“IMPF urges independent music publishers to say with conviction that they will not accept AI licensing agreements that do not allocate 50% of proceeds to songwriters and publishers. Time and again, when major music corporations have brokered deals with companies behind emerging and disruptive technology, allocation norms have been established without input from publishers, which ultimately means that songwriters get stuck with insufficient recognition and remuneration in perpetuity. As the majors ink deals with generative AI companies, this cannot be allowed to happen again. It is the underlying composition of a song that is so valuable to these new generative AI models, not the master recording and any licensing deals must be based on that fact.”
IMPF has shared a statement urging music publishers not to accept AI licensing agreements that don’t allocate 50% of proceeds to songwriters and publishers.
