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A streaming service cuts royalties for fully machine-made songs

development2026-06-29

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Tidal began tagging fully AI-generated songs from mid-July and cutting royalties to anything it deems wholly machine-made.

Reporting date: 2026-06-29 (not necessarily the event date)

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A streaming service cuts royalties for fully machine-made songs
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Reporting date: 2026-06-29
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-29-royalties-cut-for-fully-machine-made-songs
Claim: Tidal began tagging fully AI-generated songs from mid-July and cutting royalties to anything it deems wholly machine-made.
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- Welcome to June 29, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-june-29-2026
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