Major labels are getting “massive corporate payouts” for AI licensing but “paying musicians zero”, says AFM’s ‘Human Made Human Paid’ campaign
Executive Overview The intersection of generative artificial intelligence and the music industry has reached a volatile boiling point. As major record labels race to monetize their massive catalog assets through lucrative, multi-million-dollar licensing agreements with artificial intelligence technology firms, the foundational labor force that built those very catalogs is being systematically sidelined. In response to … Read more



