Tidal just drew a line in the sand on AI music — 100% AI-generated tracks won’t earn royalties on the music streaming platform
THE SO WHAT
By refusing to pay 100% AI-generated tracks and leaning on external detection, TIDAL is turning content provenance into a compliance problem for distributors and tools. If you’re shipping music tech, expect platforms to demand clearer metadata, provenance signals, and toggles for AI involvement at upload time.
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