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 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/warner-halley-records-artists-keep-masters https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/warner-halley-records-artists-keep-masters Warner Music Spain has bought all of Halley Records, the Barcelona label behind Oques Grasses and Els Catarres. One outlet says Halley's licensing model leaves the masters with the artists, but no one else has confirmed it, and that question decides what Warner has actually bought. Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industrylabelsacquisitionsmasterswarner-musiceurope https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/melodifestivalen-2027-4077-entries-no-ai-ban https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/melodifestivalen-2027-4077-entries-no-ai-ban SVT received a record 4,077 entries for Melodifestivalen 2027, suspects a growing share were made with AI, has no way to detect them and won't ban them. Its rules only demand that the lead artist sings live. Greece's broadcaster went the other way, with a written AI ban and a sworn declaration from every writer. Mon, 12 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industryai-musiceuropesongwriting https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/denmark-deepfake-bill-l49-consent-burden-of-proof https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/denmark-deepfake-bill-l49-consent-burden-of-proof Denmark's culture minister tabled bill L 49 on 8 Oct 2026. It would bar sharing realistic digital imitations of a person's voice, face or other features, or of a performer's performance, without consent, from 1 Jan 2027. It is not law yet. The detail that matters most for singers is in the explanatory notes: the person who publishes the imitation has to prove consent. Thu, 08 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers artist-rightsdeepfakesvoice-cloningcopyrighteuropepolicy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/spain-official-charts-ai-eligibility-rules-promusicae-agedi https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/spain-official-charts-ai-eligibility-rules-promusicae-agedi Promusicae and AGEDI, which compile Spain's official charts, have adopted IFPI's principles for recordings made with generative AI. A track can chart only if it is substantially human made, made with an authorised AI service and labelled for listeners. None of those terms is defined, and the Spanish announcement mentions no way to appeal. Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers ai-musicartist-rightsindustrychartseuropepromusicaeagediifpi https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/france-darcos-bill-sacem-ai-training-burden-of-proof https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/france-darcos-bill-sacem-ai-training-burden-of-proof France's Senate has passed a one-article bill that would presume an AI provider used a protected work whenever there is a plausible sign that it did, leaving the provider to prove otherwise. SACEM, which has opted its repertoire out of AI mining since October 2023, wants it passed. It has been stuck in the National Assembly since June, and the reason it matters is that an opt-out is hard to enforce if you can't prove your music was used. Thu, 06 Aug 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers ai-musicartist-rightscopyrightlegaleuropesacem https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/stim-ai-rights-category-opt-in-work-by-work https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/stim-ai-rights-category-opt-in-work-by-work STIM's members have voted to create a separate AI rights category, in force from 1 Jun 2026. No work goes into an AI licence unless its creator switches it on, work by work; everything else stays monitored but excluded. It is the most consent-heavy model we have seen a collecting society adopt, and its weak spot is scale, not principle. Sun, 31 May 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers ai-musicartist-rightslicensingcollecting-societiesstimeurope