Notes.fm Launches Music Metadata Platform Credits.fm

Music rights infrastructure company Notes.fm has announced the launch of Credits.fm, a free and open music credits database designed to ensure creators are accurately credited and compensated for their work.

Why it matters:

• As royalties from licensed AI training have the potential to create significant new revenue streams for creators, accurate credit attribution is more important than ever to ensure fair compensation.

• Incorrect music credits and metadata contribute to the more than $1 billion in music royalties that go unclaimed annually, a number that may rise as AI platforms and generative music tools become more prevalent.

• Credits.fm seeks to help “the music industry organize, verify, and connect the data powering royalties and artist compensation in the age of AI.”

How it works:

• Credits.fm indexes more than 150 million song codes and credits across music rights databases, collection societies and registries.

• It’s freely searchable across multiple domains including ISRC.fm, ISWC.fm, and IPI.fm.

• It introduces open API + MCP functionality that allows developers and companies using AI tools such as Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT to integrate verified music credits directly into their workflows.

What they said:

• Tim Luckow, Founder and CEO of Notes.fm and Co-Founder of Stem: “The music industry is entering a moment where attribution matters more than any other time in history. As AI systems become a bigger part of how music is discovered, created and monetized, there needs to be a more reliable way to connect songs back to the actual humans creating them so they are able to get paid. Better credits lead to better outcomes for the creative professionals making the music. With Credits.fm, we’re helping solve a decades-old problem at a time when it’s primed to get exponentially worse.”