1551
Bandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform
(arstechnica.com)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2026
1551 points (100.0% liked)
Technology
84816 readers
3534 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related news or articles.
- Be excellent to each other!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
- Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.
Approved Bots
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
So 99% AI is OK if the last 1% was made by non-AI, a real dog bark or so.
The actual wording is "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
So no, 99% AI is also not allowed
Helps if you read past the headline