Uh question, I'm sorry but I don't know where to ask this but do I own the rights to the songs I create on Audiotool, because recently one of my YouTube music videos of a song that I made here on Audiotool was copyright claimed even though I can confirm that I made 100% of it. I then found out that the person who was copyrighting me stole my song and distributed it on YouTube and is now making profit off of a song that I created without my permission. So I wanna know if I have the licenses and rights required to be able to contest it. This is really urgent matter so please respond as fast as possible. Thanks.
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he has to ask for before he can do it, he also has to credit you for making the song
They didn't, they just reappropriated it, changed the name and cover and then distributed it on yt music
I don't even know the person
that's fraud
So can I contest it ? Bcs I own it
yes you can
you do
unless you used any samples that you didn't have permission to use but for the most part you should be fine
The only samples I used are one shots that are made by new loops and they are safe ones
Ok thanks
yeah you're good then
Depends on the license you published your track under.
This is the default license when you publish a track on Audiotool https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
It's CC BY-SA, but like the thing is that the person who stole my song published it to YouTube using a distribution service and has copyrighted it even though it is my song, so I'm not sure if I am able to contest with the current license that my track is published under.
you are if you have good evidence
So uh, turns out the stolen song was distributed to all streaming platforms with copyright on it.. Idk what I'm supposed to do to get it taken down... This is my song that I made that someone else is getting profit from
get the mods to help
I'm sure they can do something about this
if you can figure out what distributor they used you can contact their support and let them know. An easy way to find the distributor is thru those auto-generated youtube music videos; in the description it should say Provided to YouTube by DistroKid/CD Baby/etc
when contacting support be sure to link your original track + your audiotool account and their copy of the track with the altered name. also give them the date you published the track (and maybe even the date you started the draft) and the date their copy went live on streaming
if they've also uploaded to bandcamp or soundcloud you'll have to contact their support separately since distributors don't deal with those platforms
best of luck man, hope it gets sorted out!!
or you can do that
@jacknjelly mods can really only deal with internal site disputes. they wouldn't be any help in this situation unless the person stealing his track has an audiotool account that they can ban
They are using a distributor called "the state51 conspiracy", and on their website I don't see any kind of place for support or any way to contact them whatsoever
support@state51.com found a support email on their site, in incredibly small text LMAO
they seem to be a label too so i guess they signed this person? look thru their bandcamp and see if they're there:
https://state51.bandcamp.com/artists
if they are, you can contact the label thru bandcamp on the side panel. they also have links to their insta and twitter in that panel if you wanna cover all bases!
also, you do have rights to your track even if it's CC-BY-SA. that license does not mean public domain. and you don't need to register with the copyright office to own your track (in the form that it was uploaded.) you have inherent rights to the audio file upon creating it
under CC-BY-SA, they must credit you and distribute their version under the same license. so what they're doing is infringement and as long as you can prove you're the original creator (which should be pretty easy) you can fix this
They don't seem to be on their bandcamp.. I will try to contact them by email and on their Instagram.. Thanks alot for helping this far and finding their support email LOL.. Audiotool is literally ike mah only life lol :)
Ok thanks, Audiotool should def hire u as like a mod or something
You'd be good at that
definitely
yurr of course!! you'd be surprised how often this shit happens LMAO
I would love to have you as a mod
things would be so different
I've actually heard of this happening to other independent artists before lol, never thought I'd have to deal with it personally though
now you do
Well anyways, in the future my tracks will be protected by copyright so I willHOPEFULLY never have this problem again.
hopefully no one does the same to me
or else I have to come to you heheh ;_; oh god
The thing with being a producer is that you have to be careful with these kinds of things
good thing I actually save my music files so I have the date I made them
He doens't have to ask but he has to give credits
Could you post a link to those videos?
Ok
Original: https://youtu.be/TEtiUgfqyOY?si=0QuC_sBGOB4zbWca
Stolen: https://youtu.be/FrPa6okHPz0?si=hyEDXDen716Y6n1D
Thank you. This is pretty clear. I found it on Spotify too. I will try something
Chatted with someone from Spotify. Waiting for an email response.
Well, withdecay found the support email of the distribution service they were using and I've contacted them to let them know. They should hopefully re-review the release and take it down. Thanks for the help.
No problem
yea
Please let us know if the distribution service reacted. I received this from Spotify.
Hi there,
Thanks for getting in touch with us.
We understand that you want to file a copyright infringement case. Rest assured, we'll get things sorted out for you.
To report content on Spotify that you believe infringes your intellectual property rights (e.g. copyright, trademark) or otherwise violates the law, use this form. https://support.spotify.com/us/report-content/
It's been our pleasure to assist you. If you have any further questio ns, please reply to this email and we'll get back to you in a beat.
Warm regards,
Spotify Customer Support
This was their response:
"Thanks for notifying us about this.
We've contacted the client and wait for their reply."
The song is still up on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and is also still up on social media sound libraries like Tik Tok and Instagram. They have not yet taken any action.
so basically they put it on more than one app
That's usually how distribution services work, they send your release to multiple stores at once.
oh
This is going to take some days
i would help with this, but i have no idea how...
honestly i dont know much still a teen but id bring this to court if possible, or email this person and tell them that they have falsley given you a copyright strike even though they themselves should get it, ( im also pretty sure what they did is illegal so yeah)
I forgot this Convo still went
did you get the rights back, i looked it up and saw that person is very in the wrong here if you have enough evidence you can get the rights back
I think they did but we're not sure yet, eshaan hasn't told us
I contacted the distribution service the person used to publish the song and the issue now seems to be resolved. Thanks to everyone for the help.
Awesome
yeah, man! I just had this happen and while it's really tough to get ahold of anybody from these services, they generally are really quick to get you taken care of (even as a smaller artist!)
I had some of my stuff put up on spotify and was able to get my account verified and get all of my tracks back. Unfortunately this is getting more common for artists everywhere! I'm super late to the party, but I can help you through the process if you'd like.
Thank you for offering help, the situation is now resolved :)
Cool