SABAM AI music public-use licensing and proxy-distribution rule

AI en muziek

rights policy item·collective management rule·active

SABAM states that public use of AI music remains within existing Unisono licensing and describes proxy distribution pending AI-platform agreements, while the same page contains materially inconsistent statements about fully AI-generated music.

Verified facts

Official site	https://www.sabam.be/nl/ai-en-muziek ↗
Geography	Belgium
parties	SABAM; Unisono licensees; represented authors and publishers; AI platforms
item type	collective_management_rule
filing date	unknown
jurisdiction	Belgium
adoption date	unknown
affected works	AI-generated music; represented musical works
effective date	unknown
affected models	unknown
canonical title	AI en muziek / IA et musique
enforcement date	unknown
affected datasets	unknown
issuing authority	SABAM
primary documents	https://www.sabam.be/nl/ai-en-muziek
affected entity types	collective management organization; music users; authors; publishers; AI platforms
affected organizations	SABAM; Unisono
documented interpretations	unknown
affected professional workflows	public-performance licensing; royalty collection; proxy distribution; AI-platform licensing
current procedural legal status	current party rule; effective date not stated; internal conflict unresolved
amendments appeals superseding items	unknown
obligations permissions restrictions	SABAM states that public use of AI music is covered by existing Unisono licenses pending formal agreements with AI platforms.; SABAM states that amounts associated with such uses are allocated through substitution lists representing music used in retail, hospitality, fitness, and events because training works cannot yet be identified.; The page also states that fully AI-generated songs lack copyright protection and cannot generate collection or payment, while elsewhere it says public use of fully AI-generated music remains royalty-bearing; the conflict is preserved and not resolved here.