Spotify expands AI remix and covers project with Merlin partnership
THE SO WHAT
Bringing Merlin’s 30,000+ indie labels into Spotify’s paid AI remix and covers tool turns generative music from a legal headache into a licensed product surface. Labels and artists now have to decide whether to treat AI remixes as incremental revenue and fan engagement or a brand risk they opt out of.
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