Among artists and the creative industries, generative AI (GenAI) has triggered a heated scientific and public debate on issues ranging from parasitic use and misappropriation of copyrighted works to accountability, liability and remuneration. This project addresses a critical aspect of this discourse within the Dutch music ecosystem: how to ensure that composers, text writers and performers (collectively: ‘artists’) and producers in the music industry (‘rightsholders’) receive remuneration for the use of musical works in AI training? A well-functioning licensing and remuneration system not only satisfies compensation interests of artists and rightsholders but also gives AI developers access to diverse training repertoires and allows them to develop generative models that are unbiased (in the sense of reflecting a broad spectrum of musical expressions).

The University of Amsterdam has generously funded the project as part of its Responsible Digital Transformations community. Click through the cards below to learn more.