Protecting Your Music Online: Strategies for Safeguarding Against Copyright Infringement

In 2023, millions of new videos are uploaded to YouTube every day. The existence of copyright infringement is an unavoidable reality on the web, but with the right tools, you can take control of these streams and ensure proper compensation for every play of your tracks.

1. Leverage YouTube Content ID to Collect Royalties from Anyone Using Your Music

Without YouTube Content ID, anyone can use your music in their video, and YouTube has no way of knowing that you are its rightful owner. Upon enrolling in Content ID your music is ingested into YouTube’s database of registered, protected assets, and you can be certain that any use of your music on YouTube will be subject to their detection systems. Then any time your must is streamed in a video, you receive royalties from YouTube. In addition to that, SourceAudio’s YouTube tools, make it easy to ensure your clients who have rightfully paid for the use of your music never receive asset claims like unauthorized users of your audio.

2. Use SourceAudio Detect if Your Tracks May be on Broadcast Television

If one of your tracks is aired on broadcast television, you are entitled to royalties from that! Cue sheets and PROs are not without human error in documenting every single track usage that hits the air. Instead of relying on antiquated systems, digitally watermark each of your tracks with an infallible audio watermark. No matter how dense a mix your track is used in, our systems consistently detect any usage of your track at least two seconds in duration on any of our monitored channels. Schedule a demo here!

3. Enroll in SourceAudio Collect to Earn More Performance and Mechanical Royalties Worldwide 

For complete control over your performance and mechanical rights royalties, enroll in SourceAudio collect. For an in-depth guide to the many reasons why SourceAudio Detect is the clear choice for rights holders, check out our full breakdown here.

4. Only Host Your Music on Secure Websites

Don’t entrust your valued assets to insecure, faulty web security. Whether you’re selling blanket licenses or subscription plans, trailer music or sound effects, a SourceAudio website allows you to build a secure online storefront for your clients to browse, download, and even place your music all from one ecosystem when they activate our Adobe Premiere Pro extension.

Sign up for a free 30-day trial now, and take control over who can view, play, download, and earn revenue from each one of your tracks!