Spotify expands AI remix and covers project with Merlin partnership
TL;DR
Spotify says Merlin, which represents more than 30,000 independent labels and distributors, has joined Universal Music Group in backing its upcoming AI-powered remix and covers product. The paid tool will let fans create AI-generated covers and remixes of participating artists’ music while ensuring artists opt in, receive credit, and are compensated.
Nauti's Take
For the first time an AI music tool ships with a real licensing chain, since opt in, credit and payout are built into the product. That is genuine progress after years of training data grey zones.
The catch is the split, because nobody knows yet how much actually reaches individual artists. Labels and distributors have a clear opportunity here, independent musicians should read the terms closely first.
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