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Spotify adds Merlin to its AI music remix and covers effort
Why it matters
Spotify brought Merlin and its 30,000 plus independent labels into its paid AI remix and covers feature, with participating rights holders compensated. The rights architecture was settled before the feature shipped rather than after. It sets a precedent that AI derivative content is licensable at scale when consent and payment are defined upfront. The blocker on AI generated content is not the technology, it is whether rights were cleared before the asset existed.
The source
TechCrunch
Spotify adds Merlin to its AI music remix and covers effort
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