Yes. Bill Staines has 150 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 150

songs in LAION-DISCO-12M under the artist name

A list of 12 million songs on YouTube Music, gathered by walking artist pages, that LAION published in 2024 for training general music models.

Including Walker Behind The Wheel, The Logging Song, The Roseville Fair

Listed under the artist name 150 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

Matched exactly: this YouTube Music artist id is the one the dataset lists these songs under.

Walker Behind The Wheel

Listed as Bill Staines – Walker Behind The Wheel (Bridges) · Watch on YouTube

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The Logging Song

Listed as Bill Staines – The Logging Song (The Whistle of the Jay) · Watch on YouTube

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The Roseville Fair

Listed as Bill Staines – The Roseville Fair (The Whistle of the Jay) · Watch on YouTube

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The Rivers of Texas

Listed as Bill Staines – The Rivers of Texas (The Whistle of the Jay) · Watch on YouTube

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A Place in the Choir

Listed as Bill Staines – A Place in the Choir (The Whistle of the Jay) · Watch on YouTube

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The Black Fly Song

Listed as Bill Staines – The Black Fly Song (Just Play One Tune More) · Watch on YouTube

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Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit

Listed as Bill Staines – Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit (One More River) · Watch on YouTube

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Wild Rippling Waters

Listed as Bill Staines – Wild Rippling Waters (Just Play One Tune More) · Watch on YouTube

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The Lost Mine of the Chisos

Listed as Bill Staines – The Lost Mine of the Chisos (Just Play One Tune More) · Watch on YouTube

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A Place In The Choir

Listed as Bill Staines – A Place In The Choir (Bridges) · Watch on YouTube

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Leatherwing Bat

Listed as Bill Staines – Leatherwing Bat (One More River) · Watch on YouTube

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All Things Bright And Beautiful

Listed as Bill Staines – All Things Bright And Beautiful (October’s Hill) · Watch on YouTube

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My Grandfather's Clock

Listed as Bill Staines – My Grandfather's Clock (One More River) · Watch on YouTube

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Ol' Jack

Listed as Bill Staines – Ol' Jack (The Whistle of the Jay) · Watch on YouTube

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I Must Be Going Home

Listed as Bill Staines – I Must Be Going Home (Just Play One Tune More) · Watch on YouTube

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Rye Whiskey Joe

Listed as Bill Staines – Rye Whiskey Joe (Just Play One Tune More) · Watch on YouTube

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Home On the Range

Listed as Bill Staines – Home On the Range (The Happy Wanderer) · Watch on YouTube

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Lynchburg Town

Listed as Bill Staines – Lynchburg Town (Just Play One Tune More) · Watch on YouTube

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Little Brown Dog

Listed as Bill Staines – Little Brown Dog (The Happy Wanderer) · Watch on YouTube

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The Happy Wanderer

Listed as Bill Staines – The Happy Wanderer (The Happy Wanderer) · Watch on YouTube

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Joli Girl

Listed as Bill Staines – Joli Girl (The Whistle of the Jay) · Watch on YouTube

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The Happy Yodel

Listed as Bill Staines – The Happy Yodel (Bridges) · Watch on YouTube

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River

Listed as Bill Staines – River (Bridges) · Watch on YouTube

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Dear Friend

Listed as Bill Staines – Dear Friend (The Second Million Miles) · Watch on YouTube

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If I Came To Need An Angel

Listed as Bill Staines – If I Came To Need An Angel (Beneath Some Lucky Star) · Watch on YouTube

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Jubilee

Listed as Bill Staines – Jubilee (The Whistle of the Jay) · Watch on YouTube

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Winter On The Railroad

Listed as Bill Staines – Winter On The Railroad (Tracks And Trails) · Watch on YouTube

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Old Dogs

Listed as Bill Staines – Old Dogs (Old Dogs) · Watch on YouTube

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River

Listed as Bill Staines – River (The Whistle of the Jay) · Watch on YouTube

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Crossing The Water

Listed as Bill Staines – Crossing The Water (Going To the West) · Watch on YouTube

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The Little Cowboy's Lullabye

Listed as Bill Staines – The Little Cowboy's Lullabye (Tracks And Trails) · Watch on YouTube

