I wasn’t sure if your responses were an attempt at gaslighting, or if you were just unaware of this topic to which you seemingly claim to be. I also do not enjoy letting false affirmations go unchallenged. Since it is the latter in your intent, I’ll explain more in-depth below. If you’d like to confirm my information, sources can all be confirmed with direct confirmation from points of contact.
Elite Alliance, formerly branched from Epic Elite and was approached by GEMA, thus splitting their visions in two. Epic Elite still continues to operate as a Content ID platform with investments in digital distribution methods. Elite Alliance was designed to focus on modern-day landscaping and adapting PROs and their potential access to various revenue sources, due to the growth of music distribution in the digital world. It is valid to reference Elite Alliance as a PRO, since GEMA is directly working with Elite Alliance, just as other PROs nowadays are exploring this avenue. PROs are not simply black-and-white focused on one specific possible avenue of revenue management for artists, but moreover, as monopoly giants and providing artist assistances in today’s industry. The history of these two was not my concern here, and your attempted correction was simply, incorrect.
What is of concern, is the idea of copyright. Hence, OP was complaining about copyright restrictions enacted by so-called “Elite Alliance” which brought up concern for him to complain on this thread. Looking at earlier responses generally targeting the blame towards Elite Alliance, I simply added input to drive away from that claim; typically, it’s the artist that does not know what they’re doing, and often unintentionally breaks copyright law.
Regarding your linked article in an earlier reply and negligence in understanding copyright, Envato clearly states that you, as an artist, are not allowed to register music on Envato’s site for the purpose of revenue without direct intent or pre-authorized terms from your registered PRO, if you have one. Envato does not suggest for artists to register for a PRO on top of selling your music on their platform. This is quite literally known as copyright fraud (at least in the US) in doing so. Please learn about copyright law before spreading information regarding this serious manner with absolute disregard of your own ego.
Content ID is a completely separate system built for the original intent of helping audience members, specifically on YouTube and arising streaming platforms, identify various music that is being used in creator videos. This was also done in partnership with Shazam, an AI-technology backed service used for identifying music in non-digital environments. Nowadays after YouTube agreed to source 3rd-party copyright management companies, services that were originally intended to focus in music distribution (i.e. Soundrop, CD Baby) have also started offering their own Content ID service as an additional avenue to entice their users to debatably charge excessive fee percentages through Content ID.
The entire growth of the digital landscape allows such room for possible copyright fraud on the artist’s behalf to occur, and typically in a case like this, it’s often the artist that is not careful in completely comprehending copyright law and function when promoting their music with revenue involved. Thus, to the OP, I further suggest reaching out to the artist themselves, as they are completely able to drop copyright claims from their end via Elite Alliance’s portal if given proof that you have purchased a license from Envato’s platform. By them ignoring or denying their request, they are commiting copyright fraud. This would then not be Elite Alliance’s fault, nor morally the artists – since the amount you spent on their track is typically not sueable – which would conclude that this entire system is simply wack.
