Rachel’s Song – Part II: Neighbouring rights in music created by or with artificial intelligence under German copyright law

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Dr. Christoph Hendel

Counsel
Germany

I am an associate in our commercial team in Düsseldorf where I specialise in copyright, media, unfair competition and advertising law, advising our clients in the media and entertainment industries as well as in the consumer products and healthcare sectors.

Part I of this article explores the rights of authors in music generated by or with AI systems. This Part II focuses on further potential rights holders. Where musical works are created without a sufficient creative contribution by a human and no copyright arises, neighbouring rights can still exist in recordings, performances, broadcasts or databases involving such music.

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