Fender’s CEO seems to think your bandmates are just analog AI
Fender CEO Edward Cole is facing backlash for comparing cover songs and band collaboration to 'analog AI' in a resurfaced interview. This controversy adds to existing tensions between the guitar manufacturer and its community regarding copyright enforcement.
Fender CEO Edward “Bud” Cole gave an interview to T3 in May celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Telecaster with comments on AI and music that initially flew under the radar. But it has started making the rounds recently, pouring more fuel on an already raging fire of bad PR following the company pissing off basically the entire guitar-playing community by sending cease-and-desist letters to builders, claiming copyright of the Stratocaster body shape.
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