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Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell have joined forces in a billion-dollar intellectual property lawsuit against AI company founders, with song lyrics — not recordings — at the center of the case. Industry observers note that AI companies are facing a fresh wave of legal attacks from rights holders. The suit signals that music publishers are now targeting AI systems trained on or generating copyrighted text.

Commentary argues that the internet was once dismissed as a crazy idea, and founders pitching emerging technologies today face a similar credibility test from skeptical investors and the public. The piece draws a parallel between past skepticism toward the web and current doubt surrounding new technologies, suggesting that today's seemingly far-fetched ventures may follow the same path from ridicule to mainstream adoption.