Mixed or conditional
“Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp.”
Bandcamp conditionally permits human music while excluding audio it determines was generated wholly or substantially by AI.
- Speaker
- Bandcamp
- Capacity
- Institutional policy and case-specific platform response
- Observed
- September 9, 2026
- Published here
- September 9, 2026
- Targets
- Boy George
- Classification rationale
- The policy draws an explicit conditional boundary rather than condemning every use of AI or the song’s political content.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Bandcamp had published its generative-AI rule in January, before Boy George uploaded the track.
After the quotation
Its case-specific response cited that rule but did not disclose the evidence, define “substantial,” or describe an appeal process.
Evidence
Complete source record
Bandcamp’s mission and approach to generative AI (opens in a new tab)
First-party policy stating Bandcamp’s human-creativity rationale, substantial-generation restriction, impersonation rule, reporting process, and removal authority.
Bandcamp gives a case-specific reason for removing Boy George’s song (opens in a new tab)
Reporting that includes Bandcamp’s case-specific response citing its published AI policy as the reason for removal.