/02/revoked-findaways-license-to-apple-for-machine-learning.html#comment-2213 Sun, 05 Feb 2023 15:09:34 +0000 https://www.karencommins.com/?p=12990#comment-2213 Thank you for bringing this to the communities attention. It feels like a backdoor. Automatically passing a license relating to our voice data to Apple via the Rights Holders agreement

]]> By: Thomas Nance https://karencommins.com/2023/02/revoked-findaways-license-to-apple-for-machine-learning.html#comment-2212 Sat, 04 Feb 2023 02:47:08 +0000 https://www.karencommins.com/?p=12990#comment-2212 Thank you, Karen. I used your template to revoke the permissions for Apple to use my fiels for AI voice construction.

]]> By: Ella Lynch https://karencommins.com/2023/02/revoked-findaways-license-to-apple-for-machine-learning.html#comment-2210 Fri, 03 Feb 2023 11:00:53 +0000 https://www.karencommins.com/?p=12990#comment-2210 Thank you so much for sharing this Karen. I am absolutelt appalled and disgusted. Despite not being a rights holder, I have used your email template any way, in the hopes it has some effect. And I am now going to reach out to all my authors about it too.

]]> By: Cath Bilson https://karencommins.com/2023/02/revoked-findaways-license-to-apple-for-machine-learning.html#comment-2209 Fri, 03 Feb 2023 01:26:07 +0000 https://www.karencommins.com/?p=12990#comment-2209 This is genuinely outrageous because I don’t believe that Rights Holders actually HAVE the right to assign narrators’ voices to be used for Machine Learning (unless they are also the narrator). Any chance of SAG-AFTRA getting involved?

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