artists

Artists are individuals who create works such as music, visual art, or performance for public consumption and professional expression.

Why it’s in the news: They are in the news due to debates over military service exemptions in South Korea, the Pope's stance on AI-generated art, and issues with royalty collection for overseas performances.

Latest on artists

• If BTS has to serve, why are South Korean sportsmen, artists exempt: ex-lawmaker
• Pope Leo comes out against AI-generated art and calls for an alliance with artists
• Why con artists get the meeting that honest founders can’t
• Artists, promoters and venues have their own kind of power on troubled tours like Ed Sheeran's
• J-pop artists lose out as overseas royalties slip through cracks
• Spotify’s Fresh Finds Forward gives artists free studio time and more
• Artists and rights holders will not receive royalties from AI-generated music played on Tidal
• TIDAL's automated detection will catch obvious synthetic vocals, but the edge cases — AI-assisted production, heavily processed human vocals, hybrid workflows — will either slip through or get flagged incorrectly, creating a two-tier royalty system that punishes ambiguity.
• nobody knows what the labels owe the artists whose work trained them
• The technology meant to protect artists from AI theft is the same technology now enabling the fraud that steals their royalties.

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