A Petition for Fair Monetization of Human-Generated Music
How Music Is Made Should Matter
AI-generated music and human-generated music are not the same in terms of labor, production, or value creation. And recognizing this difference does not require policing creativity or excluding anyone from creating music.
Today music created by literally prompting three or even two sentences is flooding platforms such as YouTube and streaming services, and that music is monetized right alongside works that involve countless hours of human musical performance, human editing, compositional work, recording, and production… When these radically different ways of creating music are treated as commercially equivalent, value ends up being attributed in the wrong place: working musicians are disadvantaged and platforms benefit the most.
This petition calls for collective, sector-wide licensing and monetization standards — similar in spirit to what the Writers Guild fought for in Hollywood — so that new technologies can coexist with human musicianship under fair and transparent commercial terms. This is a practical economic request, not necessarily an aesthetic judgment.
Ultimately, our goal is to encourage lawmakers to consider the creation of two distinct types of commercial licenses: one for primarily AI-generated music and one for primarily human-generated music. These licenses would not restrict creativity or use, but would simply recognize that different kinds of musical labor create value in very different ways. Put very plainly, if fully human-generated music earns 10, music generated primarily through AI prompting should earn something more like 1 — or less.
Finally, because this landscape is evolving at extraordinary speed, this petition intentionally does not lock itself into suggesting specific technical or legislative mechanisms or solutions. Attempting to be razor-sharp at this stage could very easily backfire, as early assumptions may quickly become outdated or counterproductive. Instead, this petition is meant as a first step toward establishing broad, visible, sector-wide support that can serve as leverage for more precise and informed discussions — whether through platform policy, negotiated standards, or legislation — once sufficient momentum and expertise are at the table.
Call to action:
If you believe that how music is made should matter when it is monetized, we invite you to add your name in support.
Initiated by:
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol
Composer · Performer · Scholar
Boston, MA, USA
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| Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, USA, Belmont, MA, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar |
| Serap Kantarcı, United States, Belmont, MA, Educator/Scholar, Listener, Other |
| Suzan Sanlıkol, United States, MA, Listener |
| Pierre Ringwald, Turkey, Istanbul, Educator/Scholar, Listener, Other |
| MITHAT YAVUZARSLAN, US, MA, Performer, Listener |
| Tuna Dağlı, Türkiye, İstanbul, Performer, Listener |
| Ryan Paulu, United States, Maine, Performer, Composer, Student, Listener |
| Mine Erbaykent, Turkiye, İzmir, Composer |
| Alperen Çilingir, Turkey, Ankara, Student, Listener |
| Kemal Özdil, Türkiye, Ankara, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar |
| Alexander Dechenne, US, portland/OR, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Seren Bingül, Türkiye, Istanbul, Listener |
| Gokcen Erkilic, USA, Boston, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Nezih Antakli, United States, New York/NY, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Sofija Knezevic, United states, New York, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Yusuf bera, Turkey, Bursa, Student |
| Aslı Büyükberber, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Listener |
| Michael Medina, United States, Los Angeles, CA, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| MÜBERRA GENÇ, TÜRKİYE, SAMSUN, Performer, Listener |
| Buğra Demir, Türkiye, İzmir, Student, Listener, Other |
| Berfin Yılmaz, USA, Cambridge, Listener |
| Vasileios Karanos, United States of America, Massachusetts, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Student, Listener |
| Bulent Biyikoglu, Turkiye, Ankara, Listener, Other |
| Jorge Perez-Albela, United States, Watertown, MA, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar |
| John Edward Hasse, USA, Alexandria VA, Performer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Other |
| Melanie Brooks, USA, Massachusetts, Performer |
