Where Can You Release AI Music? Store and Streaming Rules (October 2026)

In short: according to press reports, as of October 2026 Beatport and Traxsource either refuse fully AI-generated tracks or remove them. Bandcamp, according to its own blog, doesn't permit music generated wholly or in substantial part by AI. According to the overviews we read, you can release on Spotify and Deezer through a distributor that accepts AI music (DistroKid, for example), with an AI disclosure; a commercial release needs a paid plan (Basic, Studio or Pro). So a fully AI-generated Aleatoria track is realistically for DJ sets, for videos and podcasts, and for streaming with an AI disclosure. It isn't for DJ stores.

The platforms at a glance (checked 3 October 2026)

For each platform we say where the information comes from. For Bandcamp and Deezer we read their own pages. For Beatport, Traxsource, Spotify and DistroKid we rely on press reports and overviews (secondary sources), not on the primary wording of their rules.

What we haven't verified

• Beatport: the exact date the rule took effect and its primary wording. We couldn't load its Content Guidelines publicly, so we rely on press reports only.
• Traxsource: we saw the report on its rules only in search results, not as a full article or as Traxsource's own rules.
• Apple Music, YouTube, SoundCloud, Juno, TuneCore and CD Baby aren't covered here. Secondary overviews exist, but we haven't read their primary rules, so we don't assess them here.
• Where "predominantly human" starts. The stores don't say publicly how their detection draws that line.

What a fully AI-generated track is for

By a fully AI-generated track we mean one as it comes out of Aleatoria, with no further work from you. Going by the table above, it has three realistic uses today:

• DJ sets. Playing your own generated track in a set is a matter of your licence, not of a store. Bear in mind how the scene sees it, though: according to a survey cited in the reports on Beatport's rule, 60% of the users asked wouldn't play AI tracks in a set.
• Sync and content. Music under videos, podcasts and other content of your own. Check the rules of the platform you upload to (YouTube, for example) yourself; they aren't in this overview.
• Streaming with an AI disclosure. Through a distributor that accepts AI music (DistroKid), with a truthful declaration. On Spotify the declaration ends up in the credits. On Deezer, expect the track to be labelled and kept out of algorithmic recommendations and editorial playlists.

A fully AI-generated track doesn't belong in a DJ store. According to press reports, Beatport holds it back and Traxsource removes it; Bandcamp's own blog says it doesn't permit it.

The AI-assisted route: Aleatoria as material, not a finished release

Beatport and Traxsource both allow for AI-assisted music, where a person did most of the work. That takes a different workflow: you use Aleatoria as a source of ideas and material and finish the track yourself in your DAW.

• The procedural engine gives you per-instrument stems and the MIDI of the score on every plan, within a daily fair-use number of renders. Our guide to AI music generators with real stems and MIDI shows what's in the folder and how to open it in Ableton Live, FL Studio or Logic Pro.
• Sung tracks from the neural engine can be split into stems from the mix with the AI stems tool (Studio and Pro), which adds MIDI transcribed from those stems.

In the DAW you replay the parts on your own instruments, rework the arrangement, record your own parts and mix the track. The bigger your share of the work, the more likely the track counts as AI-assisted.

The AI label in every Aleatoria file

Every audio file you export from Aleatoria carries a machine-readable label saying it's AI-generated audio:

That's consistent with what the stores and distributors ask for: Beatport and Traxsource label AI-assisted tracks, Spotify and DistroKid want an AI declaration, and Deezer labels AI tracks itself. The label in the file doesn't replace the declaration on your distributor's form, though. You fill that in yourself, truthfully.

Aleatoria's Terms don't allow you to remove or obscure the label. When you bounce a new mix from the stems in your DAW, the new file won't carry the label, so if it still contains material from Aleatoria, add it back. Our Czech article on the AI Act and labelling AI music shows how, with ffprobe output for each format.

Commercial use: Basic, Studio or Pro

Releasing on streaming services, selling and playing at paid events are all commercial use. Under Aleatoria's Terms:

• Free is an account without a subscription: it renders nothing while the service is paid-only, and tracks made on it earlier are for non-commercial use only — no streaming platforms, no sales, no advertising, no paid events.
• Basic, Studio and Pro allow commercial use, permanently for tracks created while you're subscribed, within the licences of the models used (see the Terms). Cancelling doesn't take those rights away.

Studio costs €9.99 a month and Pro €29.99 (VAT included). If your streams earn money, our guide to music rights for DJ livestreams covers Twitch and YouTube. Our DJ features are on the AI DJ tools page.

FAQ

Can I sell a fully AI-generated Aleatoria track on Beatport?

According to the press reports we checked on 3 October 2026, no. Beatport holds fully or predominantly AI tracks at ingestion. Only an AI-assisted track, where a person did most of the work, can get through, and Beatport judges even that with its own detection.

Can I put an AI track on Spotify?

According to the overviews we read, yes: through a distributor that accepts AI music, with a truthful AI declaration, and on Basic, Studio or Pro, because releasing is commercial use. According to the same overviews, Spotify bans unauthorised voice clones, deepfakes and spam.

Do I still have to disclose AI if the file is already labelled?

Yes. The label in the file is a machine-readable marking, but your distributor asks on its own form at upload. Answer that truthfully.

Will a track built from Aleatoria stems and MIDI get into a DJ store?

We don't know and we don't promise it. Beatport and Traxsource both accept AI-assisted music, but they decide what counts with their own detection and don't publish the threshold.

Why aren't Apple Music, YouTube or SoundCloud here?

We hadn't read their primary rules as of 3 October 2026, and the same goes for Juno, TuneCore and CD Baby. We'd rather leave them out than print something unverified.