Bandcamp, AI and music
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Opinion: Recent agreements involving AI learning through a licensed “large music model,” as well as new EU regulations, provide guidance for how artists and music publishers can protect and enforce their rights in their creative works going forward.
Standing firm against the current, however, Bandcamp is opposing the surge in AI content. Moving forward, the platform is blocking all AI-made music in a commitment to supporting human creativity. The platform made its declaration in a January 14, 2026 blog post called ‘Keeping Bandcamp Human.”