TikTok Automatically Muted/Removed Copyrighted Music In My Video

[@TieDyeKitty]

PLEASE NOTE: This problem happens according to your REGION, some locations are more strict. So even tho this still works in some places around the world, in others it does note. I moved location, and all my videos are also muted, even tho I own my own publishing and have given TikTok permission via different contracts, I am still at a loss why they continue to mute my own music. So in my humble opinion, I will not use TikTok to promote any of my music going forward, but will just use the platform to promote Me, the person behind the music. I will not let the big music labels that control TikTok from the background give me a migraine any more! lol Hope this helps. 😁

[@offhandacoustic]

I got a copyright strike against an original improvised song of mine. Went to submit the counter claim and tiktok didnt give me a report number or any information I need for the form. All they said was they muted my sound. This makes me not want to share my music having to jump through hoops like this. So pissed off right now.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hey, I know your frustration, this is why I used this work around for my own music. The problem is that TikTok's systems fingerprint and place their own metadata on any music they acquire from music distributors, so that their systems will recognize the music within any videos, like how KZbin has Content ID. So even if you use your own music edited the way you want, TikTok just sees it as copyrighted music used without permission, so you have to link it with music they already approved to work around the problem. Now this may only work for awhile till till TikTok updates something, but do what you can for now. Hope this helps, stay safe.

[@chuckytherapper]

@@TieDyeKitty Thank you for sharing. having the same issue. I have other videos on tik tok they haven't had any issues with promoting the same sound. I was planning on hyping up the song first before setting a release date. But It looks like the best way is to go to my distributor first anyway to avoid issues. I was hoping to show off other parts of the song because playing the same part of a song 40 different times just seems annoying af to me.

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@chuckytherapper actually just make 40 different videos with the same audio bud, it’s all about spreading the content, so each video may speak to a different audience. And you never know … one of the videos may go viral

[@ElBillonario]

@@TieDyeKitty Hey man, hope you’re well. So it looks like Tiktok flagged mine, as I distributed it through Tunecore. So how do I make this work? I have a business TT account. Would love your feedback, and hope you’re doing well, and thanks for your time

[@seanr.7349]

This is good information I just got my sound remove for a copyright claim but I am the owner of the copyright.

[@dianachow]

Thank you for posting this! This happened to me yesterday and it was rather frustrating. Your video helps a lot!

[@TieDyeKitty]

You are most welcomed Diana, glad that it worked for you!

[@JXQU3]

The problem is: my music does not appear in TikTok, and my music is licensed under Creative Commons!

[@jso102]

The crazy thing is I’m getting copyright claims on sounds I picked from the sound library. If they let me pick it, doesn’t that mean I’m legally allowed to use it?? It’s so strange this must be a glitch

[@Flystyleaccess]

This just happened to me today with 2 videos. I see others still have theirs unmuted. Even some using it as an original sound.

[@TheSepia1]

Exactly!! It’s strange & ridiculous!!!

[@TieDyeKitty]

TikTok is a strange place, it could be according to location popularity. Just like more police are found in the cities.

[@thatwhitekid3902]

Same happened to me, I used a song in tiktoks library with over 600k posts on it

[@MayaMiko]

Bro!!! This saved me. Wow!! I have an albums worth of songs that I am trying to promote by getting lil lip sync videos made and every damn time I kept getting muted. I searched online for ages my nigga! Nobody had the answers! Your quick fix worked. I appreciate you, fam

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hey thank you Maya Miko, super cool of you to comment in this way, I am glad you found value in this video, best of luck with your music buddy!

[@cococolumbia]

You’re a genius! Been trying to figure this out for months. TikTok is not helpful with this stuff.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Thanks Coco Columbia, I am just trying to help out other artists that run into the same problem as I did. All the best for the new year!!!!

[@tune4tune462]

This is by far the simplest explanation to fix the problem. Thanks💯👌🏾

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hey Tune4Tune, thanks for the comment, oh did I mention that I am grateful for your comment. I just had to say thank you twice. lol

[@JakeyBoyRaps]

thanks man! this has been frustrating considering tik tok seems to be the hub for new music right now Im going to give this a try!

[@TieDyeKitty]

great hope it works for you!

