If you’re buddies with any producers on Facebook, there’s likelihood you noticed at the very least one them complaining about SoundCloud this morning. A quantity producers, a complete we haven’t even begun to calculate but, have been struck with a bevy copyright strikes, most them dubstep producers.
Among these affected had been Mastadon, Slimez, Subtronics, Xaebor, Ubur and Wooli. There are probably many extra who haven’t but made the information public or maybe much more coming. We don’t know.
It appears that the takedowns are a end result a malicious third occasion who's claiming copyright on songs not belonging to them. There’s at the moment no method for SoundCloud customers to dispute immediately with whoever has claimed copyright, so it’s close to unattainable to correct observe down whoever may be committing this nefarious act. However, proof factors to an account calling itself “DR EGG” which has been leaving unusual feedback with many the producers affected by this incident.
While anger and frustration ought to course be directed at this unknown perpetrator, a good quantity producers are additionally bringing to gentle SoundCloud’s personal ineffective safety and clearance course of. An announcement from SVDDEN DEATH given solely to Your EDM reads, “SoundCloud is ruining the dubstep group by permitting anybody to assert a music as their very own and take away it from existence. Until they repair their take down coverage, I'll now not be importing songs to this platform.”
A petition has been began on Change.org in an try and carry gentle to SoundCloud’s floundering and ten ineffective copyright system. Sign when you want to add your voice to the dialogue.
An announcement from SoundCloud to Your EDM states, “Our takedown notification course of is designed to respect copyright, and it's our coverage to evaluate all infringement claims per the rules outlined in our .
“Upon evaluate, we've decided these copyright claims are usually not legitimate, and are completely happy to report we’ve reinstated all affected content material.”