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 River, Walker Behind The Wheel, Where Does The Love Go

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.

River

Listed as Bill Staines – River (Going To the West) · Watch on YouTube

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Walker Behind The Wheel

Listed as Bill Staines – Walker Behind The Wheel (Tracks And Trails) · Watch on YouTube

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Where Does The Love Go

Listed as Bill Staines – Where Does The Love Go (The Second Million Miles) · Watch on YouTube

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Liverpool Light

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

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Railroad Blues

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

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The Philosopher's Song

Listed as Bill Staines – The Philosopher's Song (Journey Home) · Watch on YouTube

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Lone Star Hotel Cafe

Listed as Bill Staines – Lone Star Hotel Cafe (Old Dogs) · Watch on YouTube

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Pretty Boy Floyd

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

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Mexico Way

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

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So Sang The River

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

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Peter Amberly

Listed as Bill Staines – Peter Amberly (Tracks And Trails) · Watch on YouTube

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I Bid You Goodnight

Listed as Bill Staines – I Bid You Goodnight (Bridges) · Watch on YouTube

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The Heavens And The Years

Listed as Bill Staines – The Heavens And The Years (Old Dogs) · Watch on YouTube

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Lord Franklin (Lady Franklin's Lament)

Listed as Bill Staines – Lord Franklin (Lady Franklin's Lament) (Beneath Some Lucky Star) · Watch on YouTube

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The Piney Wood Hills

Listed as Bill Staines – The Piney Wood Hills (Journey Home) · Watch on YouTube

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Pretty Saro

Listed as Bill Staines – Pretty Saro (Journey Home) · Watch on YouTube

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Stewball

Listed as Bill Staines – Stewball (Journey Home) · Watch on YouTube

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The Gypsy Rover

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

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Hobo's Lullaby

Listed as Bill Staines – Hobo's Lullaby (Journey Home) · Watch on YouTube

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Sweet Potato

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

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Winter

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

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Prairie In The Sky

Listed as Bill Staines – Prairie In The Sky (Journey Home) · Watch on YouTube

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The Boats They Come and the Boats They Go

Listed as Bill Staines – The Boats They Come and the Boats They Go (Just Play One Tune More) · Watch on YouTube

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In Order To Survive

Listed as Bill Staines – In Order To Survive (Tracks And Trails) · Watch on YouTube

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Along the Road

Listed as Bill Staines – Along the Road (Beneath Some Lucky Star) · Watch on YouTube

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Sampler Song

Listed as Bill Staines – Sampler Song (Looking For the Wind) · Watch on YouTube

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Bill Hosie

Listed as Bill Staines – Bill Hosie (Looking For the Wind) · Watch on YouTube

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Song For Tingmissartoq

Listed as Bill Staines – Song For Tingmissartoq (The Second Million Miles) · Watch on YouTube

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I Never Got To Say Goodbye

Listed as Bill Staines – I Never Got To Say Goodbye (Tracks And Trails) · Watch on YouTube

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Red Clay Country Blues

Listed as Bill Staines – Red Clay Country Blues (Just Play One Tune More) · Watch on YouTube

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The Lover's Waltz

Listed as Bill Staines – The Lover's Waltz (The Whistle of the Jay) · Watch on YouTube

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How Can I Keep From Singing

Listed as Bill Staines – How Can I Keep From Singing (Journey Home) · Watch on YouTube

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When I Hear the Music Play

Listed as Bill Staines – When I Hear the Music Play (The Second Million Miles) · Watch on YouTube

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Spanish Is a Loving Tongue

Listed as Bill Staines – Spanish Is a Loving Tongue (Just Play One Tune More) · Watch on YouTube

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Rompin' Rovin' Days

Listed as Bill Staines – Rompin' Rovin' Days (Journey Home) · Watch on YouTube

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Autumn Waltz

Listed as Bill Staines – Autumn Waltz (Going To the West) · Watch on YouTube

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Chilly Winds

Listed as Bill Staines – Chilly Winds (Going To the West) · Watch on YouTube

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Sweet Wyoming Home

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

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All That Keeps You Going

Listed as Bill Staines – All That Keeps You Going (Looking For the Wind) · Watch on YouTube

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The Porcupine Talks To Itself

Listed as Bill Staines – The Porcupine Talks To Itself (Bridges) · Watch on YouTube

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Every Long Journey

Listed as Bill Staines – Every Long Journey (Looking For the Wind) · Watch on YouTube

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Moving It Down The Line

Listed as Bill Staines – Moving It Down The Line (Bridges) · Watch on YouTube

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Secret Garden

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

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Journey Home

Listed as Bill Staines – Journey Home (Journey Home) · Watch on YouTube

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Louisiana Storm

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

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I Can Feel the Sweet Wind Blowing (Bless My Sould)

Listed as Bill Staines – I Can Feel the Sweet Wind Blowing (Bless My Sould) (The Happy Wanderer) · Watch on YouTube

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One More River

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

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This Song Is For the Birds

Listed as Bill Staines – This Song Is For the Birds (The Happy Wanderer) · Watch on YouTube

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Alkali

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

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The Ash Grove

Listed as Bill Staines – The Ash Grove (One More River) · 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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