| Gizem Yucel, USA, New York, NY, Performer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Caio Afiune, United States, Boston, MA, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar |
| Adem Merter Birson, United States, New York, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Michelle Willson, USA, Holland, MA, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Ahmet Burdu, Italy, , Listener, Other |
| serranur zileli, finland, helsinki, Student, Listener |
| Volkan Dereli, Turkey, Bursa, Listener |
| Maria Delaporta, Greece, Athens, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Ian Striedter, United States, NY, Performer, Producer/Engineer |
| Sueda Catakoglu, USA, Boston, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Lydia, USA, , Listener, Other |
| Hilal Sonmez, United States, Stoneham, MA, Listener |
| Eren Gumrukcuoglu, Unites States, Tallahassee, FL, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar |
| Lisa B, US, Oakland / California, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Hunter Locke, United States of America, Kirbyville, Texas, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Avi Randall, United States of America, , Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Ozlem Adaligil, United States, Wellesley, Listener |
| Furkan Levent, USA, Boston,MA, Student, Listener |
| Dinemis Kozok, Türkiye, İzmir, Listener |
| Catalans Vicens, Switzerland, Basel, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar |
| Doğukan Tosun, Türkiye, , Performer, Student, Listener |
| Henry Godfrey, United States, Medford, MA, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Christopher Ferrari, United States, New York, NY, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Austin Dollens, United States, Nashville Tennessee, Producer/Engineer, Student, Listener |
| Shai Yuval, Usa, Brooklyn, NY, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar |
| Zhenyue Zheng, USA, Boston, Performer, Student |
| Munire Nilson, USA, Rockland, MA, Listener |
| Adam Pobanz, United States, Texas, Performer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Aylin Ocak, Türkiye, , Performer, Listener, Other |
| Uraz Cömert, Turkiye, Ankara, Performer, Listener |
| Inal Bilsel, Cyprus, Lefkosa, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Rebecca MacLellan, United States, Middleboro, MA, Listener |
| Cengiz Gültepe, Türkiye, Ankara, Listener |
| Barbora Kabatkova, Czech republic, , Performer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Bianca Baum, USA, Cambridge MA, Listener |
| Savaş Yatmaz, Turkiye, istanbul, Performer, Producer/Engineer |
| Michael Prentky, United States, Medford, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Livia Pelin K., United States, Portsmouth/RI, Educator/Scholar |
| Yağmur Soydemir, USA, Boston, MA, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar |
| Dilek Kara, USA, Boston, MA, Listener |
| Pierre Dube, United States, Indiana, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Norbert Stachel, USA, New York, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener, Other |
| Gülçin Orgun, Türkiye, İstanbul, Listener |
| Jordan Kerr, United States, New York, New York, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Ajan East, TÜRKİYE, İstanbul, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Yonca Hurol, Cyprus, Trikomo, Listener |
| Selin Narin, United States, Charleston/SC, Listener |
| Yaman Akdogan, United States, , Performer |
| Alp Karadogan, United Kingdom, London, Performer, Listener |
| Deniz Gürle, Türkiye, İstanbul, Listener, Other |
| Zoe Schramm, USA, MA, Performer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Laila Lusis, United States, Massachusetts, Student, Listener |
| Adrianne Duncan, United States, Los Angeles CA, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Listener, Other |
| Rabia Sarica LeClerc, USA, Franklin, MA, Listener, Other |
| Utar Artun, USA, Boston, MA, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar |
| Yasemin Tabag, Scotland, Edinburgh, Student, Listener |
| Heiraza Gulec, United States, MA, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar |
| Jesse Bradford-Gulec, United States, Boston, MA, Listener |
| Shawn Deirdre, USA, Arlington , Massachusetts, Performer |
| Dan Meyers, USA, MA, Performer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Nazli Erbay, United States, Boston, MA, Listener, Other |
| Yildiz Yilmaz, USA, Boston, MA, Composer |
| Helen Sherrah-Davies, USA, MA, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Sıla, Turkey, İstanbul, Listener |
