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The Minx Show Podcast Ep 95 "Life is but a SCAM"

June 25, 2022
By Minx Couture
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Instagram Music Purge?

June 21, 2022
By Minx Couture
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July 21, 2022

It feels like a little bit of Deja Vu around these parts, and no I am not referencing Beyonce. I thought I was nabbed once again by the algorithm gods for usage of a sound for one of my gaming video clips, but no, not that.

Just my song.

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Go figure.

MY song. A song that has been written and produced by me, and ONLY me (not flexing, just saying) was flagged for "ownership restrictions".

Really?

I then went over to Twitter to complain:

How tf do you block my video for a song that’s mine. From NOVEMBER. pic.twitter.com/nqy4lS2ldK
— Minx tha Gawdess 🖤 (@MinxCouture) June 18, 2022

Happened to me as well
It’s strange that this was back in November last year as well. 🤔 pic.twitter.com/o208czD0Os
— Muxaveli 🤘 (@iamMuxaveli) June 18, 2022

You too??? Same here!! WTF!
The music I used from reels, Instagram has this music in their reels library, if they don't have copyright permissions, then remove the songs from their library.
This is ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/kIDQChsNH1
— 🐾🐿 #Elani fan 🐿🐾 Proud TJ Fan (@Bunnies798Acorn) June 20, 2022

At this rate @instagram You might as well remove ALL the songs that I produced from my page. Fix your algorithm. It is ridiculous getting my videos blocked because of copyright content that belongs to ME.
— Teck-Zilla (@TeckZilla108) June 19, 2022

Instagram just blocked my reel for using my own song, Devil’s Daughter, that I wrote, produced, and own the copyright to.

Can you please remove the block, @instagram. pic.twitter.com/x2ik1KzxO6
— Maggie R 🇺🇦 (@Magdalena2D) June 17, 2022

I began my research looking over Instagrams terms and conditions regarding music and we have:

https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/updates-and-guidelines-for-including-music-in-video

And of course they encourage you to use facebooks's sound library for sounds and songs that will not warrant your post to be flagged or muted.

But that's not the answer here. We are the literal musicians who created these songs. Why are WE getting the short end of the stick?

Well for starters, I searched for Facebook's management tools and came across the Right's Manager which kind of looks like this below

Which I feel is a valid step to first let Facebook Products know that YOU are the copyright holder and owner of your works to not only protect your page but as well ass let them know where you stand as a creator

(Which could also help out people who do podcasts and dj sets)

But if you haven't claimed this then you should...

But at this time, there seems to be a huge purge going on and this may be a step in assuring that your music does not get taken down in the meantime.

But some other details

So even if you are fan and HAVE permission from your friend or favorite artist you support, you can still get flagged. Hm...

Maybe we are at the era where we need to just cover our online presence, ensure that our music is properly tracked and just nix all streaming all together.

Again, it's not even the fact that it's the "streaming platform" idea. Platforms have access to a major catalog of music that is being distributed, great, but maybe it's not the "catalog" concept we are thinking about and maybe the "music player" that we are paying for ultimately.

I will have more on this too.