[@Monokino]

good advice. thanks a lot! link the video to the song on tiktok - then mute the audio, leaving original audio from video on. for now this worked. thanks a lot.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi Monokino, thanks for the comment, it has been a couple moths well since I did this and the video is still up with no copyright warnings from TikTok, so we are safe for now! Stay safe buddy!

[@Monokino]

@@TieDyeKitty my video is still up as well! thanks! following your account now. the other thing though is that the video with the entire song won't get views - and videos with 30 sec (with the song) will - and can also be uploaded without copyright notice from tiktok (so with the original audio). could it have anything to do with the length?

[@hail_hydroh]

What if it’s a screen record of my beat from the DAW. They’ve been muting the sounds to mos of my videos like that😢😢

[@TieDyeKitty]

Dear HAIL, I feel your pain! We artists need to rethink how we are going to move forward using TikTok, they mute everything automatically. I can offer no solutions at this time.

[@angelicagrady9270]

I was trying to promote my new music video and it got muted twice! I was so upset so i"ve been googling and this was the most helpful thing I found. Thank you soooo much!

[@TieDyeKitty]

Glad I could help Angelica! Cool name by the way, very cool.

[@CodyOQuinn]

hey i got a question. I already got a bunch of songs on tik tok that has a lot views and people are asking me to put them on spotify. if I were to put them on spotify would that risk my original videos already being muted? the distributor id use is soundrop. id hate to lose those views, thanks tie dye

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi Cody, thanks for your question. Once you use a distributor to release your music, it will become licensed for use within those platforms that gives you the right to use it more than anyone else, the problem is these platforms dont know who you or that you actually wrote your song. So you can either take the safe path and notify them via the Counter Notification Form as soon as you have your official song meta data so that their automated systems don't clamp down on your content. Or you take the chance and Leave things the way they are, you will then run the risk of TikTok muting your audio later on. If they mute your audio because you dont want to loose your views, you will have to send in the Counter Notification Form, but your audio may be muted for a few weeks for all I know. So my advice is to submit the Counter Form the day after I upload, because it will take approx. 3 weeks to a month before your music is released anyway. My second piece of advice is to set your release date a minimum of ONE MONTH after upload, in order for it to be available worldwide at the same time. Please watch this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJiul4KKaaeDnqc PS: Thanks for the sub!

[@technoraship]

after 1 year the trick is still working perfectly! It seems that as long as you put the copyright sound in your video to let people know about it, you are fine.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Thank you Technoraship, I am glad my video helped you enough for you to come back to comment, it means very much to me.

[@miksreaction42]

Thanks, maybe they've changed since you posted this because I don't have that audio icon there. But I found if I go to edit I can do it from there

[@TieDyeKitty]

Sorry for the late reply, glad you found the work around!

[@ZenStarwalker]

The thing that sucks about disputing is the first hour of a vide being posted is big or break.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Yes but TikToks automated systems pick up on copyright issues really fast, so just pay attention to your upload for the first 10 min, most of the time if something needs to happen, this would be the time frame. And if you do get a copyright strike or get muted, just delete the video and re upload using this video

[@thisistheofficialb3n]

GREAT work around tbh 👌🏽 It’s videos like these that allow me to keep pushing, so I appreciate u

[@TieDyeKitty]

Thank you @thisistheofficialb3n

[@Carnotaur1760]

What’s worse is that TikTok prevented people from appealing sounds but instead force them to replace sounds

[@TieDyeKitty]

Replace sounds!

[@KingSteVan]

Your explanation is just the best 🎉

[@TieDyeKitty]

Glad you think so! Thank you KING!!!

[@BigBallinCarHaulin]

You know what's hilarious? When they mute a video for copyright but also mute the video of your sound over the music as well. Just lost your own content as well. Worthless app.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Yes TikTok is hilarious when it comes to copyright! and the other work around that I want to make a video about it a little more technical, so most artist may not be able to do it.

[@mattboerner2976]

What if the clip you're trying to post of your song is more than 1 min long?

[@abeltheman]

Thats exactly what I was wondering.. Tbh I think only thing you can do is divide it in parts

[@BandBuilderAcademy]

Thanks so much for this 🙌 I'm going to share your video in my community.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Awesome thank you! I have not been uploading as I was recently because I am sorting some stuff out. But I really appreciate you taking the time to do that for someone you don't know, Cheers buddy.

