Track origin – 3 questions before filling in each recording

When you add a recording to a release in Artists Bez Labelu, the Track origin section appears first. Until you answer its questions, the rest of the form (title, ISRC, songwriters, file…) stays hidden. This is not a formality – the answers determine distribution, placement in our playlists and which documents we will need from you.

The three questions in a nutshell

The questions appear one at a time – the next one only shows up once you have answered the previous one. Some answers also bring up additional text or a field you need to deal with. For a recording that has already been saved, you will find the Track origin section at the top when editing the recording – you can fill in missing answers there, but a YES answer cannot be taken back (for AI-generated music and beats from the internet, it also applies to your whole account). We go through each question in detail below.

Question 1 – Is it AI-generated music?

We consider a recording to be AI-generated music if the final sound or part of it (vocals, beat, instrumental track, etc.) was generated by an artificial intelligence tool – typically Suno, Udio, Stable Audio, MusicLM, Boomy, AIVA, Riffusion, Splash Pro, Voicemod, Mubert, Musicfy and similar. It does not matter that you wrote the lyrics and melody yourself – if the resulting sound was created by AI, it is AI-generated music.

Specifying AI-generated music: How were the vocals and music made?

When you answer that it is AI-generated music, the form immediately asks how the vocals and the music were made. An answer is required. This is not about the authorship of the work but about the resulting sound recording: You state truthfully who wrote the lyrics and music in the songwriter fields. You assess the vocals and the music separately and choose one of three options for each part.

Part	Option	When to choose it
Vocals	Sung by a person, no AI edits	The vocals were sung by a person and no AI tool has edited them. This also applies if a person exported the finished recording – for example in a DAW, where the vocals were added to AI-made music.
Vocals	AI (incl. voice conversion or edits)	AI created the vocals, converted them to a different voice, or edited the singer’s voice – even if only minimally.
Vocals	No vocals	The recording is instrumental.
Music	Recorded by people, no AI	The instruments and the beat were recorded by people and the music has not gone through any AI tool.
Music	Partly AI (even just edits)	AI created part of the music, or edited it.
Music	Fully AI	AI created all of the music.

A few examples of how to answer:

• You wrote the lyrics, entered them into an AI tool, and it created both the vocals and the music: Vocals AI, music Fully AI. The recording is entirely AI-made, even though the lyrics are yours.
• You sang your own vocals over AI-generated music: Vocals Sung by a person, no AI edits, music Fully AI.
• You recorded both the music and the vocals yourselves, but converted the voice to a different one with an AI tool: Vocals AI, music Recorded by people, no AI.
• An instrumental in which AI generated the drums: No vocals, music Partly AI.

If both the vocals and the music were made entirely without AI, it is not AI-generated music and you should answer No, it is not AI to the first question. Why do we ask about the vocals and the music separately? Platforms increasingly distinguish which part of a recording was created by AI – the vocals, the music or both – and some of them show this information to listeners too.

AI music also comes with other rules that this guide does not cover but which still apply: How to enter AI as an author, who owns the rights to AI music and why AI music cannot go to content platforms.

Question 2 – Did you use a beat from the internet?

A beat from the internet means a bought or “free” beat (BeatStars, Airbit, YouTube “free beat” and the like), an instrumental or karaoke version downloaded from YouTube, but also a sample pack or loop that makes up the entire backing of the recording. On the other hand, it does not include AI (that is covered by the first question) or instruments and samples you recorded yourself.

A beat from the internet has one more consequence that a licence will not solve: Recordings built on other people’s beats, loops or samples are not eligible for content platforms (YouTube Content ID, Meta Fingerprinting) – dozens of other performers use the same beat, and the fingerprint recognition systems would block each other’s recordings. As soon as you answer for any recording that it contains a beat from the internet, YouTube Content ID, Facebook Fingerprinting and Beatport stop being available for your whole account (TikTok remains).

Question 3 – Is it a cover (someone else’s song)?

A cover is your own recording of someone else’s song – the music or lyrics were written by someone else, and you have simply recorded it anew. Not to be confused with a remix: A remix is a rework of an existing recording (typically by another remixer) and is handled by a separate field further down the form, not in this section.

What about remixes?

The guide does not ask about remixes – they have their own field further down the recording form, including a licence confirmation. We would just remind you that a remixer is a third party who remixed your recording – not you yourself. Remixing someone else’s recording without a licence from its owner is copyright infringement; you will find the details in the rules for remixes.

Overview of answer combinations

AI-generated music	Beat from the internet	Cover	Result	What it means for you
No	No	No	No conditions	Everything is original. Your answer about the beat counts as your solemn declaration.
No	Yes	No	Licence required	You provide the licence for the beat (PDF) – straight away, or later when editing the recording, but always before distribution. In the songwriter fields, you enter the authors of the beat. YouTube Content ID, Facebook Fingerprinting and Beatport are not available for your account.
No	No	Yes	Cover	In the composer and lyricist fields, you enter the authors of the original. The backing is your own recording and you have cleared the rights to the work.
No	Yes	Yes	Licence + cover	Typically vocals over a downloaded karaoke backing. Both conditions apply at the same time – a licence for the beat and correctly credited authors of the original.
Yes	No	No	AI music	You specify how the vocals and music were made. The recording is recorded as AI on your account, platforms may label or restrict it, and in our playlists it only goes into the playlist for AI music. TikTok, YouTube Content ID, Facebook Fingerprinting and Beatport are not available for your account.
Yes	Yes	No	AI + licence	Both apply – AI-generated music is recorded on your account (including the vocals and music details) and you must provide a licence for the beat from the internet.
Yes	–	Yes	Prohibited	An AI cover of someone else’s song cannot be released. The recording cannot be created or saved until you change one of the answers.

Why all this

Most of the problems we deal with on recordings – rights holder claims, blocks on content platforms, Content ID disputes, incorrectly credited authors – have a common origin: The recording contained something belonging to someone else, and we only found out once it was already out. The three questions at the start of the form prevent this. You know what we will need from you, and we know how to handle the recording – before anything is sent. The old principle still applies: Sort out your licence in advance, not when a problem arises, and ignorance is no excuse.

You will see any record of a breach in your profile in the Other records section. How we approach breaches in general is described in the article What is prohibited and how we deal with violations.