Can you upload AI music? Rules for 24 platforms and distributors

AI music rules for 24 platforms, distributors and generators

One row per company, with our reading of its published rules. Open any row for its own words, the date we read them, its changelog and anything not yet confirmed. Checked 15 October 2026.

• Allowed: Spotify.
• Allowed with disclosure: Apple Music, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook, DistroKid, ONErpm.
• Allowed with limits: Deezer, TIDAL, TuneCore, Amuse, UnitedMasters, Ditto, RouteNote, Symphonic, LANDR, Too Lost, Suno, Udio. Limits include licensed AI models only, monthly caps, excluded stores and no AI covers.
• Not allowed: Bandcamp, CD Baby, AWAL.
• No public policy found: SoundCloud, Amazon Music.

AI disclosure: who asks you to label AI music

Disclosure works in two places. Platforms like YouTube, TikTok and Meta ask you to label realistic AI content when you post. For streaming, labels travel with the release from your distributor: Spotify shows optional AI credits, Apple Music uses AI Transparency Tags (reported as required from August 2026), and distributors such as DistroKid, LANDR, Symphonic and ONErpm ask about AI at upload. Deezer and TIDAL detect and tag AI music themselves.

Voice clones: the rule almost everyone shares

An AI voice that imitates a real artist is where the rules agree most. Spotify allows vocal impersonation only when the impersonated artist has authorised it. Bandcamp, CD Baby, Amuse, UnitedMasters, TIDAL, RouteNote, Symphonic and LANDR rule it out, and DistroKid and Ditto require permission. YouTube lets music partners request removal of AI music that mimics an artist's singing or rapping voice. Several distributors also reject AI covers.

Suno and Udio: who owns the song

Before any distributor question comes ownership. Suno gives commercial rights for songs made on Pro or Premier, kept after cancelling. Free-plan songs are non-commercial and owned by Suno, and subscribing later does not change that. Since 3 September 2026 downloads are capped at 20 a month on Pro and 60 on Premier. Udio turned off downloads after its Universal Music Group deal on 29 October 2025; songs downloaded before then, or in a 48-hour window in November 2025, are reported to stay under the old terms.

Where an AI track can actually go

A distributor accepting your AI song does not mean every store gets it. Amuse leaves out Qobuz, Meta and YouTube Content ID. LANDR lists Content ID, Meta, TikTok, Deezer, Lissen, Pandora and Tencent. RouteNote excludes content recognition services, Amazon and five Korean stores. Too Lost keeps AI out of Content ID and Meta Rights Manager. UnitedMasters sends no fully AI tracks to Facebook, Instagram or TikTok. Ditto lists stores that might reject fully AI releases, including Apple Music.

AI music policy changelog, 2023 to 2026

Every dated policy event we have, newest first. Third-party sources are marked.

• 12 October 2026, Symphonic: Symphonic published an updated stance prioritising appropriately licensed AI models. (search snippet, re-checking by hand)
• 15 September 2026, DistroKid: Universal Music Group and Capitol sued DistroKid in Delaware over AI-generated and infringing uploads. The case is ongoing. (third-party source)
• 8 September 2026, TuneCore: Believe and Suno announced a partnership: tracks from Suno's new industry partner model become eligible for Believe and TuneCore.
• 20 August 2026, Apple Music: Apple told partners the tags are required and will show to listeners as Made With AI labels later in 2026 (as reported). (third-party source)
• 13 August 2026, Spotify: Spotify said it will label artist profiles that present AI-generated identities with an AI Persona badge, rolling out from mid-September 2026. (third-party source)
• 10 August 2026, Suno: Suno announced download limits from 3 September 2026 (Pro 20 a month, Premier 60 a month) and tied commercial rights to paid-plan downloads.
• 21 July 2026, Deezer: Deezer said AI tracks passed 50% of daily uploads and that it removes AI tracks used for fraud or not streamed for six months.
• 29 June 2026, TIDAL: TIDAL stopped paying royalties on music it identifies as wholly AI-generated and announced an AI tag from mid-July. (third-party source)
• 30 April 2026, TuneCore: Believe and TuneCore began blocking distribution of tracks made on unlicensed AI platforms, including Suno. (third-party source)
• 13 April 2026, DistroKid: DistroKid published its AI Credits help article, asking uploaders whether AI generated lyrics, music or audio.
• 5 March 2026, TuneCore: TuneCore published its GenAI Music Content Framework: only music from AI models trained on fully licensed data is eligible.
• 4 March 2026, Apple Music: Apple told partners about AI Transparency Tags for artwork, track, composition and music video. (third-party source)
• 29 January 2026, Deezer: Deezer started offering its AI detection tool to other platforms. (third-party source)
• 13 January 2026, Bandcamp: Bandcamp banned music generated wholly or in substantial part by AI.
• 25 November 2025, Suno: Suno settled with Warner Music Group and announced a partnership, with licensed models and download caps planned for 2026. (third-party source)
• 3 November 2025, Udio: Udio opened a 48-hour window for users to download existing songs under the old terms. (third-party source)
• 29 October 2025, Udio: Udio partnered with Universal Music Group and made downloads unavailable.
• 25 September 2025, Spotify: Spotify announced an impersonation policy for voice clones, a music spam filter, and support for DDEX AI disclosures in credits.
• 15 July 2025, YouTube: YouTube renamed its repetitious content monetisation rule to inauthentic content, covering mass-produced content.
• 20 June 2025, Deezer: Deezer began tagging albums with fully AI-generated tracks and excluding those tracks from recommendations.
• 14 May 2025, SoundCloud: After criticism of a February 2024 terms change, SoundCloud said it will not train AI to copy users' voice, music or likeness without opt-in consent. (third-party source)
• 20 February 2025, Symphonic: Symphonic began asking clients at upload whether generative AI was used for audio and artwork. (search snippet, re-checking by hand)
• 9 May 2024, TikTok: TikTok began automatically labelling AI-generated content from other platforms using Content Credentials.
• 5 April 2024, Instagram and Facebook: Meta announced AI info labels for video, audio and images from May 2024, and said it would stop removing content only for breaking its manipulated video policy from July 2024.
• 6 February 2024, Instagram and Facebook: Meta said it would require disclosure of realistic AI-made video and audio and may penalise people who do not disclose.
• 14 November 2023, YouTube: YouTube announced AI disclosure labels and a removal request for AI music that mimics an artist's voice.
• 19 September 2023, TikTok: TikTok introduced a creator label for disclosing AI-generated content. (search snippet, re-checking by hand)

Rules change fast. Before a release that depends on one, read the linked source yourself. Nothing here is legal advice.