"Bandcamp has announced it will no longer allow AI-generated music to be hosted on its platform. In a post shared on Reddit, the company's support team revealed their plans to implement a policy prohibiting "any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles," elaborating more firmly that "music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp.""
"Bandcamp's new policy leaves room for musicians to use AI for small tasks when creating their music, such as inspiration for a melody or cleaning up audio. However, by working to take down music that is "generated wholly or in substantial part by AI," Bandcamp appears to be targeting uploads to their service that were designed by an AI model in response to a prompt, especially uploads with little to no altering by a human."
Bandcamp will prohibit music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI and ban any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles. The platform allows limited AI assistance for small tasks such as melodic inspiration or audio cleanup, but it will remove uploads created primarily by AI, particularly those produced in response to prompts with minimal human alteration. Users are encouraged to report suspected AI-generated content for review, and Bandcamp reserves the right to remove content on suspicion. Other platforms and labels are responding differently, with some embracing AI tools and licensing deals.
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