AI Audio and Human-Made Content

BeatPass rules for AI-assisted audio, AI samples, human-made beats, disclosure, and proof of rights.

BeatPass is for human-made beats. AI can support a producer’s workflow, but it cannot replace the producer’s creative role in making the beat.

Fully AI-generated beats are not permitted on BeatPass. If you cannot verify the source of AI content or confirm that you can license it through BeatPass, do not upload it or keep it in your catalog.

Rollout Dates

BeatPass gave notice for this AI policy update on 14-May-2026. Routine enforcement for existing catalog content affected only by the new AI policy begins no earlier than 28-May-2026 at 23:59 UTC.

BeatPass may act sooner for copyright claims, fraud, misrepresentation, safety concerns, legal risk, chargeback risk, payment abuse, or other urgent issues.

Core Standard

Every BeatPass beat must have meaningful human creative contribution from the producer. Examples include composition, programming, performance, arrangement, sampling choices, editing, sound design, mixing, mastering decisions, or other production choices that materially shape the beat.

AI may be used only as an assistive tool or as a properly licensed source element. A beat is not acceptable if AI generated the composition, arrangement, instrumental bed, melodies, drums, stems, or final master primarily or entirely, with no meaningful human creative contribution.

Generally Permitted Uses

Subject to rights and disclosure requirements, BeatPass generally allows AI for:

• idea generation, references, or temporary sketches that are not included as final audio
• MIDI inspiration or rough starting points that are substantially rewritten, arranged, and produced by the producer
• audio restoration, denoising, stem cleanup, timing correction, tuning, editing, mixing support, or mastering support
• sound design assistance or limited AI-generated textures
• properly licensed AI samples used as one source element inside a substantially human-produced beat
• workflow help such as tagging, organization, translation, descriptions, or administrative support

Prohibited AI Uses

Producers may not upload, monetize, license, or keep:

• fully AI-generated beats
• beats where AI replaced the producer’s creative role
• AI outputs made under non-commercial, personal-use, trial, education-only, remix-only, platform-only, or otherwise restricted terms
• unverifiable AI-generated audio, loops, samples, vocals, stems, or source material
• AI content that cannot be commercially licensed through BeatPass
• AI content that uses a real person’s voice, likeness, name, persona, performance, or other protected identity rights without all required rights
• misleading style imitation, false association, or deceptive presentation that harms platform trust or creator identity

AI Samples in Human Productions

AI samples are allowed only when all of these are true:

• the final beat remains primarily human-made
• the producer made meaningful creative decisions in the final beat
• the AI tool and account plan allow commercial use
• the output can be sold, distributed, licensed, and used by BeatPass consumers
• the producer can verify the origin of the AI material
• the material is not restricted by non-commercial, personal-use, remix-only, platform-only, resale, dataset, attribution, or similar conflicting terms
• the producer can provide Proof of Rights if BeatPass asks

AI samples are not a workaround for uploading mostly generated music. The more central the AI material is to the beat, the stronger the disclosure and proof expectations become.

Disclosure and Proof

If AI was used in any part of a final beat or source element, producers should be ready to explain:

• whether AI was used
• which tool, model, service, or plug-in was used
• how AI was used
• what part of the beat includes AI-generated or AI-processed material
• the approximate extent of AI-generated audio
• whether the output was edited, replayed, chopped, arranged, mixed, or transformed
• what rights, plan, license, or permission allow the content to be licensed through BeatPass

Proof of Rights may include tool terms, account-plan records, receipts, license records, screenshots, source notes, generation logs, project files, stems, written permissions, written attestations, or support correspondence.

Do not submit passwords, private credentials, unnecessary third-party personal data, confidential records, or full unredacted AI-platform records unless BeatPass specifically asks for them. Submit only what is reasonably needed to verify source, tool, plan, license, and rights.

Sample-Safe vs AI Use

Sample-Safe and AI Use & Rights Verification are related but separate:

Area	What it covers
Sample-Safe	Whether samples are original, cleared, or need outside clearance
AI Use & Rights Verification	Whether AI was used, whether the beat remains human-made, whether AI material is commercially licensable, and whether the producer can prove source and rights

Choosing Needs Clearance for Sample-Safe does not make unverifiable AI content acceptable. AI content that cannot be verified or licensed through BeatPass should not remain in a catalog.

Review Requests

For non-urgent AI classifications, disclosure disputes, or Proof of Rights decisions, a producer may request review within 7 days after BeatPass sends notice of the decision.

BeatPass may consider tool terms, paid-plan records, receipts, source notes, generation records, project files, stems, licenses, written permissions, written attestations, and support correspondence.

BeatPass may treat a decision as final if proof is fabricated, misleading, incomplete after reasonable requests, submitted in bad faith, connected to repeat violations, or where urgent legal, consumer-protection, payment, or platform-risk concerns require immediate action.

Current Upload Interface Note

Dedicated AI self-evaluation and attestation fields are planned as a separate product update. Until those fields are available, producers should keep their AI source and rights records, remove non-compliant beats, and be ready to provide disclosure or Proof of Rights through BeatPass support if requested.

Related

Content Guidelines

General rules for content uploaded to BeatPass.

Sample-Safe Warranty

How sample clearance status differs from AI rights verification.

Terms of Service

Plain-language summary of the controlling platform terms.

Copyright & DMCA

Copyright takedown process for actual copyright claims.