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@sapphyra

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sapphyra @sapphyra1/10/2024, 4:04 AM

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2 mello @MelloMakes11/7/2023, 3:47 PM

Someone stole and reuploaded all my songs through distribution

The YouTube channel "Mindless Beats - Topic" is one of those auto-generated channels that get created when someone distributes music to streaming services. I started to get about ten copyright claims a day on my own music rerouting my monetization to these randomly named tracks. I've been successfully disputing most of the claims, but the biggest problem is that anyone using my music, which I've said is free to use, is now also getting those claims. I need this to stop ASAP and I've contacted YouTube and all distributors involved trying to get the uploads taken down.

I'm not sure how much this will help, since it's not a traditional YouTube channel, but if y'all wouldn't mind reporting this as a spam/scam and saying it's stolen reuploaded music, I'd appreciate it. It's actually my birthday week and I've just been having a long stretchy anxiety attack about this.

https://youtube.com/channel/UC8TuXupxMv1MYliP_0kruww?si=hrY46QMGVkjkZvkF

2 mello @MelloMakes11/9/2023, 8:12 PM

the songs are still up

I'm so desperate to get this resolved quickly that I'm back flagging down the companies on social media if you wanna help me out. https://twitter.com/MelloMakes/status/1722704124653732022

2 mello @MelloMakes11/17/2023, 12:30 AM

I think this is finally dealt with!

I haven't gotten any new claims from this channel for the last few days and the service they used got back to me saying they've banned them and are gonna remove songs from all services + I got several successful takedowns of their stuff on YouTube.

I'm a little sad that I finally had to use DMCA, but if someone's gonna do something this stupid, I don't know what else to do.

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Christian Simmers @Xuelder11/7/2023, 4:08 PM

Yeah, I have had a bunch of these videos(by that I mean indie artists who upload their stuff onto Bandcamp) show up in my suggestions, its been rather weird. Like, my friend's indie band had their entire discography put up on one of these topic channels and they are getting suspicious that this is something to do with Bandcamp's new management.

2 mello @MelloMakes11/7/2023, 6:46 PM

I've heard of this scam happening long before the Bandcamp thing, and the distributor this person (or bot) went through was unrelated to the new Bandcamp owner. I think it's just coincidence that it's getting to be a bigger problem at the same time

Christian Simmers @Xuelder11/7/2023, 6:51 PM

Yeah, it feels like a correlation is not causation issue; just a lot of shit being piled on independent musicians all at once.

Ange @aenglestudio11/7/2023, 4:30 PM

That sucks. I mean, the music is there for free too, so I don't get why people go after indie musicians for this. On a more positive note, I hope you have a Happy Birthday! Your music is some of my favorite.

2 mello @MelloMakes11/7/2023, 6:49 PM

thanks!

Will Uhl ✨ Merry Mancer Games @RaffiTheOwl11/7/2023, 4:37 PM

Just sent in a report. I hope it clears up soon.

2 mello @MelloMakes11/7/2023, 6:49 PM

thanks!

@Dragonkat4211/7/2023, 4:41 PM

Reported it.

2 mello @MelloMakes11/7/2023, 6:49 PM

thank you!

🌷 doodlemancy 🌷@doodlemancy11/7/2023, 4:46 PM

added a report to the pile, i hope they deal with it. people who do shit like this are the absolute worst

2 mello @MelloMakes11/7/2023, 6:49 PM

thank you!

RSS download -> https://ghoulnoise.com/feed/@ghoulnoise11/7/2023, 4:50 PM

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2 mello @MelloMakes11/7/2023, 6:49 PM

appreciate it!

rachel @wholemilk11/7/2023, 5:27 PM

Fucking terrible. Reported. It says it's auto generated BY YOUTUBE? What the fuck, are they seriously double dipping in their own specious copyright claims???

2 mello @MelloMakes11/7/2023, 6:44 PM

Thanks! What it means is it's auto-generated by YouTube for the distributor who got the music uploaded. Any music distributed gets these auto-generated videos, including my own. This is YouTube's system being exploited for sure, but not them directly participating in the scam.