Duende Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 EDIT Original problem sorted. It was my misunderstanding and not Spotify's fault... read on though about getting your music on there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Not sure what spotify is, but from your description, it appears someone may have lifted songs from your iPod or other such device. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Once it goes on an internet accessible device, they ain't no secrets. Welcome to the brave new world. You've just been cloned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Unless the bank account is in west Wadislavia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 Wow Matt you must be famous if the spammers want a piece of your action by stealing your music. I would report this to apple right away. Another thing is to actually purchase a song of yours and that way you can have a audit trail as to who is actually stealing your work. Then you have a IP address, and a bank that processed the claim and go after them like the record companies at a small fee of $2500.00 per track stolen. I could help you with this.... Thank you; I may take you up on the offer. I have written a letter to them first to see if they will remove the songs that shouldn't be there. What is weird is that on my youtube page there are some audio tracks that have been lifted too. There is even one track that isn't by me a tall- that my name is still attached to LOL Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 Unless the bank account is in west Wadislavia. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbreslauer Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Thank you; I may take you up on the offer. I have written a letter to them first to see if they will remove the songs that shouldn't be there. What is weird is that on my youtube page there are some audio tracks that have been lifted too. There is even one track that isn't by me a tall- that my name is still attached to LOL Matt i'll bet someone scraped your audio FROM youtube. that would not surprise me in the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 . Very sorry to hear about this. I've been seeing Spotify adds recently. I would think with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act(DMCA) here in the US, you should be able to notify Spotify with a "take down notice", claiming a copyright on your original works and recordings which are being used/sold without permission. I wish you the best in dealing with this terrible situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I'm sorry to hear that Matt, though I do have to say whoever lifted them has good taste. I've had a spotify account for quite a while (a European friend set one up for me to test out). I don't use it often though. I hope you have some luck in taking the songs down, this sort of bullsh*t shouldn't be tolerated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHO Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 That's pretty weird. First of all, I don't get any hits at all for "Matthew Sear" when I search. Secondly, Spotify isn't a network you can upload and share things to as a user. They get their music from labels and such only, so it seems unlikely that someone just ripped from your youtube channel or anything like that. From the site: "If your music is on Spotify, but you believe you don’t have an agreement with Spotify: All the music on Spotify has been licensed from and delivered by labels or other rightsholders. Usually when an artist asks us how their music ended up on Spotify, it turns out that the artist’s music has been licensed and delivered by a label or aggregator without the artist knowing about this. If you are positive that nobody else could have licensed your music to Spotify, then please contact us." content@spotify.com should be the address to use. HERE is a list of services they work with for unsigned artists. Finally, not to insult your intelligence or anything, but... are you sure it's not local files stored on your computer that you are seeing? Spotify lists those too when you search for something. :P Personally I just love Spotify, but I get the premium subscription for free from my mobile phone service provider. It's great for random browsing and exploring of new and old stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest farnsbarns Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Sent you a PM, Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman5293 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Dear all I know the network spotify is now in the states and has always appeared a superior alternative (and legal and ethical too!) to itunes as you can make playlists and hear entire albums and songs. Money only changes hands if you download the track. My dad today told me that some pieces of music, that I have only ever sold at concerts, are up there! I came back and typed my name and to my surprise there are not only clips lifted from cds I have sold at recitals but also audio from youtube...not to mention that there are also quite a few pieces of music that I have never shared (or sold) that are there.It is unnerving because some of it is 'out takes' that IMHO not worthy of sale and they are 'out there' The weirdest thing is it is almost like my own itunes has been gotten into and put on the site?? I know that sounds paranoid, but how else would outtakes be there? I suppose what I am thinking, be vigilant - and make sure if you post something up to share, you can handle it being in other places without your consent/knowledge etc these days!!! Matt I would like to inform you that you have no reason to worry. The reason those tracks that you have never shared are on Spotify is because they are on your PC. When you first run Spotify it scans your PC for any audio files. Then it displays them. They are not shared to the Spotify network unless you choose to share them. You are only seeing them because they are on your PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 I would like to inform you that you have no reason to worry. The reason those tracks that you have never shared are on Spotify is because they are on your PC. When you first run Spotify it scans your PC for any audio files. Then it displays them. They are not shared to the Spotify network unless you choose to share them. You are only seeing them because they are on your PC. That explains most of this and a HUGE relief. To the other guy above, you were not insulting a tall and helped too; cheers for explaining. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 Just scrolled up (on the phone) and the person I mentioned above was SHO, so cheers for explaining, I appreciate it! There is still a discrepancy, but I am relieved beyond belief that a track that I wouldn't want out there in the world is not. Off to have a celebratory drink :) Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHO Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Just scrolled up (on the phone) and the person I mentioned above was SHO, so cheers for explaining, I appreciate it! There is still a discrepancy, but I am relieved beyond belief that a track that I wouldn't want out there in the world is not. Off to have a celebratory drink :) Matt No worries! Basically, if your tracks have a note-icon after them in the search result list, they are a local file on your hard drive. If they don't, click on whatever it has listed as being the album the songs appear on. On that page (the albums own page that is) scroll down to the end of the list of track and in small grey print there should be stated who claims copyright to the release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 No worries! Basically, if your tracks have a note-icon after them in the search result list, they are a local file on your hard drive. If they don't, click on whatever it has listed as being the album the songs appear on. On that page (the albums own page that is) scroll down to the end of the list of track and in small grey print there should be stated who claims copyright to the release. Thanks Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Maybe you should have someone, a friend, or someone here, look up your name and see if the, apparently, un-uploaded tracks come up. Odd that YouTube stuff comes up too. Better check the YouTube licensing agreement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 The whole thing is sorted out now, thanks again for the help . The files on my computer are local files and are not searchable by others, it just collects them from your iTunes and puts them there just for your own use. The guys at Spotify have written back a very friendly letter explaining how it works. Perhaps even more of interest is they also said how you can get your music on there :) Spotify deal with several companies including the site cd baby (my latest classical guitar cd is on there) it is basically a site and distribution service for small time indie artists. www.cdbaby.com Anyway, if you have an album with CD baby, you should get it distributed to Spotify automatically... Cheers - all's well that ends well Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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