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A distributor now requires AI disclosure and licensed models. Check before you deliver game or video BGM
On 12 Oct 2026 Symphonic updated its generative-AI policy: disclose AI use where required, name tools/models on request, prefer fully AI tracks from licensed-training models, and treat acceptance as not equal to every-DSP delivery.
What happened
On 12 October 2026 the distributor Symphonic, which delivers tracks to DSPs, published an updated generative-AI policy. Where it applies, clients must accurately disclose generative-AI use and, when asked, name the tools or models. Fully AI-generated tracks should preferentially come from models or services that license or otherwise authorize the material used to train them.
What changed
What is new is an explicit DSP rule: acceptance by Symphonic does not mean delivery to every store. Mass-generated content without meaningful originality, and false AI disclosures, are prohibited. Offering recordings into AI-training datasets stays fully opt-in — only with explicit consent, never automatic. Symphonic also says it is investing in fingerprinting (audio matching) and AI detection.
Whose work this affects
This hits commercial licensing and whether training use is allowed. Anyone sending game BGM or YouTube instrumentals through Symphonic now needs a per-release record of the model name and the training-license basis. Before uploading a 10-track game BGM pack, write each track’s generator into the metadata memo. Disclosure does not by itself guarantee every-DSP delivery, and non-disclosure does not by itself make a release ineligible, the post says. Creators remain responsible for rights to distribute and monetize. This is not legal advice.
Do this today
For the next Symphonic release candidate, record in one line each: AI used or not, tool/model name, and the training-license basis.
Sources
Primary: Symphonic blog, 12 Oct 2026, Jorge Brea. Clickable URL follows.
Source: Symphonic