TONS of False 3rd Party Claims Lately

[AlexGotBeats]

Composition and production are usually related, but not necessarily the same thing. Production can be accomplished using pre-existing beats and music loops; which would mean the Content ID system might match something similar but not completely the same as your music. If the accused YouTuber doesn't dispute, you might earn money on a piece you have no rights-entitlement in. This is why I don't agree with the Content ID system as it exists today. Twice this week, I had to dispute claims where the matched music piece bore no resemblance to my own.

I just took a close look at Beatstars also; it is much like Tunecore or Rumblefish, except for the fact it seems to be a one-stop collaboration community as well as a distribution/rights managing outlet. I cannot use such a service; one Content ID against my own distributed works would invalidate my contract with Shockwave Sound.

Unlike youself, I compose/produce soundscapes for Royalty-Free Distribution.

I don't use any pre-existing beats i produce my stuff from scratch and not use samples from other compositions. I wouldn't even be allowed to monetize or sell rights to my music then but since i'm not i'm good to do whatever i want with it and feel safe about Content ID. System works very well it is by far more advanced than you might think since it translates sound into binary code. Quite interesting actually.

 

[UKHypnotist]

@AlexGotBeats Good for you then! Even though the Content ID System might translate sound into binary code, total mismatches do occur. Also there are far too many non-exclusive fingerprints on the database for the system as I think I noted before.

A match of 2-5 seconds is an unreasonable sample size, as there are only so many musical notes in existence universally and eventually you will appear to "match" something of that length; only to find when an entire bar set or coda is played, there is no match at all.

This system desperately needs human ears and oversight.