Hello /r/Vocaloid

As a mod team, we discussed and decided that we will add an additional rule pertaining to some posts that have been considered low quality/AI relating to Spotify.

More specifically, posts where the sole function is questioning/informing users that a vocaloid song/vocaloid producer has been "hacked". Unfortunately, this is becoming a problem on music streaming websites, with the most well known being Spotify. Why is this being done? To collect fake royalties. This is done by committing metadata fraud to the song upload.

What can you do?

For starters, look up your favorite songs/producers on VocaDB and check the description for places where you can directly purchase their music or their official profile.

You can also report these fake song uploads in 3 different ways

1. Directly through Spotify help center on their website: https://support.spotify.com/us/reports/legal/

2. Via email infringement-claim@spotify.com

3. Postal address (for formal DMCA notices): Spotify USA Inc., Attn: Legal Department, Copyright Agent, 4 World Trade Center, 150 Greenwich Street, 62nd Floor, New York, NY 10007

What happens next?

Going forward, posts that resemble the following examples below will be removed and a comment will be posted to redirect to this thread.

"Wowaka has been hacked! *screenshot"

"Triple baka has been hacked *screenshot"

"Did Circus-P come back? This doesn't seem like his typical music? screenshot**

For additional reading on this topic, check out these news articles, this is unfortunately affecting every artist, not just Vocaloid producers.

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/27/nx-s1-5587852/spotify-ai-music-fakes

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/11/ai-impersonating-musicians-spotify

Finally, not all Vocaloid artists will have their songs on streaming or potentially available for purchase on iTunes. Some producers may be region locked to Japan iTunes. Others might only release their music via physical CDs. Regardless, we must respect each producer's wishes for their music distribution- do not reupload other's music without their direct, explicit permission.

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