[@BandBuilderAcademy]

@@TieDyeKitty Cool, no problem. I haven't uploaded much lately either for the same reason. I'll be following along. Nice meeting you! Todd

[@IVANAMUSIC2301]

What about if you are playing a solo over someone else's song? I see a lot of musicians adding solos etc to a popular song on TikTok. But when I try to do the same is constantly mutes and gives a copyright warning!? It's frustrating when other people seem to do it just fine but i'm a small creator and it won't let me do the same!

[@ReefCakes]

That’s what I’m trying to figure out too! Can’t even post a cover

[@IVANAMUSIC2301]

I've been ok posting covers as long as they are acoustic covers of just me singing with my guitar but if I use a backing track it tends to give me a copyright warning!@@ReefCakes

[@musicbyseku]

What if I got muted for an unreleased music? Still my production, no samples used. ?

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi, well it is even harder to prove that the music is indeed your, because it unreleased and probably not copyrighted at this point. If you have watched some of my past videos, I speak about uploading my music to my music distributor two months prior to it's release date in order to give myself time to promote. This would be one of those instances, where I can release short videos to promote the song coming up to its release date. Other than that, I would stay away from out anything with the music

[@ReleaseThaPressure]

I can't work out their automated system. I uploaded a new music clip, not even been released yet as DJ promo only yet tiktok pulled it down straight away. Another user uploads it and it stayed up? I tried again, nope. Now I've tried uploading another promo, a vinyl record sent by the producers/label itself and again taken down straight away! Too frustrating.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Yes it is frustrating using social media to try and promote original content, I feel your pain! I myself don't understand how posting works, i have the same video on 3 different profiles, one went semi viral, yet the other 2 have such micro views its mind blowing. So just keep posting and finding new ways to get your message out!

[@channelwish8108]

Great stuff. I was only doing a silly comedy parady video and was copy righted as I used a famous singers music for the background track. Didn't realise Tik Tok was so strict. Thanks for you're help

[@TieDyeKitty]

Tim, TikTok embraces copying that is what the platform is built upon, but once you don't use copyrighted material. You can only copy what other people do in their video. lol Thanks for taking the time to comment, and best of luck with your comedy!

[@pascalshrady]

My song isn't even out yet, so it's not showing up in the sounds, but Tiktok still removes the sound from my video

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi Pascal, in most cases any song over 30sec could get muted, but there is more kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJaQo2uneJJmiLM

[@HowardBaileyMusic]

I wondered what was happening. I was watching videos on Peter Frampton's page which I've watched before but now half of his vids have no audio and a copyright notice.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Well there is this issue, Universal Music Group is pulling its entire catalogue from TikTok after the app failed to extend its licensing agreement. Thats alot of music that was in videos that recently got muted.

[@Smirnofperdn]

I have a bigger problem. I already did what you said here after being frustrated by tiktok. Now, some tiktok users used my sound before I did. Now its showing one video as the Original and not mine Regardless of the fact that I was the third user of the sound and it also carries my names... I one user deleted their video after I begged him, then the second user became the Original owner and that person doesn't reply messages . I have reported to tiktok many many times and yet no response from them.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hey, is your music copyrighted and distributed through a music distributor? Or even if it is copyrighted alone?

[@Smirnofperdn]

@@TieDyeKitty i distributed my music Using Amuse

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@Smirnofperdn oh then thats great, just let other people promote your music in their videos like the way TikTok intended, I wish that would happen to me! Let them go wild with it, fingers crossed that it goes viral! Remember, when we artist share our music, its caslled SPAM. When other people share our music, its an endorsement/recommendation.

[@rohidmusic]

Try a shorter section in the middle of your track. Had the same problem, but I'm trying to promote my track before a release. I found Tik Tok muted the sound with a 1 minute preview starting from the beginning every time, but I notice they don't block a lot of remixes, dj set etc, and bunch of my other tracks. Anyways I was able to post a shorter snippet, about 25 seconds, of my track starting in the middle of the track. Hopefully it stays that way.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hey sorry for the late late late reply, but all music on TikTok is only licensed for 30 seconds of use, because that is the average duration of TikTok videos, anything longer than that will cause the video to get muted.

[@Jahlen.johnson]

Was it muted?

