All Three Major Labels Unite to Propose Rules for How AI-Generated Music Should Chart
Prominent indie companies such as BMG, Concord, and HYBE joined the proposal as well
A coalition of the biggest music companies in the world has joined forces to propose rules for how AI-generated music should be represented on traditional charts. A key element of the rules is that any music that was made with unlawful AI-generation practices should be barred from chart inclusion entirely.
Who’s on board:
Believe, BMG, Concord, Dirty Hit, Glassnote Records, HYBE Corp., Mom+Pop Music, Partisan Records, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group.
The rules:
The proposal states recordings should be banned from traditional charts if the recordings do not meet the following criteria:
Any generative AI services used to develop the recording are properly authorised and lawful.
They are substantially human-made.
They do not raise stream or chart manipulation concerns.
They comply with applicable laws, including those relating to copyright, related rights, and personality rights.
The making available of the recordings does not breach the terms of the generative AI service used.
The use of generative AI services to develop the recording is appropriately signalled to consumers on downstream services (e.g., digital streaming platforms), in accordance with any applicable legislation and/or industry labelling standards.
Background:
Another major coalition recently proposed guidelines for labeling music made with AI.
What they said:
“These principles would enable official charts to accommodate appropriate use of AI in the creative process whilst remaining an authentic celebration of human artistry.”
“Tracks created using generative AI systems have been appearing on streaming services. However, many of these have been developed with tools that have been trained on artists’ music without authorization”.
“These tracks are also commonly associated with streaming fraud. To tackle this, record companies are driving the development and licensing of AI music services that respect the rights of music creators. Through the implementation of these principles, human creators will have further assurance that tracks manufactured via unauthorized algorithms unjustly built upon their work – or fraudulently promoted – will not be celebrated by industry charts.”
👋 Disclosures & Transparency Block
This article was written with information sourced from Music Business Worldwide.
We covered it because this represents a coalition of major companies addressing AI in music.