| Gonca Sönmez-Poole, United States, , Educator/Scholar, Listener, Other |
| Thrassos Calligas, USS, Maynard, MA, Listener |
| Stephen Landrigan, United States, West Roxbury, MA, Composer, Listener |
| Alice Johnson, Unites States of America, Watertown, Massachusetts, Listener, Other |
| nilgun turan, usa, boston, Listener |
| Melanie Berkmen, United States, Belmont MA, Listener |
| Mark Tipton, United States, Boston, MA, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar |
| Julia Petipas Durishin, United States, Philadelphia, PA, Listener |
| Sevda truska, USA, San Diego /California, Listener |
| Jerry Sabatini, USA, Leominster, MA, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener, Other |
| David Dubinsky, USA, Florida, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Secil Kantarci Oneil, United States, MA, Listener |
| Fadime Unver, United States, MA, Listener |
| Oya Celik, USA, Boston, Listener, Other |
| Vedat Porikli, United States, San Diego, Performer, Listener |
| Nese Lortlar Unlu, United States, MA, Listener |
| Nevin Balikci, USA, Cleveland/OH, Listener |
| Scott Bodily, USA, Mesa/Arizona, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer |
| Meltem Karaca, United States, Boston/MA, Listener |
| Özge Uraz Kum, Turkey, Istanbul, Listener |
| Matthew Geerdes, United States, Indianapolis, IN, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Listener |
| Michael Singer, USA, Silver Spring MD, Performer, Listener |
| An Vedi, Russian Federation, , Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar |
| Jens Wendelboe, Usa, Wilton, CT, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer |
| Patty Brownlee, United States, MA, Listener |
| Vedia Eren, United States, MA, Listener |
| Salome Sandoval, USA, NC, Performer, Educator/Scholar |
| Rüstem göde, USA, Concord MA, Listener |
| Cosmo Lieberman, United States, Boston MA, Performer, Composer, Student, Listener |
| Craig D Gundlach, United States, San Antonio, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Listener |
| Joshua Cuevas, United States, TN, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Student, Listener |
| Christina Martinson, United States, Jamaica Plain, Performer |
| James Michael Hollenstein, USA, Longs SC, Other |
| Sibel Bozdogan, United States, Brookline, MA 02446, Listener |
| Tuba Nur Zengin, Turkey, Denizli, Listener |
| Mehmet Zengin, Turkiye, Denizli, Performer, Listener |
| Ayhan Aktas, USA, Boston/MA, Listener |
| Zeren Earls, USA, Cambridge, MA, Listener |
| CENGİZ DOĞAN, Türkiye, BANDIRMA, Listener |
| Estéfano Larko, Ecuador, Quito, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Student, Listener |
| Cheryl Weber, United States, Newton, MA, Performer, Listener, Other |
| John prassas, Usa, Hudson wi, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Listener |
| Justo Otongo Asikoye, USA, Washington ,DC, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer |
| Mehmet Berkmen, United States, Boston, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Sumru Erkut, United States, Cambridge, MA, Listener |
| Bora Belir, Un, , Listener |
| Bora Belir, USA, Boston, MA, Listener |
| Yalcin Chayir, United States, Portland, Listener |
| Yangfan Xu, US, Boston/MA, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Alpdogan Kantarci, USA, Minneapolis,MN, Listener |
| Shaylen Joos, United States, NH, Performer, Student, Listener |
| Celine Bares, United States, MA, Student |
| Celine Bares, United States, MA, Student |
| Halil Copur, USA, Boston, Mass, Listener |
| Noah Vin, United States, Massachusetts, Performer, Student, Listener |
| Bowen Chen, United States, MA, Performer, Producer/Engineer, Student |
| Hande Tuncer, United States, Acton, Listener |
| Arson Fahim, USA, MA, Performer, Composer |
| Devin Cholodenko, US, Boston, Composer, Student |
| Don Carlson, USA, Boston, Massachusetts, Listener |
| Hsin-Hao Yang, United States, Boston, MA, Performer, Educator/Scholar, Student |
| olivia nelson, united states, Grand Forks, Performer, Student, Listener |
| Demir ozen, Turkey, Bursa, Composer, Student |
| Mofe Akinyanmi, United States, Boston, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Student, Listener |
| Fiona, United States of America, Minnesota, Listener |
| Daniel Díaz, Costa Rica, San José, Performer, Student, Listener |
| Isaac Pagano-Toub, United States of America, NYC, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Bairun Liu, USA, Boston, Performer |
| Eda Türkyiğit, Türkiye, İstanbul, Listener |
