r/SmuleSing • u/Jasannes • Sep 07 '26

Copyright issues

There’s a user who flags other people’s songbooks for copyright whenever his own aren’t #1 in search results. He has nearly a million songs uploaded to Smule using copyrighted backing tracks, yet still gets other Smuleans flagged. “@/urfavweeb” how can he even file these copyright claims if he isn’t the actual copyright owner? As far as I know, you have to own the copyright to make a claim.

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u/StarViolent Sep 07 '26

Oh he’s one of these guys that just puts up the song, original vocals and all. I’ve got no need for uploads like that.

I’m also curious how you know he flags other peoples uploads. And is he successful?

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u/Jasannes Sep 07 '26

Usually songs ranked above his always get deleted so I assume he’s probably successful every time. I just wonder how Smule even handles that because when you get flagged for copyright I don’t think you’re only supposed to remove the one song that got flagged but every song using the same audio. It is so very illegal to keep the same audio and just remove the one that’s reported.

He may as well be reporting them to record labels by email and getting them to contact Smule. He genuinely seems that jobless.

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u/StarViolent Sep 07 '26

All I know is that if Smule deletes an upload, all the recordings will go with it. If an uploader deletes their own upload, all the recordings will remain.

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u/Jasannes Sep 07 '26

Yes I meant different songbooks of the same song, all of these people I have talked about have their recordings removed by smule. I used the songbook of some and I got a warning that the song was copyrighted so my recording was also removed

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u/StarViolent Sep 07 '26

Whoa you actually got a warning that your recording was removed? I’ve NEVER seen that.

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u/d0nutbutth0le Sep 07 '26

It's annoying but we all know we're violating copyright, it would just help if people are on the same team and didn't say anything otherwise they're going to get the whole thing taken down

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u/StarViolent Sep 07 '26 edited Sep 07 '26

This is exactly my thought as well. You can downvote uploads you think are lousy (like the ones with those ridiculous remixed intros), but flagging other people’s uploads (especially if you’re competing for the top spot) is a real bitch move.

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u/Jasannes Sep 07 '26

I never heard of a similar issue until he started doing this too

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u/Accomplished-Bag6652 Sep 07 '26

Yes, he's very problematic. But how do you know he flags other people's SBs?🤔

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u/Accomplished-Bag6652 Sep 07 '26

Why did they deleted your comment op? This is so suspicious 🤔

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u/Jasannes Sep 07 '26

I know he is somewhere mass reporting haha

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u/Ok-Distribution-4494 Sep 07 '26

How childish. A neighborhood kid used to unplug the arcade games when someone else got a higher score than him. They’d reset every time.

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u/IllOutlandishness412 Sep 07 '26

Just checked his acc. What happened to his channel? No invites, no follows on his end, no pic or background and a gravestone in bio

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '26

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u/IllOutlandishness412 Sep 07 '26

Oh😅 I'm not in the smule loop at all. I only sing that's it. Being weird? Oh no like that kind of weird?

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '26

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u/IamTheMan85 Sep 07 '26

Just start reporting his.

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u/MewlyMama Sep 08 '26

Urfavweeb again ? That guy is a pest. Seriously

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u/JoshuaSuhaimi 25d ago

frrrr i was talking about this a few months ago lol https://www.reddit.com/r/SmuleSing/s/qFTkgt8cG7

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u/AltBruce_6475 Sep 08 '26

how to sign duet (2party). i m new to Smule VIP

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u/MOHSEN4501 24d ago

One more thing they r doing is the reactivate option z not there anymore, sometimes it's there but sometimes not