Why some musicians aren't happy about labels signing AI deals with platforms

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Set us as preferred Two years ago, the biggest record labels took artificial intelligence music generators to court for copyright infringement.Now several of them are licensing their catalogs to those same companies, and the deals are starting to turn into products.The latest example came earlier this month, when Suno, an AI music company valued at $5.4 billion, released its first models built with licensed music from Warner Music Group, BMG and Believe.

Rival Udio has licensing deals with Universal Music Group and Warner.The companies are pitching AI as a new revenue stream for artists.

But so far, none of them have disclosed what artists will be paid, how many artists have opted in, or how much input individual musicians have over whether their work is used.And some musicians and songwriters are fearful of how these AI deals might affect livelihoods.“It’s sort of a creepy and ominous cloud,” said Matt Evans, a 35-year-old Pasadena resident who’s played brass instruments on shows like “The Late Late Show With James Corden” and Netflix’s “Dr.

Seuss’s Red Fish, Blue Fish.” “The fact that I could do something once and then it could be reused, and if that’s not negotiated in a contract, then I never got to make a choice to receive additional compensation.It all comes down to the loss of money.” The American Federation of Musicians sued Universal and Warner in June, alleging the labels licensed recordings its members played on to Suno and Udio without paying those musicians or telling the union which recordings were involved.

The labels have moved to dismiss the case.Hollywood Inc.

The music industry’s biggest players have proposed several guidelines for how to treat music produced with AI.In 2024, Universal, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner sued Suno and Udio for copyright infringement, allegin...