Incorrectly Moderated Music

Yes I know this is like my third time posting about this. I am sick of being incorrectly moderated by music half the time I upload anything.


Kevin Macleod’s music is free to use.


THIS WAS MADE IN 1892. How is this being taken down for copyright?

This has happened to me dozens of times already, any help would be appreciated.

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It’s still copy righted lol just because it was made a long time ago doesn’t mean it’s no copy righted

Copyright runs out after like 80 years or sth

You need to contact Roblox Support and not write on the dev forum.

Yes, it’s copyright free. All you have to do is credit Kevin.
The issue is that almost nobody does this, so if you try it the Roblox moderation bots will automatically say “you’ve used someone’s music, we don’t want the hassle of even getting involved with a copyright lawsuit, therefore we’ll deny any named music that our bots can’t confirm is ok.”

The other thing is Kevin’s rule is you have to credit him. Roblox can’t assume you are going to do this every time you use his song in your place. Again, they aren’t going approve it based on this legal declaration.

Remember this; Roblox is never going to stick their legal necks out if there is even the smallest doubt as to how the material you submit is going to be used.

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I do credit them in game, I have an in game music player that shows the music’s icon / album cover, and shows the name and artist of the song. I also put the name and artist of the song in the description of the audio when uploading it.

I have multiple times, they don’t help

Neither can we devs here. Roblox moderation bad, yes. You might be able to go to Report Appeals and appeal there maybe.

I already checked, my newest appeal is from October 29th

Bruh


Best Regards,
Pinker Stinker 69

Have you tried searching the Roblox catalog? I was able to find multiple versions of this song.
We also have Dance of the Tuba Plum Fairy from Kevin MacLeod :slight_smile:

I would prefer the original, I like the tune of it better.

Is it possible we could get more of Kevin Macleod’s music on Roblox? I tried uploading Easy Lemon and Local Forecast - Elevator previously and they were both denied after being uploaded. I strangely uploaded Moonlight Hall without any problems.

Even if the original composition is no longer copyrighted new recordings of it can be considered copyright. Those new recordings can be matched to the files you upload causing it to be taken down.

Roblox does not work directly with Kevin MacLeod for music. We get it through our partnership with DistroKid.

Please make sure you have the rights to the music you upload to Roblox and consult our Terms of Use (specifically the ‘Music on Roblox.’ section) for more information.

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Yes, Roblox does not work directly with Kevin MacLeod for music due to his huge popularity and his acoustic presence in absolutely everything

What a shame honestly
It happens to me when i publish Barry White - Love Theme music and roblox sent me Gmail to me by asset moderation :smiling_face_with_tear:

Would be awesome if moderated audio appeared in the asset appeals page and they could be looked at by a non-bot moderator.

hey, is there any update on the “proof of ownership” tool mentioned in a Apr 2023 support email?
i had a similar issue with fully licensed music and when i attempted to appeal the strike, i got this:

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