https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/06/china-ai-labelling-rules-netease-cloud-music-testing https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/06/china-ai-labelling-rules-netease-cloud-music-testing China has required AI-generated audio to carry a label and embedded metadata since 1 Sep 2025, and platforms must detect AI content and let uploaders declare it. In April 2026 NetEase Cloud Music told a Chinese newspaper its AI labels were still in a small-scale test and relied mostly on creators declaring AI themselves. We think that leaves honest creators carrying the cost. Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers ai-musicai-labellingmetadataartist-rightsstreamingchinanetease-cloud-musictencent-music https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/tencent-music-qq-music-ai-songs-royalty-model https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/tencent-music-qq-music-ai-songs-royalty-model Tencent Music says more than 10 million people use its AI music production platform, and its tools can publish a generated song to QQ Music in one click. On its Q4 call it said songs made wholly by AI get a different royalty-sharing model, while AI-assisted songs sung by humans stay on the traditional one. We haven't seen a big Western streaming service draw that line in public. Tue, 12 May 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers aitencent-musicqq-musicroyaltieschinastreaming