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Four Little Sailors

Listed as Bill Staines – Four Little Sailors (The Happy Wanderer) · Watch on YouTube

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Henri Leblanc

Listed as Bill Staines – Henri Leblanc (The Whistle of the Jay) · Watch on YouTube

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My Sweet Wyoming Home

Listed as Bill Staines – My Sweet Wyoming Home (Just Play One Tune More) · Watch on YouTube

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A Place In the Choir

Listed as Bill Staines – A Place In the Choir (The Happy Wanderer) · Watch on YouTube

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The Fox

Listed as Bill Staines – The Fox (One More River) · Watch on YouTube

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Piney River Girl

Listed as Bill Staines – Piney River Girl (The Whistle of the Jay) · Watch on YouTube

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Missouri Road Song

Listed as Bill Staines – Missouri Road Song (The Whistle of the Jay) · Watch on YouTube

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Music To Me

Listed as Bill Staines – Music To Me (Tracks And Trails) · Watch on YouTube

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Bridges

Listed as Bill Staines – Bridges (Bridges) · Watch on YouTube

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Kookaburra

Listed as Bill Staines – Kookaburra (The Happy Wanderer) · Watch on YouTube

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Andie's Air

Listed as Bill Staines – Andie's Air (Old Dogs) · Watch on YouTube

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Less of Me

Listed as Bill Staines – Less of Me (One More River) · Watch on YouTube

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White Mountain Goodbye

Listed as Bill Staines – White Mountain Goodbye (Just Play One Tune More) · Watch on YouTube

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Child of Mine

Listed as Bill Staines – Child of Mine (Going To the West) · Watch on YouTube

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A Cowboy's Hard Times

Listed as Bill Staines – A Cowboy's Hard Times (The Whistle of the Jay) · Watch on YouTube

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Show Me The Road

Listed as Bill Staines – Show Me The Road (Going To the West) · Watch on YouTube

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The Applepicker's Song (The Apple Picker's Reel)

Listed as Bill Staines – The Applepicker's Song (The Apple Picker's Reel) (The Happy Wanderer) · Watch on YouTube

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Travelling Shoes

Listed as Bill Staines – Travelling Shoes (Tracks And Trails) · Watch on YouTube

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The Streets Of Old Quebec

Listed as Bill Staines – The Streets Of Old Quebec (Tracks And Trails) · Watch on YouTube

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What this means

Last reviewed 2026-09-24.

Presence in a public research dataset shows that a clip of your recording was listed by academic or industry researchers as material for building or testing audio models. It does not by itself show which commercial products, if any, used the clip. The legal picture is moving. On 31 July 2026 the Regional Court of Munich I ruled in GEMA's case against Suno (case 42 O 763/25) that reproducing works for training, holding them in a model in retrievable form, and generating similar outputs can each infringe copyright under German and EU law; the judgment is not final and can be appealed. In the United States, Warner Music Group settled its claims against Suno on 25 November 2025 with a licensing deal, while the parallel claims by Universal and Sony were still pending at that point. Since then BMG (12 August 2026) and Believe/TuneCore (8 September 2026) have signed opt-in licensing deals with Suno.

What you can do

3 routes. None is a guarantee.

UK, PRS members. Send PRS for Music your report and ask what collective or licensing route covers your works.
- PRS for Music and Artificial Intelligence, Version 1 (October 2025), 2025-10-01
- PRS for Music: AI and music copyright, 2026-09-24
Germany, GEMA members. GEMA won a first-instance ruling against Suno on 31 July 2026 and has a licensing model. Ask how they apply to your repertoire.
- GEMA: Suno AI and OpenAI, GEMA sues for fair compensation, 2025-01-21
- DLA Piper: GEMA v Suno, Munich Regional Court judgment of 31 July 2026, 2026-08-28
- Music Business Worldwide: Germany's GEMA launches AI Charter, 2024-11-05
Signed to Warner, BMG or Believe/TuneCore. Each has an opt-in licensing deal with Suno. Ask your label what opting in or out means for you and whether any settlement money reaches artists.
- Music Business Worldwide: Warner Music Group settles with Suno, 2025-11-25
- Music Ally: Suno signs another music licensing deal, with BMG, 2026-08-12
- Music Business Worldwide: Suno inks global deal with Believe, 2026-09-08

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