As the major labels make deals with AI music startups and an AI-generated “artist” makes Spotify’s top 50 (and gets love from Selena Gomez), Bandcamp has spelled out their policy on AI, saying it’s not permitted on the platform. A message from Bandcamp Support on their official subreddit reads:
Something that always strikes us as we put together a roundup like this is the sheer quantity of human creativity and passion that artists express on Bandcamp every single day. The fact that Bandcamp is home to such a vibrant community of real people making incredible music is something we want to protect and maintain.
Today, in line with that goal, we’re articulating our policy on generative AI. We want musicians to keep making music, and for fans to have confidence that the music they find on Bandcamp was created by humans.
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.
- Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles is strictly prohibited in accordance with our existing policies prohibiting impersonation and intellectual property infringement.
If you encounter music or audio that appears to be made entirely or with heavy reliance on generative AI, please use our reporting tools to flag the content for review by our team**. We reserve the right to remove any music on suspicion of being AI generated.**
We will be sure to communicate any updates to the policy as the rapidly changing generative AI space develops. Given the response around this to our previous posts, we hope this news is welcomed. We wish you all an amazing 2026.
Thank you.
Bandcamp Support
Meanwhile, Bandcamp is continuing Bandcamp Fridays, where they waive their cut of profits on sales on the first Friday of the month, on eight Fridays in 2006: February 6th, March 6th, May 1st, August 7th, September 4th, October 2nd, November 6th, and December 4th.