| Anthony F, United States, , Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Listener |
| Sabrina Rubenstein, United States, St Paul, Minnesota, Performer, Student, Listener |
| Joe Wagner, United States, Massachusetts, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Joanna Peters, United States, NJ/MA, Performer, Student, Listener |
| Malcolm Barsamian, United States, Arlington, MA, Performer, Educator/Scholar |
| Ralph Crowley, USA, MA., Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Listener |
| Chunhui Yang, China, JinHua, ZheJiang Provence, Performer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Alexander Matheson, USA, Cambridge, MA, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Lucy O’Brien, United States, MN, Performer, Student, Listener |
| Claire Stephenson, United Kingdom, , Composer, Student |
| Tomer Rozen, USA, Boston, Performer, Composer, Listener |
| Richard Barrett, United States, Boston, MA, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Joshua Douglas, United states, , Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Listener |
| Simone Trovato, Switzerland, Geneva, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar |
| Mathew Lanning, United States, Boston, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Onat Kıraç, United States, New York, Performer, Student, Listener |
| Emma Blanc, United States, Boston, MA, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Student, Listener |
| Abigail Jarcho, USA, Cambridge/Massachusetts, Performer, Composer, Student, Listener |
| Bruce Gertz, United States, Melrose, Ma, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Listener, Other |
| Lewis Bryant, United States of America, Cambridge, MA, Performer, Composer, Listener |
| Necati Ozmucur, USA, Los Angeles, CA, Listener |
| Alev Gulden, United States, Sherborn, Listener |
| Lorenzo Cortese, United States, Boston, MA, Performer, Student, Listener |
| Sedat Porikli, United States of America, California, Listener |
| Arda Cabaoglu Virtanen, Finland and the USA, NY, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener, Other |
| John Ray, United States, Mount Juliet/Tennessee, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Joyce The Voice, USA, Massachusetts, Performer, Educator/Scholar, Other |
| Laura Delfino, United States of America, Fayetteville, GA, Listener |
| Alp Arslan, USA, Lexington, Listener |
| Ahmet Atlamaz, US, MA, Listener, Other |
| Maddoc Johnson, United States, Portsmouth, Nh, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Christina English, USA, Boston, MA, Performer, Listener |
| Deniz Yilmaz, United States, New York, NY, Performer, Educator/Scholar |
| Deniz Yilmaz, United States, New York, NY, Performer, Educator/Scholar |
| Kyle Gutowsky, United States, Nacogdoches, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Matthew Silberman, ????????, Los Angeles, CA., Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar |
| idil ece alkan, turkey, , Student, Listener |
| Denise Dimin, United States, Los Angeles, CA, Composer |
| Melis A, Turkey, İstanbul, Listener |
| Susan Gottschall, USA, St. Louis/Missouri, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Listener, Other |
| Ceren Alkan, Turkey, Istanbul, Listener |
| Sebastian Fuentes, United States, Boston, MA, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Student |
| Gavin, United States, Medfield, MA, Performer, Composer, Student, Listener |
| Merve Cakir, United States, Cambridge / MA, Student, Listener |
| david shane smith, usa, new York, ny, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Student, Listener, Other |
| Mario Perrett, United State, Pittsburgh PA, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar |
| David Birckelbaw, United States of America, Saint Paul, MN, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Listener |
| Emel Hizal, USA, California, Listener |
| James Nye, USA, Payson az, Performer, Composer |
| Abe Dalton, United States, Asheville, North Carolina, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Listener |
| Thomas Luther, United States, Union, Maine, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Cem, Eskinazi, Barcelona, Spain, Listener, Other |
| Judith T Jones, USA, Kentucky, Performer, Listener |
| Ken Field, USA, Cambridge, MA, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Listener |
| Bertram Lehmann, United States, Arlington, MA, Performer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Brian Poelker, USA, Cape Coral, FL, Performer, Listener |
