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• @danielraffel Daniel Raffel on x

  Props to Bandcamp for updating their guidelines. AI-generated music will soon vastly outnumber human recordings. Like all content some of it will be good, but most will not. I certainly don't want to sift through it—or see real artists downranked. https://blog.bandcamp.com/...

• @future_of_music @future_of_music on x

  Bandcamp is banning AI-generated music, but it's worth noting that the service has much less of a problem with AI music than mainstream DSPs, because of how it's designed.

• @ripridermusic @ripridermusic on bluesky

  Bandcamp just pulled one of the best moves any indie music publisher can pull.  See how easy it is?

• @2mello.net @2mello.net on bluesky

  Hey every other company ever, check out how easy this was blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/ k...

• @colinhemphill.com Colin Hemphill on bluesky

  A broad approach like this is going to lead to moderation challenges, but it really is this easy to just say out loud “that's not art and this is a website for art”.  —  blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/ k...

• @nowplaying.cool Pierre Crochart on bluesky

  Bandcamp won't tolerate any kind of AI generated music on the platform (but seems to rely on users to flag it)  —  blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/ k...

• @mwl.io Michael W on bluesky

  another reason to use bandcamp  —  blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/ k...

• @negativeagent @negativeagent on bluesky

  This is good.  Bandcamp is unequivocal in its rejection of generative AI-generated music.  —  blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/ k...

• @lesterlee Lester on bluesky

  Good on Bandcamp.  No AI  —  “Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp.  —  Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles is strictly prohibited”  —  #music  —  blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/ k...

• @lauramarie @lauramarie on bluesky

  I was not happy with whomever bought Bandcamp most recently and backed up my music library just in case something happened to it.  I am never happier to be wrong.  —  blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/ k...

• @davidgerard.co.uk @davidgerard.co.uk on bluesky

  Bandcamp tells AI music to just fuck off  —  blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/ k...  i expect they had rather a lot of spam and only so many petabytes of disk

• @logicalnuisance @logicalnuisance on bluesky

  Incredible stuff.  Been moving towards and buying music on Bandcamp for awhile and this makes the switch from Spotify/other streaming services that much easier.  —  blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/ k...

• @rrrrroseazerty.loyaltyfreakmusic.com @rrrrroseazerty.loyaltyfreakmusic.com on bluesky

  Bandcamp have now a zero tolerance policy toward AI music and is putting a flag tool to help their team takedown it.  —  That's the bare minimum, and a bit reassuring concerning Bandcamp actual management going really capitalist.  —  They still need them to be clear toward AI gen…

• @mmmmmmuhh @mmmmmmuhh on bluesky

  Dang, huge Bandcamp W on AI policy.  Good things can still happen when your parent company is a union busting piece of crap.  —  [image with alt text] [embedded post]

• @bandcamp.com @bandcamp.com on bluesky

  We're articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.

• @n8dly@mastodon.social @n8dly@mastodon.social on mastodon

  #Bandcamp makes the right move, again.  —  Our guidelines for generative #AI in music and audio are as follows:  —  * #Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp. …

• @headfirstonly@mastodon.social Chris Harris on mastodon

  I didn't expect Bandcamp to come out quite this forcefully against music created with generative AI.  A welcome surprise for human composers. https://blog.bandcamp.com/...

• r/BandCamp r on reddit

  AI Generated Music on Bandcamp

• r/TIdaL r on reddit

  Bandcamp basically banned AI slop.  Tidal?

• r/synthesizers r on reddit

  Bandcamp bans AI music