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==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
=== Subscription Tiers === | ===Subscription Tiers=== | ||
* SoundCloud has three membership tiers for listeners. Free, which is ad-supported, Go, which is ad-free, and Go+, which is ad-free and gives access to locked songs not available with other subscriptions. | *SoundCloud has three membership tiers for listeners. Free, which is ad-supported, Go, which is ad-free, and Go+, which is ad-free and gives access to locked songs not available with other subscriptions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=SoundCloud |date=2025 |title=What type of subscription is for me? |url=https://help.soundcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051072534-What-type-of-subscription-is-for-me |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250727092854/https://help.soundcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051072534-What-type-of-subscription-is-for-me |archive-date=2025-8-16}}</ref> | ||
* SoundCloud has three membership tiers for artists. Without a paid subscription, SoundCloud limits the hours of music which can be uploaded to an account. The upload limit for the Basic package is is 2 hours, 3 for Artist, and Artist Pro users have no limit. | *SoundCloud has three membership tiers for artists. Without a paid subscription, SoundCloud limits the hours of music which can be uploaded to an account. The upload limit for the Basic package is is 2 hours, 3 for Artist, and Artist Pro users have no limit.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
=== User Downloads === | ===User Downloads=== | ||
* SoundCloud allows artists to enable direct downloads on their tracks. Listeners of any membership tier can use direct downloads on the website. | *SoundCloud allows artists to enable direct downloads on their tracks. Listeners of any membership tier can use direct downloads on the website.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCall |first=Vivian |date=January 14th, 2021 |title=How to download SoundCloud songs from the website onto your computer, or from the mobile app with SoundCloud Go |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/how-to-download-soundcloud-songs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250816170647/https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/how-to-download-soundcloud-songs |archive-date=August 16th, 2025 |work=Business Insider}}</ref> | ||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
===Generative AI=== | ===Generative AI=== | ||
In January 2024, SoundCloud announced integration with AI music tools Fadr, Soundful and Voice-Swap, allowing users to directly post AI generated content to the platform. | In January 2024, SoundCloud announced integration with AI music tools Fadr, Soundful and Voice-Swap, allowing users to directly post AI generated content to the platform. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Paine |first=Andre |title=SoundCloud integrates with assistive AI tools to enable direct uploads for artists |url=https://www.musicweek.com/digital/read/soundcloud-integrates-with-assistive-ai-tools-to-enable-direct-uploads-for-artists/089164 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250816171344/https://www.musicweek.com/digital/read/soundcloud-integrates-with-assistive-ai-tools-to-enable-direct-uploads-for-artists/089164 |archive-date=August 16th, 2025 |work=MusicWeek}}</ref> | ||
In May 2025, an article published by Futurism accused SoundCloud of updating their Terms of Service to allow all content on the platform to be used to train generative AI. SoundCloud later clarified that it's use of AI was strictly to provide “personalized recommendations, content organization, fraud detection, and improvements to content identification”, not to train generative AI models. | In May 2025, an article published by Futurism accused SoundCloud of updating their Terms of Service to allow all content on the platform to be used to train generative AI.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 9th, 2025 |title=SoundCloud Quietly Updated Their Terms to Let AI Feast on Artists' Music |url=https://futurism.com/soundcloud-ai-terms-of-service |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250816171715/https://futurism.com/soundcloud-ai-terms-of-service |archive-date=August 16th, 2025 |work=Futurism}}</ref> SoundCloud later clarified that it's use of AI was strictly to provide “personalized recommendations, content organization, fraud detection, and improvements to content identification”, not to train generative AI models.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Corcoran |first=Nina |date=May 14th, 2025 |title=SoundCloud Updates AI Policy in Terms of Use After Backlash |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/soundcloud-updates-ai-policy-in-terms-of-use-after-backlash/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250816172013/https://pitchfork.com/news/soundcloud-updates-ai-policy-in-terms-of-use-after-backlash/ |archive-date=August 16th, 2025 |work=Pitchfork}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Spotify]] | *[[Spotify]] | ||
* [[Apple Music]] | *[[Apple Music]] | ||
* [[Amazon Music]] | *[[Amazon Music]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
Revision as of 17:23, 16 August 2025
SoundCloud
| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008-10-28 |
| Legal Structure | Private |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Official website | https://soundcloud.com/ |
SoundCloud is a music streaming platform founded in 2007. The SoundCloud website was made public in October 2008.
Consumer-impact summary
Subscription Tiers
- SoundCloud has three membership tiers for listeners. Free, which is ad-supported, Go, which is ad-free, and Go+, which is ad-free and gives access to locked songs not available with other subscriptions.[1]
- SoundCloud has three membership tiers for artists. Without a paid subscription, SoundCloud limits the hours of music which can be uploaded to an account. The upload limit for the Basic package is is 2 hours, 3 for Artist, and Artist Pro users have no limit.[1]
User Downloads
- SoundCloud allows artists to enable direct downloads on their tracks. Listeners of any membership tier can use direct downloads on the website.[2]
Incidents
Generative AI
In January 2024, SoundCloud announced integration with AI music tools Fadr, Soundful and Voice-Swap, allowing users to directly post AI generated content to the platform. [3]
In May 2025, an article published by Futurism accused SoundCloud of updating their Terms of Service to allow all content on the platform to be used to train generative AI.[4] SoundCloud later clarified that it's use of AI was strictly to provide “personalized recommendations, content organization, fraud detection, and improvements to content identification”, not to train generative AI models.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 SoundCloud (2025). "What type of subscription is for me?". Archived from the original on 2025-8-16.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help) - ↑ McCall, Vivian (January 14th, 2021). "How to download SoundCloud songs from the website onto your computer, or from the mobile app with SoundCloud Go". Business Insider. Archived from the original on August 16th, 2025.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ Paine, Andre. "SoundCloud integrates with assistive AI tools to enable direct uploads for artists". MusicWeek. Archived from the original on August 16th, 2025.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "SoundCloud Quietly Updated Their Terms to Let AI Feast on Artists' Music". Futurism. May 9th, 2025. Archived from the original on August 16th, 2025.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ Corcoran, Nina (May 14th, 2025). "SoundCloud Updates AI Policy in Terms of Use After Backlash". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on August 16th, 2025.
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