[@chuckytherapper]

Update* So I been at work trying to figure this out. Basically if this happens again just gonna post it everywhere else where it doesnt seem to be a problem (ig,snap,fb,yt) those places are generous with their short videos anyway BECAUSE their competing with tik tok. As for tik tok this is a head ache I never want again jsut gonna re think my strategy. They obviously dont want these types of videos.

[@RoseRoo]

It's ridiculous that I upload same video two times and all been muted in short time... 1 has BGM from tiktok's official edit app "capcut", and been muted in an hour. 2 has BGM from other website which provide "free for commercial and non-commercial use" music, and been muted in 1 minute.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi, in most cases the music on TikTok is only licensed for use up to 30 seconds, anything over that and the video will be muted. Most music publishing companies are still playing catch up with music use on TikTok.

[@ElBillonario]

Hey man, appreciate the great video. So it looks like Tiktok flagged a video of mine containing my copyright, as I distributed it through Tunecore, and song comes out later this month. So how do I make this work? I have a business TT account and can’t use most sounds. Would your feedback, and hope you’re doing well, and thanks for your time

[@TieDyeKitty]

this a great question, I am still trying to get past this problem myself to be honest. I own my own publishing and have certain companies that deal with TIK TOK, this means I have also accepted certain music licenses to authorize TikTok to play my music, but even tho I also have a business account, my music does not show up as available for use on a business account. Long story short, I have not found the company that clears music for that use, will let you know when I find it. lol

[@ElBillonario]

@@TieDyeKitty Thanks for your quick response. In the meantime, I ran an experiment and wasn’t inappropriately flagged. What I did was I used a prior video post including my song, before I sent the song to Tunecore. I then created a video with that audio, and turned down the volume for added audio, and kept original audio at 100%. I just posted that, and TickTock is pushing it 😅 I also submitted to counter claims for copyright, hopefully that will help too

[@ElBillonario]

@@TieDyeKitty thanks for your reply. Sounds complicated LOL I was Trippin because I’m gonna be pushing the song with ads, paid ads on the TT platform. But it looks like it only flagged audio from the date that I sent the song to Tunecore

[@CraigMetcalfe]

Thank you, you are a star.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Glad it helped

[@anthonyreyes1080]

I've been doing this and now like 10 of my covers are muted

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi, 2 things to look out for. 1) make sure the video is under 30 seconds because TikTok is short form content and 2) if the cover is from any song from a Universal Music artist it may very well get muted

[@willievaughn6474]

THEY DID THE SAME TO ME, I CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH THIS

[@TieDyeKitty]

Go for it! hope it helps! Thanks

[@willievaughn6474]

@@TieDyeKitty it did, you're a blessing

[@FranzMetrixs]

Thanks for sharing. Do you know where I can find the report number for the counter notification form? According to the form it should be somewhere in the app notifications but either I did not get that notification or I can't find it.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Not that I know of sorry

[@Abundanc3beats]

Crazy thing is I did exactly this method with my first video and they still removed the sound

[@saysay3574]

Exactly don’t work anymore

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi Abundanc3, it also seems that because TikTok is for short form content, anything over 30 sec could have the possibility of being muted according to the region the music was posted. TikTok has a licence to use the music for a maximum of 30 seconds it seems.

[@Abundanc3beats]

@@TieDyeKitty so I reposted it, without connecting the sound like you showed in this video and it worked? lmao. I also put in my caption that I don't own the copyright to the song so maybe that did something.

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@Abundanc3beats lol the disclaimer won’t do anything for you, so it is just your luck buddy. You have many lucky stars on your side :)

[@TheNaijaGosiper]

So if I can’t use my own songs how can other people use it to create content that will help promote my songs, this thing is absurd

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi, when you use a music distributor to make you music available on streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music, it also becomes available of other platforms like TikTok for use by the public. The only difference is that Spotify, Apple Music and others have the licence to stream the whole song, whereas TikTok is only licence to stream 30 second of your music, so TikTok has a sample clip available for use, if you use anything other than that 30 second clip you can get muted.

[@DArtmanreignz]

I followed your instructions to the T, and they muted me all over again.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Well TikTok must be on to us now!

