DistroKid 因 UMG 诉讼悄然下架歌曲，部分非 AI 作品被误伤
DistroKid has been quietly taking down songs in response to UMG lawsuit
DistroKid 向 The Verge 确认，应 UMG 的指控要求下架了少量通过其发行的录音，UMG 于 9 月起诉称 DistroKid 打造了一条 AI 垃圾内容流水线。多位音乐人反映自己的非 AI 作品在毫无通知的情况下被下架，且难以联系到人工客服获得解释，DistroKid 表示强烈否认 UMG 诉讼中的指控，并正努力减少对受影响艺人的干扰。
Terrence O'Brien
is the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths.
Artists are taking to social media to complain that DistroKid has unceremoniously removed their work without notice. Now DistroKid has confirmed to The Verge that the takedowns are a direct response to claims made by UMG. The label filed a lawsuit in September claiming that DistroKid has created an “AI-slop pipeline.” Artists are saying that their non-AI works are being caught up in the purge, however.
Musician and self-described “Video Game boy” McGwire reported that six of his songs had been removed from streaming. As has been the case with others, McGwire says that there was no communication from DistroKid before or after the removals, and that he had to contact the company for an explanation.
DistroKid also makes it exceedingly difficult to contact them. McGwire first had to have a “lengthy circular conversation” with a bot before getting hold of a live agent. One of the songs removed was a cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely,” which he claims to have had a proper license for. Another track used a beat he purchased through a marketplace, which others had also licensed.
Most infuriating for McGwire was a song removed for an uncleared sample. The song he allegedly sampled was released two years after his track.
Much of the frustration from artists stems from the lack of communication and recourse. Nerdcore rapper Insane Ian posted that he “had an original song taken down with no warning, and they wouldn’t tell me why either.”
Rapper King Chase also struggled to get through to a person at DistroKid. He told The Verge that an entire album for an artist he had been working with was removed with no communication or explanation. “The album had been up for 3-4 years without incident,” he said, and that there had been “no copyright strikes or anything either.”
Amanda Ferri, DistroKid’s VP of Artist Services, told The Verge that “A very small number of recordings distributed through DistroKid have been removed in response to claims made by UMG. We strongly dispute the allegations underlying UMG’s lawsuit and regret the disruption to affected artists. We are working to minimize that disruption while protecting artists’ ability to release their music.”
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- Terrence O'Brien
来源：The Verge · AI · theverge.com