[Member Alin…] Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 (edited) Hi, As a new Smule fan and member in this community ( so glad to have found this ) I need to ask for advise : Can I post my recordings to Soundcloud or Youtube without violating any copyrights  ? Edited November 14, 2018 by Alina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Member open…] Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Most simple answer: only if you wrote the song yourself. In reality it is a little bit more complex. Firstly, it depends on whether it’s an official Smule song or a community songbook song. For the first category, there were certain rights negotiated between Smule and the owners of the intellectual property. Songs in the community songbook might be copyright violations themselves and singing over it doesn’t make it better. And it depends on the specific platform what happens when copyright violations are reported or automatically detected. YouTube can detect the owner and move the monetization over to the owners of the intellectual property. That might be it. But there is also a nasty copyright strike system that could threaten the existence of a channel. Facebook has a contract with the Universal Music Group. Songs belonging to them can be used without problems. Songs from other labels might be deactivated or muted. Continued copyright violations can lead to the deletion of a Facebook account. And so on and so forth. As you see, it’s complicated. By the way: You can freely post your songs here (by pasting the song URL), since they are never republished, only embedded. 😉  1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Member Alin…] Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 Thank you, that was really helpful information and well explained. Now I have to find those Smule songs...:) Will post my recordings. Is the stage the place to post, or somewhere else I don´t know of yet ? Have to learn more about this terrific place. All the best ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Member Ashp…] Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Hi Thanks a lot for sharing this information. A lot of people are confused about this. I have read the Terms and Conditions, and here is what I understood: 1. There are official music tracks available in agreement with Music Companies. 2. We can create our own music and upload it here. 3. There are a lot of illegal uploads and it is not possible to keep a track of all of them. So users have to be careful. (I started singing on all music tracks, due to constant requests.... especially from people affected with mental illness... one song can save a life. So I compromised on my values.)  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Member SOTB…] Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 PEOPLE UPLOAD TO YOUTUBE ALL THE TIME. IT HAS THE SMULE LOGO ON IT. ORIGINAL MUSIC, NOT ON SMULE THEY OWN THE RIGHTS TO EVERY THING YOU SING, UNLESS YOU COPYWRITE IT< AND ARE A MEMBER OF ASCAP OR SIMILAR MUSCIANS UNIONS, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Member GJAM…] Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 smule use to have a share to youtube option lol   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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