Tracks with Content ID that are marked as "Excludes Content ID"

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Hi everyone! @BenLeong and @KingDog, I thought you might be interested in this as well.

This is the second time this has happened to me, and I hope you understand that I’ll keep the author’s name and tracks private.

For years, I’ve worked with a client who’s subscribed to Elements (among other platforms). Recently, they asked me to help pick a music track that didn’t have Content ID. The reason? My client was going on vacation, and the person handling the upload and publishing hadn’t dealt with the Content ID clearing process before, so they just wanted to avoid it this time.

I recommended a track from Elements that was marked with the “Excludes Content ID” checkbox. Well, turns out it wasn’t true. The track was actually registered with Identifyy and the video is currently banned. Now, we’re waiting for my client to return from vacation to clear the claim.

The issue here isn’t about if there are faster workarounds; it’s about authors uploading music as “Content ID-free” when it’s not. This causes unnecessary problems for Envato users and is unfair to other authors who follow the rules.

In my opinion, the “Excludes Content ID” checkbox should be removed. But if it stays, Envato really needs to ensure that tracks labeled as CID-free are actually CID-free.

This has put me (and Envato) in an awkward spot. Nothing serious happened this time, but I’ll definitely never recommend a track without Content ID again.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this.

Cheers.

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It’s definitely something that’s being discussed. We agree it’s not a good experience for customers.

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Something also worth mentioning is that a customer could purchase a track marked as ‘Excludes Content ID,’ but there’s no guarantee the author won’t decide to register their entire portfolio a few weeks later…

In any case, I really believe the ‘Excludes Content ID’ checkbox should be removed.

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This has definitely happened and really shows why the current system doesn’t work.

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Actually, it is working. The only thing authors need to do is to update Content ID status of their tracks if it is changed. That’s it

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There should be a mandatory expectation that authors should keep up to date status of tracks. Not declaring Content ID status is a must for everyone, authors and buyers and Envato should enforce this.

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Non CID registered music should not be allowed in, period. It’s unprofessional and leads to all kinds of shenanigans.

It is crazy that 10 years after CID became the industry standard, Envato is still not only accepting those shady tracks and authors, but also even pushing them with that stupid exclude ContentID music checkbox.

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