How Artificial Intelligence Could Help Keep Plagiarism in the Music Industry in Check

Spotify is currently working on an algorithm that could let musicians know whether their latest compositions copy parts of existing songs, reports the specialist magazine, Music Business Worldwide. Patent applications were apparently filed at the end of November in the US and in Europe, for a new technology named "Plagiarism Risk Detector and Interface." The invention is said to analyze so-called "lead sheets" -- a kind of musical score for songs denoting melody, chords and sometimes more -- to detect whether they copy any elements of any other tracks featured on the Spotify platform. These could be harmonies, sequences of chords or fragments of melody, for example. It could also provide a link to the track resembling the creation analyzed by the AI in order to facilitate rewriting.