[@DArtmanreignz]

@@TieDyeKitty back again, after a couple of reposts it took and finally stayed. Took at least three tries, thanks you did help👑

[@w0rldw1d3_gaming]

Did u private the muted videos

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@w0rldw1d3_gaming No, I deleted the muted video, then re uploaded the same video following these steps.

[@DArtmanreignz]

@@w0rldw1d3_gaming same the steps work, it just may take a few tries for tik tok to acknowledge it👑

[@aimfredline-hoang8768]

Thank you for the tip. Do you know how long it take Tiktok to resolve the problem after you file the counter notification?

[@TieDyeKitty]

Sorry Aim, I did not take the path of Counter Notification because my music was already licensed for use on TikTok so it was pointless for me to file a claim, I just had to find away around their copyright automation.

[@georgeavino7153]

What about if you made a soundtrack in my DAW, but its not finished but want to use a snippet. So the music is not copyrighted because first of all I only use it for enjoyment and second I don't promote my music. How do I prove to TikTok is my music.

[@TieDyeKitty]

HI, well please do not take my reply the wrong way, I am not trying to put you down in any way. Even tho you say that you make music for enjoyment and do not promote it, the fact that you are so excited about the song that you want to share it before it is even finished says something. It means that you are passionate and want to Share it, that means you want people to hear it, so by making a video is to promote it. I would say, finish song, copyright, release and only then make your video. Because copyright works like this: if someone takes your song and makes their own version and registerers that song, they will own the copyright. They can even take you to court to say that your song infringed on their copyright because you don't have the copyright for your song. And if you did have that copyright registration in hand, you could send TikTok a copy as proof that the music is yours also. Hope this helps, chat soon George!

[@georgeavino7153]

@@TieDyeKitty Thanks for the answer it helps. The problem I have is that I have a lot of unfinished music songs that I converted to mp3. But the originals from the DAW on my old computer got destroyed due to my computer being fried and I could not retrieve the data. But thanks for your help. I could probable take those unfinished versions and added to something else.

[@regthebackyardjackofalltrades]

I had made a minute video with aircraft noise and de La Soul playing in the background and I was muted. I’m not making money but promoting listening to music while working. Can I fight this?

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi, I feel your pain Reg, I understand where you are coming from and its all for the good of music and a lifestyle. But here is where it gets sticky, the little video you made may have been simple to you, but it was till your intellectual property because it was something your created to express yourself. But because it also contains the expression or intellectual property of someone else it seems as if you took their popularity to propel yourself into the limelight, so even tho you did not make money, you gained attention or notoriety of of their work. At this point it is copyright infringement because you did not get permission from the song's owner to use their music. But TIKTOK has already gotten permission from copyright owners to use their music already, but you have to use the audio clips alreay provided on TikTok, so just do the video over but use TikTok's audio for the song.

[@regthebackyardjackofalltrades]

@@TieDyeKitty I didn’t know that. In the late 70’s my brother used to manage local Hip Hop groups & it was simple but also rough in many ways. Now I could only imagine what you & everyone else goes through in making their music.

[@watson_parker]

I'm so sick of dealing with this. EVERY time I release music this shit happens with Tik Tok. This app has gone down hill so much since it's early days. By the way, they ask for a report # on the notification. There's none. Always a dead end with tik tok

[@AsyncLive]

wow cool fix if you HAVE RELEASED YOUR SONG... it does block my original recordings though, that I have just recorded from a synth jam..

[@TieDyeKitty]

I am doing a couple experiments to check this out now, thanks

[@adress13]

I would use this work around, but when I search for song in their catalog I am unable to find it. I know the sound is available on social media because I can easily find it as a sound on instagram, but tik tok makes it super difficult

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi adress13, yes Tiktok makes it difficult at times, but if the song was recently released, as within the past 30 days, there is a possibility that TikTok has not logged the song into their data base as yet. It generally takes 30 days before all songs show up in stores worldwide.

[@asantefarid4464]

Did they remove the sounds tab at the bottom? @1:35 my display does not have that any more.... super frustrating.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi Asante, with ever new update things like that can suddenly happen if you did not update your version. until I updated my phone in order to keep up with all the new updates I would regularly ran into problems where I could not find features I once used or could not access new features I wanted to try out within the app.

[@asantefarid4464]

@@TieDyeKitty Thanks for the quick reply. I just downloaded the app last week - and it seems to be up to date. To confirm, as of today your app still shows that music icon in the same place?

