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AI Disclosure Policy
We are upfront about how our music is made. This page is the honest, plain statement of it, so a buyer knows exactly what they are getting and what they can rely on.
Last updated: July 12, 2026
The Short Version
Our catalog music is AI-assisted. It is produced with Suno under a commercial plan that grants commercial-use rights in the output. Vocal songs include human-written lyrics where the track page says so. Every track is cleared in one signature (one-stop), and your licensed use is rights-clean. What we cannot promise is copyright registrability where a track has no human authorship. That is the whole trade, said plainly.
How Our Music Is Made
- House catalog. Orcha owns both the master and the song, 100%. The music is produced with Suno under a commercial plan. Where a track has vocals, the lyrics are written by a person (the writer named on the track page, David Charles Porter Jr, IPI 1320953473, unless a co-writer is credited).
- Collective catalog. Independent artists list their own tracks with us. Each artist discloses, per track, whether AI was used and what role it played, and that disclosure has to match what their distributor filed with the streaming services. We hold that attestation on file.
How We Disclose It
- On every track. Each track carries its AI status in its rights record (
aiAssisted) and, where there are human-written parts, a human-authorship note (humanAuthorship) that a sync supervisor can read before they license. - DDEX-style, matched to the distributor. We follow the music industry's DDEX-style approach to AI disclosure, and we keep a track's disclosure consistent with what its distributor reported to DSPs. We do not let a track claim "no AI" in one place and "AI" in another.
- In writing, before you buy. This policy is linked from checkout and the footer, so you see it before you commit.
What a Buyer Can Rely On
- One-stop clearance. For house tracks, Orcha owns the master and the song and clears both with one signature. For collective tracks, Orcha holds a valid non-exclusive license from the artist. Either way, your sync license clears the music you need.
- Rights-clean use. We warrant, in the sync license, that we own or control the track and have the right to license it, and that, to our knowledge, it holds no uncleared samples or third-party masters. Your licensed use is clean to run.
- Honest sourcing. The AI status you see is the real status. We do not hide it, and we do not overstate the human contribution.
What We Do Not Warrant
- Copyright registrability. US copyright law generally does not protect material that lacks human authorship. Where a track was generated by AI with no human authorship, it may not be registrable for copyright, and we make no representation that it is, or that it carries the exclusive rights registration provides. This does not affect your right to use the track as licensed. It affects only the separate question of whether the underlying music can be registered.
- Exclusivity by default. Our licenses are non-exclusive unless you buy an exclusive upgrade. A non-exclusive AI-assisted track may be licensed to others.
Why We Do It This Way
Honest disclosure protects everyone. Buyers know what they are placing. Artists keep their integrity with the DSPs. And we can stand behind a one-stop warranty because we do not paper over how the music was made. The clearance is real; the sourcing is disclosed; the one thing AI cannot always deliver, registrable copyright, we simply do not claim.
Contact
Questions about how a specific track was made or disclosed: licensing@orchacollective.io.