Kitsune · The fairness engine for music

You’re already woven in.

Type any track. See how far it reaches. Register — and when value flows, the mechanism can find you.

Try a documented work:

No account required · See how it works below

Every song descends from the songs before it. For the first time there’s a way to say yes to being part of that — not just to opt out. Kitsune is the neutral settlement engine that traces the lineage and routes value back up the chain. Register your works; when a settlement pool opens over a catalogue yours appear in, you’re in the queue. Non-custodial — we never hold your money. No payout promised — just a place in a mechanism that didn’t exist before.

Email only, no account. Registering makes you findable, not a claim of ownership. Opt in to be paid if a pool opens — non-custodial, no payment promised or implied.

Consent-first · Non-custodial · Neutral · Metadata-only (we never touch your audio)

Your tail is an indicative lineage, not a financial claim or a promise of payment. Kitsune holds no funds and issues no token.

How it works

  1. 01Look up a trackType any song to trace its lineage.
  2. 02See the tailAn indicative band — how far it reaches. No dollar figure, ever.
  3. 03Claim itRegister with your email (double opt-in). No account, non-custodial.
  4. 04Optional: verifyLink MusicBrainz / your distributor to become a registered node.
  5. 05Get notifiedIf a settlement pool opens over a catalogue yours appear in, the mechanism can find you.

The datasets exist. The mechanism didn't.

Was your song used to train AI?

The Atlantic found millions of tracks inside AI training datasets. No one built the way to settle them. We did.

You can't change what already happened to your work — but you can be first in line if compensation gets structured. Look up whether your track is in the Free Music Archive corpus, then register to opt in to any settlement that covers it. Non-custodial. No payout guaranteed. The mechanism routes to you if a pool opens.

Email only, no account. Registering makes you findable, not a claim of ownership. Opt in to be paid if a pool opens — non-custodial, no payment promised or implied.

The settlements happened. The pipe to you didn't.

The majors settled. The independent long tail got nothing.

The musicians' union is suing over exactly that gap. Kitsune is building the pipe so independents can be included when a mechanism reaches their catalogue.

The major-label settlements covered major-label catalogues. The independent artists, session players and small labels who make up most of those datasets had no path to be included — because no neutral mechanism existed. We're building it. This isn't a lawsuit and it isn't a promise of money; it's the infrastructure that lets you opt in and be findable when value moves.

Email only, no account. Registering makes you findable, not a claim of ownership. Opt in to be paid if a pool opens — non-custodial, no payment promised or implied.

2 August 2026

The EU just made it costlier to train on your music without permission.

New rules require AI companies to document and mark what they train on. That doesn't pay you — but it makes provenance and licensing worth more, and a settlement mechanism worth having.

The EU AI Act is a tailwind, not a royalty cheque: it mandates disclosure and content-marking, not payment to creators. But the cost of unlicensed training is going up, and the value of being a registered, consenting, settle-able rightsholder is going up with it. Register now so the mechanism knows where to find you.

The EU AI Act does not require anyone to pay you. It raises the value of licensing and provenance — which is the wind at this mechanism's back.

Email only, no account. Registering makes you findable, not a claim of ownership. Opt in to be paid if a pool opens — non-custodial, no payment promised or implied.