Who Owns a Song?From AI Hits to Aboriginal Songlines
Seconde (general) · CEFR A2 → B1 · Threads: Ownership, Identity, Truth
“If an AI makes a hit song, who owns it?”
The big question
Can anyone own a song, a story or a sacred place, and what do we owe to the people whose culture it comes from?
The journey
AI band or real band?: Listen, guess and ask who owns music.
Treaty: a song for a people: Discover how a song can carry a people’s demand.
Songlines and Uluru: Understand songs that map the land, and what respect means.
Back to today: AI, copyright and artists: Connect past and present around the same question.
Create your own game: Songline Trail: Invent a board game about places and the stories they carry.
Final task: should AI songs be labelled?: Defend a position with examples.
Sentence starters
This song sounds…
Treaty is about…
A songline is…
Copyright protects…
If you land on…, you…
In my opinion, AI songs should…
Game: Songline Trail
A board game: each square is a place (Uluru, Sydney, Arnhem Land) with a story card. Players must retell the story in one sentence to move on. The whole class wins when every story has been told.
Final task
Oral position (2–3 minutes, B1): “Should AI-made songs be labelled?”, with one example from Aboriginal culture.
My effort badges
☐ Sharp Listener☐ Word Hunter☐ Game Designer☐ Fair Debater☐ Comeback Badge