Song Lyrics
Published lyrics on your website, Genius, or music platforms. Core training data for AI lyric generation and understanding.
Rate: $0.10–$0.20 / 1K tokens
Suno, Udio, and other AI music platforms learn from your website content. Protect your lyrics, artist bios, and musical content online — and get paid when AI uses your work.
"I protect the integrity of my music like a grizzly protects cubs. Woe to those who actively stand in the way of that."
One tag. Every AI request to your site signals your terms.
See what unlicensed use costs you — and what licensed use pays you.
User to Suno AI: "Create a song about digital loneliness in the style of indie folk"
AI Response: Generates lyrics eerily similar to your published work, using your themes, word choices, and emotional patterns
AI Company: Must license your content before training
You: Get paid $0.10–$0.20 per 1K tokens of your lyrics used in training (premium rate for highly crafted work)
Watch how a songwriting chatbot licenses copyrighted lyrics in real-time before generating a chorus.
Without licensing: Taylor would earn $0.00. With licensing: A premium-rate payment is routed to the artist in seconds.
Every piece of your online musical presence has licensing value.
Aposema enforces a base floor rate of $0.02 per 1K tokens. Suggested ranges are auto-filled using follower-weighted popularity (Spotify monthly listeners + Genius page views), but you can raise or lower your price at any time.
Published lyrics on your website, Genius, or music platforms. Core training data for AI lyric generation and understanding.
Rate: $0.10–$0.20 / 1K tokens
Band histories, artistic journeys, creative processes. AI learns about musical context and artistic development.
Rate: $0.03–$0.06 / 1K tokens
Recording techniques, gear reviews, production tutorials. Technical knowledge for AI music production understanding.
Rate: $0.05–$0.10 / 1K tokens
Album reviews, artist interviews, music industry analysis. Critical thinking and cultural context for AI music understanding.
Rate: $0.04–$0.08 / 1K tokens
Chord progressions, compositional techniques, music education. Fundamental knowledge for AI music composition.
Rate: $0.06–$0.12 / 1K tokens
Show reviews, tour diaries, live music photography descriptions. Performance context and live music culture.
Rate: $0.02–$0.05 / 1K tokens
Select the distribution of the generated output using your licensed content: Private (private to the individual user), Public (for public use and consumption), or Retrieval-only Embedding. Aposema enforces these boundaries for every AI request.
WordPress / Squarespace:
Add to your artist website header to protect all lyrics, bios, and content.
Custom HTML integration:
Bandcamp allows limited HTML customization. We're working on direct integration to protect your artist page content and album descriptions. Our upcoming pricing slider mirrors Bandcamp's "Name Your Price" UI — set your floor and let demand decide the rest.
Get in touch to join the betaBlog / newsletter protection:
Perfect for music journalism, artist interviews, and industry commentary.
We're actively researching audio-native licensing for MP3, WAV, and stem files. One approach under evaluation is embedding license metadata directly into ID3 tags. Final implementation may evolve based on legal input from performance rights organizations.
Have ideas or want early access? Join the audio licensing working group.
Every lyric, every story, every piece of musical knowledge you share online has value. Make AI companies pay for your creativity.
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