US EditionBandcamp Bans Purely AI-Generated Music From Its Platform
Bandcamp bans AI-generated music to protect artist integrity and ensure fans find human-created work, prohibiting AI that mimics real artists’ voices or styles.
- On Tuesday, Bandcamp announced in a Reddit post that it is banning AI-generated music and audio, updating its guidelines to bar tracks created wholly or substantially by AI.
- Bandcamp framed the policy around music as a deeply human art form, saying it aims to ensure listeners can trust music on the site is made by real musicians.
- Bandcamp is asking users to report uploads that rely heavily on AI and reserves the right to remove content suspected of using generative AI tools.
- Because Bandcamp's model centers on sales rather than streams, it relies on direct purchases of digital music and merch, signaling buyers do not favor AI-generated content, Bandcamp said.
- With legal questions unresolved, AI music generators like Suno have topped Spotify and Billboard charts while facing lawsuits from Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group alleging copyright violations.
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Bandcamp Bans AI-Generated Songs in a First for Major Online Music Platforms
Bandcamp is placing a ban on AI-generated songs, the company announced in a Reddit post on Tuesday (Jan. 13). Specifically, Bandcamp is no longer permitting songs that use generative AI in all or a “substantial part” of their process on the platform. It also noted that it does not allow the use of any AI tools “to impersonate other artists or styles.” It is not clear how Bandcamp will determine which songs use AI substantially and which do not…
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djmag.comBandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform
On Tuesday, Bandcamp announced on Reddit that it will no longer permit AI-generated music on its platform. "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp," the company wrote in a post to the r/bandcamp subreddit. The new policy also prohibits "any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles." The policy draws a line that some in the music community have debated: Where does tool use …
Music platform Bandcamp rejects AI music and focuses on human creativity. Where is the line between AI and real music? Bandcamp wants to make music human…
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