just stopping in to be curious about this appeal as it came up in the Where is / How to / Help

I just went through FL studio and their company sounds pretty chill about allowing artists to copyright materials made in their apps as long as no pre made stock loops are used.

possibly just the newgrounds machine getting click happy?

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1537359

I got a copyright claim for 2 songs/tracks, 1 that is invalid due to the copyright reason being that I can't use the drum beat, but the drum beat is very generic and that it also has a bass sound (not actual notes), and the other is inaccessible and songs with similar names do not have similarities with my song.

Also wondering how a track with 13 views on YouTube got copyright.

I am worried for my fellow amateur musicians who use simple drum beats, because they could get copyrighted for the same reason...

I don't want to mess with the copyright system like this 100 more times, because many of the songs I made before (i am porting music) have this type of drum beat.

More info: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/copyright/appeal/view/117097

I have no idea where to do this appeal. I also didn't read the Audio rules saying that trying to get my favorite song on GD wouldn't work and would probably get me banned. :(

How long do i need to wait for my account to be un-held usually?

Hello @xXMrsealXx. I am not a moderator, but from my limited knowledge (as well as reading a few of the post in this thread) I can tell you this:

"It takes as long as it takes" but I've yet to hear of cases where it took longer than three weeks. Since NG Moderator is a voluntary (unpaid) position, waiting times will vary depending on how much is going on in the Audio Portal moderators' lives. Some might be ill, overworked, ill from overwork, poisoned at work... So there is no easy way of predicting wait times.

What you can do to speed the process up would be to fill in all the necessary information in your appeal form. And not click "close" - because that closes the appeal forever, essentially stating "I retract my appeal".

Of course, I am saying all this under the expectation that you were abiding to the rules you agreed to when making your submission in the first place.

yeah i just assumed a piece of music was not copyrighted. sooo yeah.....

Copyright or not, you are not allowed to upload things you did not create and have full rights to.

well not really... i just wanted it for a geometry dash level. i was gona tag the creator and all that.

@xXMrsealXx

Da Rules...

There is a link on the bottom of every single page with information for people just like you. Read the FAQ.

It seems I got audio banned a while ago after uploading a cover of the song King Conga without removing the original song from the background, I also accidently closed the unban appeal thing so this is my last resort, is there a way this can get resolved?

So, I wanted to Post "Like the Wind" By an unknown Band, which cannot copyright strike me, but someone else Copyrighted the Track, so I appealed down below complaint and After 2 Days, the Case was Closed. I still can not Post anything on my account. This is the message the bot gave me. Now technically The Track Did not Belong to me, but it also did not belong the person who copyrighted it and got monetized off of it. They Should get their artist channel Banned as well like i have gotten my newgrounds account banned. I hope this is Enough proof, if it is not, because the song is not technically mine, then that is KIND OF correct, but the song has no Official Copyright of the Band, so the Fan-Copyright is invalid. Links: The Sun, The Sun Image, The Video, The "band".

Which is why it was removed and you were banned

They aren't monetizing anything. The moderation program compared it to a database and found it already existed. This is an internal system and not a claim by another agent or owner.

I posted a song called We Are One made by Venexo and I got a copywrite infringement even though in the youtube video bio it says feel free to use this song. What the heck!

generally "feel free to use this song" doesn't mean "feel free to upload this song onto your own accounts even if you're not the creator of it." venexo would have to upload the song onto their own newgrounds account. if you're trying to get it into gd thrn there's guides on the audio guidelines iirc

Hi everytime I upload one of my songs I get flagged for copyright infringement on myself because my music is also on streaming services. What can I do to stop this?

I am not a moderator, but...

The easiest method (for now) would be this: Put a link to your Newgrounds account on those streaming services. Then fill out the appeal form and include links to the places where you linked to your Newgrounds account.

That would "probably" make confirming that you are the artist in question super-easy and would leave little room for debate.

Important: Do not click the "close" button on appeal forms. The "close" button "closes" an appeal which is essentially saying: "Close/Discard this appeal, please."

Thanks for the advice but I have been making appeals to all my music and I end up getting it on the site, the goal is to not need to make an appeal with every song I upload because that makes it take 1-2 days for every song I post to end up on the website

This advice is generally helpful. As long as you have a way to prove you own the social media/artist account you're getting claimed on, you should be fine. But if it's been longer than a few days and you've received no response to your appeals, requesting a review like you did here is absolutely the right thing to do!

I'll take a look into your cases if those are still unresolved

Hello, my cover of Silly Billy by Churgney Gurgney got flagged as Silly Billy (short lyrics ver.). I'm assuming the instrumental got flagged. Also, Silly Billy (short lyrics ver.) is also a cover.

Your first upload wasn't made by you, it was made by your brother apparently. The second one, rather than modify the same file, was the same thing.

Since neither of them are made by you, a requirement for this site, then it's valid that you can't continue to upload.

The staff really need to fix their bots because I have not even heard of the author or the song listed here.

it says right in the audio guidelines you can't upload stuff you didn't make, and being his brother doesn't grant exemption. is there any reason why your brother can't have his own account on newgrounds?

okay. why can't you upload to something like youtube, either? (genuinely curious, not trying to antagonize)

tunestotube is free

what???

Give it up, please. As others have already told you: That does not change a thing. The rules say "You must be the owner and creator of the work you are submitting." Simple as that.

In about 7 years, your little brother can register an account and publish the track on newgrounds.com. Until then the two of you have to be patient or look elsewhere.

Too young to be on here, and using a program which is just stock loops.

Yes, you've shown that there's no reason to trust your judgement.

Just to double check, is my cover of Hai Yorokonde going to need some extra changes, or is it "abiding by the rules" well enough? (Not wanting to shill, but I'm seeing someone have a fuss over getting a creator in GD to use my cover here. I am still working on improving it, as the comment states.)

Here is their reason as to why they refuse to use mine, even though I'm pretty sure that 5 months ago, Tom and another mod "cleared my name" in a sense. I also became whitelisted in GD back in June for a similar reason, from what I remember.

I should've added this statement from the original artist himself saying that anyone can cover his song.

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Using DeepL, this translates to:

Please feel free to use our songs as covers!

You are free to upload it to YouTube or other social networking sites!

We would appreciate it if you could send us mentions on Twitter (X) and Instagram!

We hope that with your help we can reach many people who find it hard to live.

Just to be safe, I am not posting my cover with its instrumental. This is just me playing my instruments.

https://www.newgrounds.com/projects/audio/5876322

i cant upload my song on newground bc of copyright thing of this stereo madness "remake"

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/copyright/appeal/view/121149

I realized I uploaded the wrong file so I closed the appeal but then I couldn't actually reupload the correct file.