Rights & policy
One service bans substantially generated music, another plans visible labels, and a performers' rights body is working with Deezer to filter recordings made without human contribution.
AI-assisted #
AI assisted with research organisation and drafting; the editor checked the published wording and claims against the linked sources.
There is no single platform rule for AI music. Bandcamp, Qobuz and Hungary's performers' rights organisation EJI now illustrate three distinct approaches: exclusion, disclosure and rights-based filtering.
Bandcamp does not permit music or audio generated wholly or substantially by AI. Its policy also bans AI impersonation of artists or styles and allows removal when the company suspects a release breaches the rule. Separate terms say Bandcamp will not use or permit use of an artist's music to train a music-generating model without that artist's express permission.
Qobuz is taking a different route. Its AI Charter says the service will identify fully generated content, preserve human curation and act against industrial-scale AI uploads. Qobuz announced that visible labels would arrive in its apps over the following months. That is a stated rollout, not evidence that every catalogue item is already labelled.
EJI has agreed to work with Deezer on filtering recordings generated without human contribution. EJI presents the arrangement as a way to protect performers' royalty distributions from recordings in which no performer took part. The public announcement establishes the collaboration, but not a universal rule for every partially assisted recording.
What artists actually need to check #
“AI music policy” can mean at least four things: whether a platform accepts a release, whether listeners see a label, whether the work enters recommendations or charts, and whether it shares in a royalty pool. A release can pass one test and fail another. Creators and distributors need the current rule for the specific service and use case, not a general statement that a platform is either pro- or anti-AI.