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  • China's AI labelling rules meet the music apps, and NetEase says its labels are still a test

    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.

    AIvia Cyberspace Administration of China

  • Tencent Music lets AI songs onto QQ Music, but puts fully AI tracks on a different 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.

    AIvia Tencent Music Entertainment Group

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