Artificial Intelligence And Music Industry

One of the most striking developments in the music industry in 2023 was the release of the song "Heart on my Sleeves" by an anonymous user named "Ghostwriter" using the AI-created voices of world-famous singers Drake and the Weekend. However, the song "Heart on my Sleeves" did not exist in the music market for a long time due to the removal of the song from the relevant platforms after Universal Music filed a notice of intellectual property infringement. Although the song was removed from the relevant platforms upon Universal Music's request, the complexity of the issue has led to much debate as to the copyright implications and basis of the request.

If a similar situation were to occur in Turkey, the provisions of the Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works ("LIAW") would need to be carefully examined. In a hypothetical case where a musical work that has been publicized but has not yet been performed is performed by the use of a voice that does not belong