Tidal Stops Royalties for Fully AI-Generated Tracks
*Tidal will label tracks it flags as 100 percent AI-generated but will not pay royalties on them starting July 15.*
Tidal announced the change on June 29. The streaming service said it will no longer attribute royalties to music it identifies as wholly AI-generated. Instead of removing the tracks, the platform will add an icon to mark them for listeners.
The policy takes effect immediately for monetization and expands to labeling on July 15. Tidal stated its priority is to ensure royalties go only to works “directly produced, written, and performed by people.” The company did not name the detection tools it plans to use.
Three reports confirm the same core points. Tidal framed the move as protection for human artists. It chose labeling over an outright ban, leaving the tracks available on the service.
No major artists or competing platforms have issued public responses yet. The three sources report identical details on the royalty cutoff and labeling plan, with no conflicting claims.
The decision draws a line on revenue while keeping the content visible. Other services still pay out on AI uploads or have not announced similar rules. Tidal’s choice may steer fully synthetic tracks toward platforms that continue to monetize them, or it may reduce the volume of such uploads on Tidal itself. Either outcome shifts how creators test AI tools against real payout systems.
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