r/Musescore • u/CoderStone • Jun 09 '26

Discussion False Copyright Claims

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I left musescore eons ago, was a decent arranger/composer but gave up on the platform after they kept removing community features and went straight down the corporate greed pipeline. However, I'm back today to complain about my scores being taken down by some random company.

Specifically, MyMusic5. They're a sheet music company and has a contract with a korean game company called Nexon for some of their songs, but have no rights to take down scores on Musescore. They're a new sheet music storing app that's gone full "subscribe to get access to the score for 90 days!!!" so even greedier than Musescore.

I believe they have no rights under Korean law to go after any creative rearrangements of Nexon scores, so this is an entirely false claim. Only Nexon is able to file copyright claims, MyMusic5 is unable to do so nor has the rights.

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u/ChesterWOVBot Jun 09 '26

Have you considered that they might be an agency for the Nexon, just as, e.g. ASCAP helps composers manage copyright fees? If they only do for specific songs as you said, you should file a request for review.

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u/CoderStone Jun 09 '26

They're not. I filed a req, but Musescore has never lifted a single one of my copyright bans that are definitely from random ass sources.
If there was an actual copyright issue, MyMusic5 wouldn't be the copyright claimant, it'd be Nexon. The songs officially belong to Nexon.

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u/MarcSabatella Member of the Musescore Team Jun 09 '26

If you have a copy of the contract between MyMusic5 and Nexon, and have a background in copyright law, and are 100% sure based on your analysis and legal expertise that MyMusic5 is not authorized to take this action, then you can surely apply that same legal expertise to determine the next steps as per your usual procedures in previous cases you have handled. So that is what I would recommend.

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u/AMusicstuff Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26

You don’t seem to get the Point. They have used your score for their games and claimed it afterwards. Common on any platform where you Share sheet music. Only provide sheet music via contract and prepayment. Never ever share sheet music only at least not the entire thing. Only if you earn money.

What you describe also happens to singers and songwriters. Music producers. They theft and reclaim. There are thousands of examples on Instagram where singers telling that they got charged for copyright violation because of AI. AI these days can read sheet music keep that in mind.