The IFPI says music companies and distributors agreed on new rules to combat the use of AI-generated music to defraud streaming services and divert royalties
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Labels and distributors agreeing on rules to block AI-generated fraud is the music industry’s first coordinated attempt to defend royalty rails from synthetic spam. If you operate any payout or UGC platform, assume provenance checks and bot-detection for AI content will become table stakes, not optional extras.
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