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A folk musician became a target for AI fakes and a copyright troll

TechnologyApril 4, 2026
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A folk musician became a target for AI fakes and a copyright troll
In January, folk artist Murphy Campbell discovered several songs on her Spotify profile that did not belong there. They were songs that she had recorded, but she'd never uploaded them to Spotify, and
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Musician Murphy Campbell in a black and white photo that appears to be taken on an old-school large format film camera. Murphy Campbell is at the center of a brewing storm around AI and a broken copyright system. | Image: Murphy Campbell

In January, folk artist Murphy Campbell discovered several songs on her Spotify profile that did not belong there. They were songs that she had recorded, but she'd never uploaded them to Spotify, and something was off about the vocals.

She quickly surmised that someone had pulled performances of the songs she posted to YouTube, created AI covers, and uploaded them to streaming platforms under her name. I ran one of the songs, "Four Marys", through two different AI detectors, and it seemed to support her suspicions with both saying it was probably AI-generated.

Campbell was shocked, "I was kind of under the impression that we had a little b …

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