Copyright of AI-Generated Music Quiz

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1. How many separate copyrights does a song with a recording normally carry?
   • One, covering everything about the song
   • Two: one in the composition and one in the sound recording
   • Three: lyrics, melody and performance each separately
   • None until it is registered
2. What did the D.C. Circuit uphold in Thaler v. Perlmutter?
   • A license requirement for all AI music services
   • That AI training on recordings is fair use
   • The refusal to register a work described as created autonomously by AI
   • Automatic copyright for anyone who writes a prompt
3. According to the Copyright Office's January 2025 report, do text prompts alone usually make you the author of an AI output?
   • No, because prompts generally do not give enough control over the output
   • Yes, as long as the prompt is original
   • Yes, if you pay for the service
   • Only if the prompt is longer than a paragraph
4. You write original lyrics and set them over an AI-generated backing track. What can you most likely protect?
   • The entire track, including the AI instrumental
   • Nothing, because any AI involvement voids copyright
   • Only the title of the song
   • Your lyrics and your human arrangement choices, not the generated audio
5. Can a music generator's terms of service give you a copyright in a fully AI-generated track?
   • Yes, terms of service override copyright law
   • No, a contract can grant use rights but cannot create a copyright the law does not recognize
   • Only for users on the free tier
   • Yes, but only in the United States
6. Which companies sued Suno and Udio in June 2024?
   • Spotify and Apple Music
   • The US Copyright Office
   • Universal, Sony and Warner
   • A group of independent songwriters only
7. What was the core allegation in the label lawsuits against the music generators?
   • That the services copied recorded music at scale to train their models
   • That the services paid artists too much
   • That AI tracks were too similar to each other
   • That the services refused to register copyrights
8. Imitating a famous singer's voice with AI most directly raises which kind of claim, beyond copyright?
   • Patent infringement
   • Trademark dilution of the song title
   • Breach of a streaming royalty contract
   • Right of publicity, such as under Tennessee's ELVIS Act