Hi all,
I already found similar threads on the forum about this but they are a from 2017 and a lot has changed since then…So, I think it would be a good time for an update in mid 2019. I truly believe that this would help us all.
Due to recent issues where I found my music being used illegally and worse, being registered by others as theirs own, I decided to take action and protect my portfolio. I will register all new and ALREADY UPLOADED tracks in my portfolio with IDENTIFYY (the alternative I found for AdRev since AdRev is no longer accepting RF music).
I know that, as a consequence all my buyers will get a 3rd-party copyright claim on their videos and surely be annoyed by the fact that they would have to clear their videos by disputing the claim. Well…if they have the license # (which they should have since they bought it from AJ), they can easily do it. No problem.
My questions to any author who already went through a similar situation.
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Did you write a “letter to costumers” ( and maybe put on you AJ profile page) explaining why you decided to register your tracks and how they can clear their videos? I ask this because I recently saw that big authors like PinkZebra (on his AJ profile) and TimMcmorris (on his website) did. If you have done the same, do you have any advice?
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Have your sales decreased after the registration?
Thanks a lot for any help and advice.