SME Copyright help?

sbrewer918

sbrewer918

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On my channel I cover songs on guitar/drums etc.

One of my videos/covers has received a SME copyright removal and can't be played in tons of countries, including USA. SME stands for Sony Music Entertainment. So basically I covered a song that their record label owned. I have also covered other songs and bands that I'm positive where on their label also. However none of those songs/videos/covers have been removed for play. Also I searched on Youtube and there are tons of other covers of the same song, that all work and play fine.

My question is this: How do I properly "Dispute their claim"?

If they had removed my video and everyone else, I'd totally be ok with that. But for there to be pages and pages of the same song being covered and accessible around the globe, kinda bums me out.

Figured here would be the best place to brainstorm, thanks everyone!
 
If you recorded a cover then SME wouldn't be the one that owned it. It would be Sony/ATV which is their publisher. SME is the record label and would only put a claim on your video if you used one of their sound recordings.
 
You hear their recording on the video, yes. Is there anything I can do about this claim? I don't understand the big deal about it.
 
A cover is indeed my own recording/performance of a pre-existing song. I'm playing guitar along to the track.
 
Because you have the original track playing you are using material you don't own. It's only a cover if you don't have the original recording playing.
 
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