| Aaron Henry, United States, Scarborough, ME, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Tim Mauthe, USA, Boston, Composer |
| Jason Fisher, USA, Boston, MA, Performer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Sarah Darling, United States, Boston, MA, Performer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Clara Lyon, United States, MA, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar |
| Allan Chase, United States, Boston MA, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Sarah Campbell, USA, Boston, MA, Performer, Student, Listener |
| Joshua Felser, United States, Denver/Colorado, Performer |
| Joseph Siragusa, United States of America, Katy, TX, Performer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Marc Wolfley, U.S., Cincinnati, Ohio, Performer, Composer, Listener |
| Charles Hutcheson, USA, Mc Rae Helena, GA, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Other |
| Tansu Demirbilek, USA, MA, Performer, Listener |
| Giuseppe Paradiso, United States/Italy, Boston, MA, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar |
| Matthew Greer, United States of America, Nashville, TN, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener, Other |
| Felicia Sandler, United States, Boston, MA, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Heather Andrews, United States, Natick, Massachusetts, Listener, Other |
| Doug Gibson, USA, Michigan, Performer, Listener |
| Rick Babb, USA, Tx, Performer, Composer |
| Andrea Loughry, USA, Colorado, Performer, Student, Listener |
| Brittany, United States, Lansdale PA, Performer, Student, Listener |
| Canan, Kinali, Berlin, Listener, Other |
| Nicole Edgecomb, United States, Salem, Massachusetts, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Eric Cedergren, United States, Burnsville NC, Performer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Ersan Koç, Türkiye, Bursa, Performer, Listener, Other |
| Michael Winograd, United States, Brooklyn, NY, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer |
| Jeff Claassen, United States, Boston, MA, Performer, Composer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Cody Phifer, USA, Claksville, Texas, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Listener, Other |
| Chris, USA, San Diego, Listener, Other |
| Russell Rivera, USA, Daleville, AL, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Listener |
| Cheryl Crow, usa, l, Listener |
| Cheryl Crow, usa, Lafayette, LA, Listener |
| Christopher Goebel, United States, Redding, Connecticut, Listener |
| Joseph Lyford, United States, Walnut Creek/CA, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer |
| Glauber Wisniewski, USA, St Louis, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Student, Listener |
| Abel Fierro III, U.S.A., Alpine, Texas, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Student, Listener |
| Sadi Tekince, Turkiye, Istanbul, Listener |
| Jaron Frost, United States of America, Utah, Listener |
| Pamela Stevens, USA, , Listener |
| Sara Stancliffe, United States, Boston, Listener, Other |
| James Dumm, USA, Colorado, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Student, Listener |
| Sean Hagler, United States, Marietta GA, Performer, Composer, Listener |
| Jeff McGlashan, USA, New Hampshire, Performer, Composer |
| Brett Barton, United States of America, Ohio, Listener, Other |
| Scott Dickinson, USA, Orlando, FL, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Educator/Scholar, Listener |
| Bailey Rollins, United States, Oklahoma, Listener |
| Tim Retallack, United States, Grand Junction Colorado, Performer, Composer, Listener |
| Susan Keefe, USA, MASHPEE MA, Listener |
| Savana, United States, Arizona, Listener |
| Heather Fahey, USA, North Andover, Performer |
| Siddharth Bhardwaj, India, Bengaluru, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Other |
| Giovanni Murray, United States, Miami, Florida, Student, Listener |
| Jesse Covin, USA, Bozeman, MT, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Listener |
| ISMAIL YILMAZ, Czech Republic, Brno, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer |
| Adam Pantofel, United States, Wind Gap, PA, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Listener |
| John Rose, United States, Arlington Virginia, Student, Listener |
| Joseph Wheeler, United States of America, Olathe/KS, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Student |
| Malachi Conley Gerke, United States of America, Columbia, Missouri, Performer, Composer, Producer/Engineer, Listener |
| Rachel Webb, USA, Boston, MA, Performer, Listener |