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Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, May 11, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.

Bandcamp uses its Acceptable Use Policy to prohibit all users from scraping, data mining, or ingesting Bandcamp content into machine learning or AI models. This policy closes Bandcamp's music catalog off from use as AI training data by third parties.

Details

Bandcamp's Acceptable Use and Moderation policy explicitly prohibits users from undertaking 'any form of text and/or data mining of content' and from training 'any machine learning or AI model using content on our site or otherwise ingest any data or content from Bandcamp's platform into a machine learning or AI model.' The policy also bans creating, developing, using, or offering any 'Unauthorised AI Tools,' defined as AI services trained on copyrighted works without rights-holder authorization. These prohibitions apply to all users of the platform globally and are enforced through the platform's terms of service.

Products affected

Bandcamp

Sources & Evidence

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Trace Foundation. (2026). Bandcamp: Bandcamp uses its Acceptable Use Policy to prohibit all users from scraping, data mining, or ingesting Bandcamp content into machine learning or AI models. This policy closes Bandcamp's music catalog off from use as AI training data by third parties (data as of 2026-05-11) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/d6f0d065-e76f-40ef-9f67-d357dd0b3516. Accessed October 5, 2026.

Stable link
https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/d6f0d065-e76f-40ef-9f67-d357dd0b3516
Data as of
May 11, 2026
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