TIDAL Will Label AI-Generated Music, Block It From Earning Royalties
Streaming service TIDAL has announced a new AI policy, saying that it will label AI-generated tracks for transparency, and that not pay royalties on these tracks.
Beginning July 15, listeners will see an AI label on tracks that TIDAL determines are entirely AI-generated. The company says it plans to expand those labels to substantially AI-generated music as detection technology improves.
The policy defines AI-generated music as music that is wholly or substantially created using generative AI, while acknowledging that AI-assisted tools have become a common part of music production.
TIDAL says artists should be free to use AI creatively, but argues that listeners should also be able to identify AI-generated content and that royalty payments should prioritize works “directly produced, written, and performed by people.”
Under the new rules, TIDAL also says it will remove or block AI-generated music associated with fraudulent activity, including content that impersonates artists, exploits a person’s name or likeness, attempts to deceive listeners, or is linked to suspicious upload or streaming behavior.
The company will also require distributors to identify AI-generated music before it reaches the platform, and the same standards will apply to releases distributed through TIDAL Upload.
Artists who believe their music has been incorrectly identified as AI-generated can request a review through TIDAL Support.
