GEMA Eyes Royalties for AI-Generated Derivative Works Under New Licensing Model — Flat Training Payments Are ‘Not Nearly Sufficient to Compensate Authors’

Are the original creators of musical works used to train AI models entitled to a stake in the resulting derivative songs? Germany’s GEMA believes so, and it’s announced a new licensing model in pursuit of the objective. Photo Credit: Luca Bravo
Once-off payments are inadequate for authors whose works have been used to train generative AI models – at least according to Germany’s GEMA, which says it’s created the “first licensing model” tackling royalties