Bandcamp has become the first major music platform to ban AI content

Bandcamp has built its entire brand around serving artists. And with The artist got angry With artificial intelligence increasing every day, it is not surprising that the company decided to take a stand against it. In a Reddit postBandcamp announced that AI-generated content will not be allowed on the platform and will be subject to removal.

The guidelines leave little room for interpretation. The company says in the post that “Music and audio generated in whole or in part by AI are not allowed on Bandcamp.” It also prohibits the use of artificial intelligence tools to impersonate other artists or styles, similar to Al Qaeda Implemented by Spotify In September. The support team also encourages people to use the site’s reporting tool to report any music that “appears to be made entirely or rely heavily on generative AI.”

In the thread, Bandcamp support also directed people to the company Acceptable use and moderation Policy page, which includes an explicit ban on copying content or using audio uploaded to Bandcamp to train AI. It states that users agree “not to train any machine learning or artificial intelligence model using content on our site or to ingest any data or content from the Bandcamp platform into a machine learning or artificial intelligence model.”

Other platforms, such as Spotify and Deezer, have taken a more conservative approach in combating AI-generated content, focusing mainly on imitation or content. Relying on labels Instead of ban. iHeartRadio has pledged Never play AI-generated music Or use AI-powered DJs in late November. But Bandcamp is the first major music platform to completely ban AI-generated content.