{"id":6154,"date":"2026-06-10T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/youtube-asserts-broad-license-to-use-music-uploads-for-ai-training\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:30:00","slug":"youtube-asserts-broad-license-to-use-music-uploads-for-ai-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/youtube-asserts-broad-license-to-use-music-uploads-for-ai-training\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Asserts Broad License to Use Music Uploads for AI Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube has asserted in a new court filing that its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/t\/terms\">terms of service<\/a> provide a broad license to use music uploaded by independent artists for AI training, including its <strong>Lyria 3<\/strong> music generation model.<\/p>\n<p>The filing responds to a <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/google-moves-to-dismiss-artists-lyria-3-ai-training-lawsuit\/\">lawsuit brought earlier this year against Google<\/a> by a group of independent musicians and producers. They allege the company trained Lyria 3 on copyrighted songs they had uploaded to YouTube without permission. Google\u2019s response calls the accusation an \u201cunsupported hypothesis\u201d but argues that even if the claim were true, YouTube\u2019s standard upload terms grant the necessary rights.<\/p>\n<h2>Terms of Service as a Training License<\/h2>\n<p>The relevant clause, cited in the filing, states that by uploading content, users grant YouTube:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use that content (including to reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works, display and perform it) in connection with the service and YouTube\u2019s (and its successors\u2019 and affiliates\u2019) business.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The dispute focuses on material uploaded directly by independent creators, not music supplied by major or independent labels. Those commercial partners may have separate licensing agreements that specifically address AI training.<\/p>\n<h2>Earlier Signals and Opt-Out Limits<\/h2>\n<p>Google previewed this legal stance earlier in the year when it expanded access to Lyria 3. A company blog post at the time said Google had \u201cbeen very mindful of copyright and partner agreements as we\u2019ve trained Lyria 3.\u201d When journalists asked for clarification, representatives stated the model was trained on music that YouTube and Google had the rights to use \u201cunder their terms of service, partner agreements and applicable law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>YouTube generated <strong>$60 billion<\/strong> from advertising and subscriptions in 2025 alone. The platform allows creators to opt out of having their uploads used for third-party AI training, but that opt-out does not cover models developed by YouTube or Google themselves.<\/p>\n<h2>Questions for Label Partners<\/h2>\n<p>The filing also raises questions for major music companies that have publicly praised YouTube\u2019s AI approach and are building tools in partnership with the platform. Independent artists may now seek clarity on what those partners knew about the origins of the training data used in the models at the center of those collaborations.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube has spent the past decade improving its relationship with the music industry through systems like Content ID and its <a href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\">subscription music services<\/a>, transforming from a \u201cvalue gap\u201d antagonist into a key rightsholder partner. 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