FB Live Vid Copyright Issue?
I was streaming a live set on FB last night and I received an email stating my video was stopped because it may contain content that belongs to someone else.
Has anyone else had this issue while streaming? Is it already the beginning of the end for Dj’s live streaming on FB?
what song did they flag?
I was running 3 decks plus an external rhythm sample coming off the F1 at the moment it was stopped. I dropped a filtered accappella of K7’s Come Baby Come that was redone in a studio by an unknown project and purchased on a Dj sample kit but i’m pretty sure it was that due to the familiarity of the song itself.
This online copyright shit is really f==ed up though. There’s people covering songs, playing music at weddings…even singing Happy Birthday in their livestreams and those videos remain posted for the most part…
Just wondering if any Dj’s have had this problem livestreaming some sets yet and have gotten flagged?
pretty soon anyone who DJs and produces will have to have a copyright agent present at their house at all times to make sure you dont accidentally play a popular song.. if you do, right to jail
For what it’s worth, Happy Birthday is officially in the public domain now (in America anways. Set to expire at the end of 2016 in the EU)
It’s a minefield.
Very much like the Soundcloud stuff.
I don’t livestream, but have seen loads. A lot of bedroom DJ’s here seem to do it, and kinda saturated the thing, and really, I don’t want to see bedroom decor, a grumpy 20 something, smoking a cig, basic mixing, with bad sound quality so I tend to ignore them.
If it’s not that, it’s a full dancefloor dancing to proud mary or some other girlie floorfiller, none demonstrate gear, skill or worthy setups, bar the exceptional (very very) few
I’ll deffo keep an eye out for it though, would be interesting to see if any particular distributors/labels are involved in killing the vids.
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I’m sure I’ve seen the same ones as you…must post a new video every day!
It was probably a jealous person clicking on report, or something like that, i can’t see how else they would be on top of you that quick.
ive been livestreaming 1.5 years now. Sometimes people will click report and it flags the service to look into what you are doing.
In general, it is illegal and a bad idea to play content that isn’t yours. At some point livestreaming will crack down on this much like soundcloud cracks down on its content. I still livestream, but I have digital licenses from most of the content owners, so I can play whatever.
It’s best to protect yourself by creating your own LLC and getting digital licenses from all the big content owners. More than likely you won’t get fined, but if some a-hole content owner wants to make an example of you, they will.
So how do those digital licenses work and how would they avoid being flagged from a stream service? Just curious
LOL!! yea, we’re on the same sheet mate..
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Digital licenses allow you to play music content that you dont own over the internet only. Whether it be audio or video streaming. It is however limited to a certain amount of streams, depending on the package you buy.
As far as live streaming if the service cuts your stream in real time, then you are out of luck retrieving anything passed the stopping point. All you can do is show proof of your licenses and the stream will be reposted. A good idea would be to email the service with your license info so they know beforehand.
Okay so I was able to re-create the facebook issue today and to no surprise… They are definately content matching now.
I spun mainly underground stuff and originals for about a half hour then dropped something rather popular (AC/DC - Back In Black (Acapella)) and the livestream was cut just as I thought it would be.
Here is the “learn more” link to my email (screenshot)…
Isn’t tehnology great.
Unbelievable, I remember times when labels paid radio DJ’s to put their tracks on the playlist.
Oh and the technology thing is gonna get even better…
This doesn’t surprise me at all - Facebook are not going the kind of company to make the same mistakes Soundcloud did.
Can you please elaborate on this? How do you acquire digital licenses from the content owners? Does this apply to Facebook Live?
Is this how Boiler Room is able to do their live streams without copyright takedowns?
I would imagine that Boiler Room are licenced up to the eyeballs and so can play what they like. My question is, for the UK, if I want to do YouTube or FB Live streaming, which licence(s) do I need? Looking at the various websites for the organisations has told me precisely nothing.
Just use Youtube Live and share the link on your timeline.
What we have to remember is, we are still playing music created by other individuals. The rights to the music belong to that individual, label, and/or distributor. This includes the right to decide where the works are broadcast.
Most major distributors give you the option to include music in YouTube ID. This way, when a piece of music is identified in a video, the link to purchase is automatically added. Unfortunately, though, you will still have labels that prefer to have the music removed flagged instead of linked.
We cannot be mad at Facebook. At the moment, they are making sure there is no liability for conflict when handling digital rights management. Facebook itself is a service paid for by its advertisers so that you, the user, do not have to pay for the service itself. This means; If music is being streamed on the site while people are viewing or clicking on ads, the site is taking income partially from the music itself. This is where liability comes into play.
Whereas; YouTube plays in video advertisements allowing the site to easily choose not to play any ads during content which could cause any liability issues.
Good luck in finding a feasible solution.
