https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/copyright/appeal/view/120720

Tried to upload a song I already published through distrokid and my appeal was denied. I would like to be "unrestricted" if that's the correct word.

Proof it's my song via Spotify for artists

And from distrokid's website - "DistroKid does not take any ownership or intellectual property rights from artists. You keep 100% ownership."

Is this still alive?

I posted a song like six months ago and still have a hold on my account because I used the same software and sounds as a guy I never heard before.

Your appeal had been closed by staff two days after your appeal, as you relied too heavily on stock loops. Groovepad is explicitly noted in the rules as not being acceptable.

So I uploaded a song called "Edgeration" and it got flagged because I uploaded the song on my old account, CarlzKey.

I deleted CarlzKey because I got so bored I decided to steal content and a guy named Ritzrandom called me out for stealing and got me banned from the audio portal so I couldm't upload audio anymore...

Back to AlexiABall, my current account that can't be scouted because of the Edgeration incident, I tried to get someone to scout me and it didn't work even though I did improve in content.. So yeah, I need to be scouted to the audio portal and whitelisted in some other program to get my music into geometry dash for actual projects (I'm tired of going into the game files and replacing songs with mine, it feels so stupid.)

Extra Notes: The account CarlzKey was made in early 2023 and I noticed how I stole an obscure song and it got me frontpaged... So I stole again and it didn't work.

Hi. I'm not a Newgrounds moderator. But I'd like to point out something obvious here:

From how you present your case, your main problem, as seen from your perspective, is with the game Geometry Dash. A problem that you can already solve yourself and that merely inconveniences you. Maybe you should ask the creator of Geometry Dash to include an easy option to load music users provide themselves - instead of attempting to justify to another community why approaches such as "So I stole again and it didn't work." still seem acceptable to you.

Sorry for making the main problem not obvious, but the main problem is...

Somebody tried to scout me and the system said I was ALREADY scouted, and the project creation page for audio said I wasn't...

Hello! I have been unscouted on newgrounds for no apparent reason. My friend tried to rescout me but it didnt work. I have been working with other people on Geometry Dash on a level using my music and now that im unscouted we cant use the music anymore. Everything I have made is by me! I tried to contact newgrounds support but i havent received a response in 3 days. I even had one of my things frontpaged, having my scout thing being tooken away without any reason or notice really stinks :( if there is a way i could get it back or just see what i did wrong in the first place id really appreciate it!

Here are some links to user- as well as moderator-written articles about scouting that contain information on the topic that you might not have been aware of:

Ornery's Scouting Guide

Luwano's Scouting Guide

Lost-Psyren's Scouting Thoughts

(You could read them while you wait for a moderator reply. Maybe you'll find the answers you seek in there.)

The person who scouted you was pruned, and all the people they scouted were removed as a result. Your status was reset to allow someone else in the community to choose to scout you again.

I have done my appeal and I have been waiting months for my account to be able to upload audio what do I do?

It had been a few weeks, not months, and it was closed because as you admitted: it didn't belong to you.

Well I can't still upload audio!

That's correct. Newgrounds is for original work, and since you admittedly uploaded something which didn't belong to you: you are no longer allowed to upload audio.

I was making an animation and I wanted to use some music for the intro. So I went on this website that had non-copyrighted audio. I wanted to make sure it wasn't copyrighted so I uploaded it into the audio and it said it was copyrighted, so that's how it happened.

Do not upload audio that you did not create and have full rights to.

 – Newgrounds Wiki: Audio Guidelines

but you didn't make it right? so you can't upload it. noncopyrighted music isn't an exception to the "don't upload things you didnt make" rule

You weren't listening.

And neither are you apparently. I understand WHY you did it, but there are still consequences to your decision.

no? how hard is "don't upload music you yourself didn't make" to understand. this isn't youtube, you know.

Ok what are the consequences.

Hi, I was banned for trying to upload a song a while ago but the appeal is no longer in my inbox. All I remember is I uploaded it as a joke and it had a part of a different song in it. I had hardly used newgrounds and i skimmed over the guidelines so I figured if there was something wrong it would give me a warning and remove the audio kinda like youtube, but it resulted in a ban. (since then I've read all the audio guidelines)

If this appeal doesn't work, is there a way to find out how long the ban is?

If you uploaded a song you didn't have rights to (you didn't create) in whole or part, and it got caught in the content ID system, your appeal will be denied, and the ban is permanent.

Or at least it is until you become an actual music artist, admit your mistake, and nicely ask to be unbanned. Moderators or staff will want to examine your portfolio when this happens.

I admit that I didn't read the guidelines thoroughly so it was entirely deserved, and I would like to be unbanned. However, I don't currently make music or have a portfolio, I just wanted to get unbanned because I might want to make music in the future.

When you DO make music AND follow the guidelines, like I said, contact a mod, staff, or return to this thread. I pretty much guarantee you'll be unbanned. :)

Am i almost there

No. But holy shit is 10 years a long time for two offenses. Come back when you make your own music and we can discuss your ban.

About two years ago, I was banned from posting audio on the Newgrounds Audio Portal. The reason was that a song I created used some royalty-free samples that someone else had also used. I understand the rules and appealed the ban back then, but my appeal was rejected.

Even now, two years later, my account still shows the following messages regarding the ban and appeal:

ERROR — You're not the owner of this appeal and so can't edit it, or the appeal has been closed.

ERROR — Sorry, you can't do that at this time - there's a hold on your account due to potential copyright infringement. Your audio has been matched to "Think About Whoop", by TheDragster552. Check your private messages for details of the appeal process.

I'd really appreciate it if a moderator would be able to unban me!

Thanks!

Currently I am having issues uploading songs I've distributed through distrokid, all of the appeals I have made have been accepted however I'd like not to have to make so many appeals because I have over a hundred songs across several albums and compilations that I would like to bring over onto newgrounds. I'm still relatively new to this platform so if there is a sort of whitelist where I can upload songs I've distributed before without having to submit an appeal I would appreciate being added to it.

Here is an appeal I've made previously: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/copyright/appeal/edit/127188

If necessary I can also provide evidence that I am the artist and that I am the one distributing the songs.

I just wanna ask a couple things, I am not submitting for an appeal, I have not submitted anything here in the first place due to basically every composition I have made violates the TOS, lol.

I understand that what I am making right now is seen as different and against this site's TOS, and I am not here to argue that (its plunderphonics for a reason), but I feel as though that is funny because I think my old SNES music isn't against the rules here, for me to post, but that too uses samples, they aren't really royalty-free, they are owned by companies like Roland etc. who do not allow you (in their legal guidelines) to sample their hardware (like Roland SC-55s) for use in SNES music, it has to be from the exact hardware and you must own it legally (or own a VST emu of it that is officially licensed by Roland, Korg, etc.) and I don't own either, and even then, legally-speaking I wouldn't be able to use those sounds in a sampler anyway, they have to come directly from the rompler or VST or else you are breaking their terms of use.

I would love to post my old tracks here, but I understand that those too are in a legal gray area due to the use of SNES samples, which were also ripped illicitly by the companies that made the games such as Square, who also violated Roland's TOS back in the day (which doesn't apply fully to NG's TOS, so I am not using this as an argument, I am saying this as an example that it seems that, if you look deep enough into it, every SNES soundtrack could be considered plunderphonics)

So, knowing that, should every track here that uses Mario Paint samples be removed? I think I recall hearing a couple tracks that use samples from that game which is technically not, like, supposed to be legal to do.

Some more reading: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/02/super-high-fidelity-mario-the-quest-to-find-original-gaming-audio-samples/