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Received this message from one of my publishers. No big deal since they haven't made much income for me anyway - but is going to have a domino effect on the rest of the music industry?


"Greetings Artists!

We would like to update our artists on the status of our Content ID (CID) initiative, as we have moved into our final phase. The mission of this initiative is to provide our clients with a 100% copyright claim free experience online.

What this means for our artists is that firstly, we are no longer accepting music that is, or will be registered in CID. Secondly, we have been scanning our catalog for CID claims and disabling music that triggers a copyright claim. Please login and go to your "My Music" page and have a look to see if any of your tracks have tested positive for CID, and have been disabled. If you are able to remove your music from CID, let us know and we can reactivate your music in our catalog.

Many of you have already been in touch, and were surprised to see that your music tested CID positive, and has been disabled. We know this stuff is confusing, so we've written a guide to help minimize confusion around how your music could have ended up in CID without your knowledge. We have included a technique to scan and test your music, and find out who registered your music in CID on your behalf.

We sincerely hate having to disable so much great music, and we've struggled with this decision for a long time. What it comes down to is that it's our obligation to provide our clients with a copyright claim free experience if they legitimately purchase the rights to use our music.

Also as a heads up, we are wrapping up our accounting for Pay Period 2, 2020, and payments will be going out starting Feb 15 and will be completed by the end of the month. Please make sure your Paypal email is up to date in your profile so there won't be any payment issues.

Thanks as always for all the great music!

John