1. Context
The use of generative artificial intelligence tools in music production is growing at an unprecedented pace. While distribution platforms (DSPs) and organizations such as Merlin refine their policies to adapt to this reality, AudioMaze takes its own stance, one rooted in our history as a company supporting real musicians.
We believe in natural music: music that emerges from work, talent, and human expression.
Our policy on AI-generated content is not a romantic or anti-technology position, it stems from a concrete understanding of the harm it causes.
The flooding of DSPs with massive AI-generated catalogs is not a neutral phenomenon: it violates the rights of real artists whose work was used without a license to train those models, and distorts the royalty calculation mechanisms that platforms use to pay all artists. When the volume of these massive AI-generated catalogs grows disproportionately, real artists earn less.
We also know that large AI-generated catalogs are often the other side of artificial or fraudulent music consumption. They are two sides of the same problem, and AudioMaze fights both.
2. The Core Rule
Content created entirely or predominantly by generative AI models trained on copyright-protected recordings without a license cannot be distributed through AudioMaze.
3. Evaluation Test: What Is Permitted?
The key question is whether human contribution is predominant in the final track.
Case | Assessment | Permitted |
Track 100% generated by AI (melody, arrangements, mix) | Primarily AI | ❌ No |
AI vocals over human composition, lyrics, and production | Depends on the model used | ⚠️ Conditional |
AI stem (e.g. brass) within an otherwise human-made track | Track is not primarily AI | ✅ Yes |
AI stem used as a standalone track | Primarily AI | ❌ No |
AI-assisted mastering or pitch correction | Process, not creation | ✅ Yes |
Human composition performed with virtual (non-generative) instruments | Not generative AI | ✅ Yes |
AI-generated track with a commercial license issued by the tool (exclusive or not) | Depends on the model used and the origin of its training | ⚠️ Conditional |
Practical rule: if removing the AI's contribution causes the track to cease to exist as a recognizable musical work, it is primarily AI.