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FakeNoose

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13. Why aren't they all doing this?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 11:04 AM

1 hr ago

Wasn't there some kind of controversy over at Spotify? (I lost track because I'm not on Spotify any more.)
Really, it's not in anyone's benefit to promote AI-generated music, is it?

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Bandcamp has banned all music made with AI [View all] highplainsdem 19 hrs ago OP

Good for them!!!!! SheltieLover 19 hrs ago #1

I wish them well. It is fraught. Bluetus 19 hrs ago #2

Because those tools are trained illegally on stolen intellectual property, any use of them is unethical highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #3

And btw, what you wrote about AI being used at all levels of the music industry "for a long time" is wrong and highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #4

By "long time" I mean 5+ years Bluetus 12 hrs ago #10

I don't believe that AI music taking over is inevitable - that's propaganda from the AI companies. And highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #11

Just to be clear, my use of the AI material Bluetus 17 min ago #15

You're still likely to end up encouraging some of those people to use AI. highplainsdem 14 min ago #16

What highplainsdem said jfz9580m 16 hrs ago #7

Now, if only Spotify and the other streaming platforms... LudwigPastorius 16 hrs ago #5

Very cool. ❤️ littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago #6

I absolutely can't stand ai so called music. tazcat 14 hrs ago #8

I am a happy CAMPER and have been for years. Tikki 12 hrs ago #9

I am of the view that criminal liability is the only deterrent at this point jfz9580m 2 hrs ago #12

Why aren't they all doing this? FakeNoose 1 hr ago #13

Spotify makes more money from AI-generated music. It can't be copyrighted, so they don't have to highplainsdem 19 min ago #14