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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SAG-AFTRA is urging members to support a new agreement with the major record labels, which establishes conditions under which singers’ voices can be replicated with AI. The union announced a tentative agreement with the labels — including Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Disney Music Group — on Friday, saying that it provides for “ethical and responsible” use of artificial intelligence. The agreement follows the union’s contract with the major studios, which ended last year’s actors strike, and which set terms for AI use in TV and film.
The union’s contract with the record labels, called the Sound Recordings Code, sets minimum session rates for singers and other vocal performers. Further details about the tentative agreement were released on Monday, as the union asked members to vote to ratify it by April 30. Under the deal, singers would have to give their consent before a label could use AI to generate a track with their voice.
The deal also sets a minimum rate for AI replication of session singers’ voices, in the amount of three “sides” per project. (A “side” is equivalent to the payment for one audio track lasting up to 4 minutes and 30 seconds.) There is no AI minimum payment for “royalty” artists, who receive royalties on record sales rather than session fees. As with other recent union agreements, including the American Federation of Musicians contract ratified earlier this month, the goal is not to eliminate AI.
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