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CR-bmi-exclusions-2 · version 1

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BMI / fully-AI and incomplete-work exclusions / US

BMI rejects wholly AI compositions and incomplete/nonmusical works. For partial AI, the required copyrightability and minimum human creativity involve an individual assessment and are not inferred from a percentage or prompt.

Event: assessment · Effective start: Unknown · Effective end: No known end · Retroactivity: not_applicable

Products: work_registration · Plans: * · Actions: composition_registration · Territories: US

Internal outcome: prohibited · Reason: bmi-exclusions_explicit_restriction

Exact predicates and rule data
{
  "rule_id": "CR-bmi-exclusions-2",
  "gatekeeper": "bmi",
  "surface": "composition_registration",
  "object": "declared_release",
  "territory": "US",
  "predicates": {
    "completeMusicalSong": false
  },
  "outcome": "prohibited",
  "reason_code": "bmi-exclusions_explicit_restriction",
  "source_ids": [
    "SRC-0047"
  ],
  "verified_at": "2026-09-06",
  "next_review_at": "2026-09-20",
  "rule_version": 1,
  "product_or_plan": "work_registration/*",
  "notes": "BMI rejects wholly AI compositions and incomplete/nonmusical works. For partial AI, the required copyrightability and minimum human creativity involve an individual assessment and are not inferred from a percentage or prompt."
}

Source versions

Exact rule version — Rights Tracker · AI Music Events