Yes. Desmond Earley has 15 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 15

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 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, The Wexford Carol, God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

Listed under the artist name 15 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Listed as The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Desmond Earley – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Be All Merry) · Watch on YouTube

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The Wexford Carol

Listed as The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Desmond Earley – The Wexford Carol (Be All Merry) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video Cq_A3vOhfdM · row Cq_A3vOhfdM

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God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

Listed as The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Desmond Earley – God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Be All Merry) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video EK-rB2dCAZw · row EK-rB2dCAZw

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Curoo Curoo

Listed as The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Desmond Earley – Curoo Curoo (Be All Merry) · Watch on YouTube

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Ireland You're My Home (Arr. for Choir and Ensemble by Desmond Earley)

Listed as The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Desmond Earley, Amy Barrett, Solstice Ensemble – Ireland You're My Home (Arr. for Choir and Ensemble by Desmond Earley) (Ireland You're My Home (Arr. for Choir and Ensemble by Desmond Earley)) · Watch on YouTube

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Auld Lang Syne

Listed as The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Desmond Earley – Auld Lang Syne (Be All Merry) · Watch on YouTube

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Christe, Redemptor Omnium

Listed as The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Desmond Earley – Christe, Redemptor Omnium (Be All Merry) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video RQlTJoIFsEA · row RQlTJoIFsEA

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O Magnum Mysterium

Listed as The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Desmond Earley – O Magnum Mysterium (Be All Merry) · Watch on YouTube

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We Toast the Days

Listed as The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Desmond Earley – We Toast the Days (Be All Merry) · Watch on YouTube

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In Dulci Jubilo

Listed as The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Desmond Earley – In Dulci Jubilo (Be All Merry) · Watch on YouTube

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Cró na Nollag

Listed as The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Desmond Earley – Cró na Nollag (Be All Merry) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video ebchpYfhXIY · row ebchpYfhXIY

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The Adoration of the Magi

Listed as The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Desmond Earley – The Adoration of the Magi (Be All Merry) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video glkcC4ZJ848 · row glkcC4ZJ848

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Carol of the Bells

Listed as The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Desmond Earley – Carol of the Bells (Be All Merry) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video l1pTWeaGGC8 · row l1pTWeaGGC8

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Be All Merry

Listed as The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Desmond Earley – Be All Merry (Be All Merry) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video xMiG-H0aeuc · row xMiG-H0aeuc

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Suantraí

Listed as The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Desmond Earley – Suantraí (Be All Merry) · 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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These pages report where identifiers from public research datasets point. Presence in a dataset is a fact about the dataset, not a claim about the channel or artist, and says nothing about what any company did with the material. If you are this artist and want this page removed, see removals.