News May 19, 2026

Protests slam labels’ AI deals: ‘Our music is not your training data’

For music rightsholders, getting to the point where licensing deals can be signed with AI companies has been hard work. But the hardest work may be yet to come: convincing their artists and songwriters to opt in to those agreements. The latest pointer to some of the tensions in this dynamic comes to

Originally published by Music Ally
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Protests slam labels’ AI deals: ‘Our music is not your training data’