11/02/2025
HUGE NEWS for artists regarding AI:
1. If someone generates a full song (lyrics, instrumental, the works) with AI, they CANNOT be paid royalties for that track. END OF STORY.
2. HOWEVER, if someone uses AI to ASSIST in songwriting (meaning lyrics OR instrumental, but not BOTH) you CAN register these tracks and receive royalties.
3. The big players in AI music (namely Suno and Udio) will be required, going forward, to compensate ALL artists whose work is used to train their models and there WILL be the option to DISALLOW access to your work for training of these models.
Good to know and hopefully it will slow down the tsunami of AI generated songs that are flooding the internet now.