(This is a re-blog from my Medium account, in case you came to this website without context) Seven years ago, Believe Music was dumb enough to try and claim they own the copyright to a piece of background music used in a bunch of my YouTube cooking videos. I blogged about it back then, which … Read more
A few days ago, I received an email from a streamer, who wrote this – Hi Jackie, I came across your post, https://jackiem.medium.com/we-are-eras-guide-to-stealing-revenue-from-creators-like-a-pro-1adba1d1dd2e, thanks to a comment from this post on Reddit, https://www.reddit.com/r/NewTubers/comments/1kwotwl/weareeramusicbv_copyright_claims/. I am an individual who streams to YouTube daily for many years now. As such, I have been using the same music on my … Read more
I. Executive Summary This report provides a detailed examination of We Are Era BV, a prominent European media and talent company, with a specific focus on controversies surrounding alleged fraudulent copyright ownership claims on online content, particularly on YouTube. The central finding is that We Are Era Music BV’s “Smart Content ID” system, while ostensibly … Read more