Music rights infrastructure company Notes.fm has launched Credits.fm, a free and open music credits database built to improve how creators are attributed and compensated as AI-driven revenue streams expand.
Incorrect credits and flawed metadata contribute to more than $1 billion in unclaimed music royalties each year, a figure that could rise as licensed AI training and generative music tools create new payment channels dependent on accurate rights data.
Credits.fm indexes over 150 million song codes and credits from music rights databases, collection societies, and registries. The service is freely searchable across multiple domains, including ISRC.fm, ISWC.fm, and IPI.fm. It also provides an open API and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration, allowing developers and companies using AI tools such as Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT to embed verified music credits directly into their workflows.
“The music industry is entering a moment where attribution matters more than any other time in history. As AI systems become a bigger part of how music is discovered, created and monetized, there needs to be a more reliable way to connect songs back to the actual humans creating them so they are able to get paid. Better credits lead to better outcomes for the creative professionals making the music. With Credits.fm, we’re helping solve a decades-old problem at a time when it’s primed to get exponentially worse.”
The statement was made by Tim Luckow, Founder and CEO of Notes.fm and Co-Founder of Stem.
