I hope more platforms ban this useless spam.
Bandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform
Submitted 3 days ago by kinther@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/bandcamp-bans-purely-ai-generated-music-from-its-platform/
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Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
Oh, I need to get back into Bandcamp
YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
The next Bandcamp Friday is Feb 6 (Bandcamp foregoes their cut).
mrmaplebar@fedia.io 3 days ago
Good.
And sure... People will obviously try to break this rule, and I'm sure some will succeed. But that's true of any rule. Rules don't prevent bad behavior, only deter it.
hperrin@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Just watch, we’re two weeks away from some tech bro trying to start a Clankercamp website.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 3 days ago
I really hope they do. I hope the build their own websites to host all of there slop and self-segregate. Please do it. It would be so easy to add a couple of slop domains to my pihole.
Hackworth@piefed.ca 3 days ago
Suno.com is basically this. It even allows users to comment on the songs.
Nils@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
They do already, and most of the comments on the noise are “please share promp”.
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Bandcamp is where you want to be if you want to support artists. they get money when you buy things from them on there
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Keep it up bandcamp. We are all waiting for when you enshittify like everyone else but you’ve held it at bay so far.
Nils@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
They gave us a scare over the years, being sold around to companies that are famous for enshittifying platforms.
Epic sold the company when people unionized, and the next did a trick to not recognized the union and “hire” half of the staff (contrary to fire half of them).
The platform is not what has been 5 years ago, but it is still my favourite place to get music around.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
If anyone needs to bypass this ban, for $3 I will record 1 minute of yodelling so your content isn’t pure AI.
kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 3 days ago
how do i pay you
woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 days ago
So 99% AI is OK if the last 1% was made by non-AI, a real dog bark or so.
AnExerciseInFalling@programming.dev 3 days ago
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
9point6@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Helps if you read past the headline
null@piefed.nullspace.lol 3 days ago
Good luck to them.
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 3 days ago
You already can’t tell if a song is generated with AI.This is never going to work, watch them backpedaling in a year.
blitzen@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Would be cool if bandcamp had a streaming subscription.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Thats not their model, and that model also sucks ass for supporting other humans.
I am one of those weirdos who likes to own my media. There are few of us geezers left, but luckily enough that bandcamp exists.
blitzen@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Just because the Spotify model sucks doesn’t mean it has to.
I don’t see a reason why 85% of a monthly subscription couldn’t given directly to the artists you actually listen to, and any albums your purchase is on the platform (and you get to keep the drm-free files).
Honestly it kinda sounds like an awesome service.
SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’m glad they did this. Confident in my choice to remain with Bandcamp.
mr_noxx@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Totally agree. I just wish I had more money to spend with Bandcamp. :D
exu@feditown.com 3 days ago
What’s a good way to discover artists on Bandcamp? Most artists I listen to at the moment are with the usual big labels and don’t sell on Bandcamp.