Report John Mercer built from the datasets alone

Yes. John Mercer has 6 videos listed in datasets used to train and test AI models.

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Used for training and testing 6

videos in AudioSet

A list of about a million ten-second YouTube clips, each labelled with the sounds in it, that Google published in 2017. Labs use it to train and test general audio and music models.

Including Ophelia, They Called It Music, Walking West to Memphis

AudioSet 6 videos, 6 rows

Ophelia

Clip 80s to 90s · Open clip on YouTube · Labels: Country, Music, Musical instrument, Bluegrass

youtube_video 63JaOcHv4Fg · row unbalanced_train:63JaOcHv4Fg:80:90

AudioSetunbalanced_train

They Called It Music

Clip 30s to 40s · Open clip on YouTube · Labels: Music, Rhythm and blues

youtube_video BHDnnrB6aqA · row unbalanced_train:BHDnnrB6aqA:30:40

AudioSetunbalanced_train

Walking West to Memphis

Clip 100s to 110s · Open clip on YouTube · Labels: Singing, Banjo, Country, Music, Musical instrument, Bluegrass

youtube_video CSADwKB1Y5E · row unbalanced_train:CSADwKB1Y5E:100:110

AudioSetunbalanced_train

You Done Me Wrong

Clip 110s to 120s · Open clip on YouTube · Labels: Banjo, Country, Guitar, Music, Musical instrument, Violin, fiddle, Plucked string instrument, Bluegrass, Bowed string instrument

youtube_video GCISsze9pwA · row unbalanced_train:GCISsze9pwA:110:120

AudioSetunbalanced_train

That Bluegrass Music

Clip 30s to 40s · Open clip on YouTube · Labels: Country, Music

youtube_video aB_zqGXs_ec · row unbalanced_train:aB_zqGXs_ec:30:40

AudioSetunbalanced_train

Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow, Son

Clip 30s to 40s · Open clip on YouTube · Labels: Music, Speech

youtube_video bW--8LcXOA4 · row unbalanced_train:bW--8LcXOA4:30:40

AudioSetunbalanced_train

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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Provenance

JSON export SHA-256 3d34d2a27602fbc57fccc4e0c2fa0d0f5b8a6ba7c18357f92fd55bd81a52a4b8

Dataset versions indexed

Dataset	File	Rows	Loaded	SHA-256
audioset	balanced_train_segments.csv	8,836	2026-09-24T10:30:36+00:00	`3b83e5ff9ed72cfd…`
audioset	eval_segments.csv	7,848	2026-09-24T10:30:36+00:00	`f7055f53935f70e7…`
audioset	unbalanced_train_segments.csv	1,063,333	2026-09-24T10:30:43+00:00	`bb2dfd5e4f1ced39…`
laion_disco_12m	train-00000-of-00005.parquet	2,464,184	2026-09-24T12:18:19+00:00	`f8b1f0034f8f1e94…`
laion_disco_12m	train-00001-of-00005.parquet	2,464,183	2026-09-24T12:32:29+00:00	`71d78ad14ee3f85d…`
laion_disco_12m	train-00002-of-00005.parquet	2,464,183	2026-09-24T12:49:06+00:00	`0feba570a0e8e73c…`
laion_disco_12m	train-00003-of-00005.parquet	2,464,183	2026-09-24T13:06:37+00:00	`21a77d99fd85ad2f…`
laion_disco_12m	train-00004-of-00005.parquet	2,464,183	2026-09-24T13:24:36+00:00	`6ac5f59958b6b813…`
musiccaps	musiccaps-public.csv	5,521	2026-09-24T10:29:42+00:00	`8cc109ac507b5e5a…`

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