bandcampone of the largest streaming music platforms and possibly the one that has shown the greatest interest in supporting artists, prohibits all AI generated music in their catalogue.
On January 13, the independent music platform bandcamp announced that it will prohibit all works generated by AI in whole or in part within its catalog.
In order to continue supporting authenticity in musical works, the company stated in its statement that the use of Artificial Intelligence is not permitted in any musical or audio project in its inventory, in addition to the impersonation of “specific artists or recognizable styles.”
In line with the structure of the Intellectual Property Law“All work must be original and created by a natural person“Something on which the statement from Bandcamp is based, who claim to reserve the right to eliminate any work that contains extracts of AI or the slightest suspicion of having used it.
The impact of Artificial Intelligence in many artistic fields is undeniable, especially in music where there have already been discrepancies on the part of authors when they were involved in works that impersonated their identity. Let’s remember the viral song “NostalgIA” (23) with the voice of Bad Bunny or the fight of King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard to delete the profile that imitated your music on Spotify.
Given the still little legal regulation of this tool in the music sector, the movement of bandcamp It represents another point in defense of the profession of musicians.
