Catapult adds mandatory AI disclosure to music delivery

Catapult has added mandatory yes-or-no AI disclosure fields to its music-distribution workflow. Uploaders are asked separately about cover art, the sound recording, the composition and the artist's identity.

The distributor says inaccurate disclosure can lead to removal. It also describes itself as the first distributor to build this requirement directly into delivery; that “first” claim comes from Catapult and has not been independently verified.

Better questions, but not automatic verification

Separating the fields is more useful than a single “contains AI” checkbox. A release can have human music with generated artwork, a transformed vocal over human instrumentation or a generated recording of a human-written song.

The form still depends on truthful answers. Catapult has announced a disclosure layer, not a forensic system that proves how every file was made. Even so, structured declarations could give stores and listeners more precise information than today's inconsistent notes and badges.