[@TieDyeKitty]

Dear Asante the Music Icon is now at top of screen. lol

[@jasonmartin5662]

I use a paid video editing app with licensing permission. I would slow down a copyrighted song to .24 speed, reverse the song, volume to 01, and they still muted my video. 🤬

[@TieDyeKitty]

I am going to do another video for this problem soon

[@TheSepia1]

This same thing happened to me!! So freaking annoying!!! Really pissed me off!!!

[@TheSepia1]

@@TieDyeKitty: Please do. Turning the sound down also works if the song is not yours on TikTok. Not sure if I explain that well but Thanku for this video. It’s very helpful. 🙏🏾

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@TheSepia1 ok glad to hear it helped you!

[@A-Legend]

You definitely are appreciated 🖤🤞

[@TieDyeKitty]

I appreciate that A-Legend, very much my friend.

[@visivoakavalerie]

thank you...i was like wtf, this is my fucking song xD

[@c4m5ron]

Thank you! still works (2023)

[@XspenceifMC]

I got muted on my own music. I own the music. I wrote the damn song.

[@TieDyeKitty]

It also happened to me, thats why I made this video, remember TikTok is built on the use of Copyrighted works, and they take extra steps to make sure you get paid for your music, so even tho your music is on TikTok already, they may have some extra music fingerprinting going on in their meta data, so when you use your own audio, it gets flagged.

[@XspenceifMC]

@@TieDyeKitty I want to do the form to take away the copyright claim, and I didn't have a report #.

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@XspenceifMC that will take awhile to work out within a big company like TikTok, you are taking about paperwork working through different internal departments, remember music is big business. So instead of frustrating yourself trying to promote your music, work around the System instead of fighting it, you don’t need to dispute the copyright claim on your own music, so even if it means downloading the audio clips that they have and editing your promotions around it. So that you get the most out of it.

[@XspenceifMC]

@@TieDyeKitty i essentially did the thing in your video

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@XspenceifMC just keep your eye on it over the next hour to make sure it does not get muted again, I have my video up since I uploaded this video, and the music is still live

[@exitse7en]

I appreciate your video. Please excuse my venting - there's absolutely no frustration directed at you. I would absolutely accept this fix as a minor annoyance if they would at least let you add audio from the desktop app. This is incredibly frustrating because the only way I can upload my own music video to TikTok is to create the video on my PC, put it on cloud storage, get on my phone and download it to my phone, then open the TikTok app to upload it and continue with this workaround. That's a ridiculous number of step for what should be a, at max, 2-click process.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Thanks for your comment eXit se7en! you inspired me to finally give my perspective on this topic, I will be in touch!

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hey this is what your question made happen, kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJaQo2uneJJmiLM

[@exitse7en]

@@TieDyeKitty right on, man. I wasn't really confused about why it was happening, just frustrated that TikTok doesn't have a reasonable solution for it. But I'm glad I helped inspire a video idea for you!

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@exitse7en yeah they have no real communication with artist, but I guess if you are on a record label TikTok would have informed them about the work around. Thanks again Exit Se7en!

[@odtrace369]

I really appreciate you for this video, I found it helpful

[@TieDyeKitty]

Thank You !!! glad it helped!

[@THABLK1]

They do it to every video I post why is there a music selection on tictok if there just going to mute it on you

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hey this video may answer some of your questions susspek, let me know if you have any more questions or need me to try and clarify something even more. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJaQo2uneJJmiLM

[@88gregd]

Unfortunately this method doesn’t work anymore

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi, what is the length of your video?

[@88gregd]

@@TieDyeKitty 1 minute 11 sec

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@88gregd that might be the reason, TikTok was made for short form content, so they only licensed music for 30 seconds, therefore any videos using music over that time limit can be muted. But since the laws that govern music and its uses varies according to country region, you never really know when and how videos get muted.

[@macmama5941]

What if u are a DJ that is posting a mix?? Mine keeps getting taken down..and im not saying i.made the songs but i just mashed them together

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hey masmama, the lines of copyright have gotten blurred over the years, so don't worry about it. lol The thing is once you use someone else's work in any capacity it is not allowed unless you have permission.........but. TikTok has the permissions baked in to the app, but it is controlled, thats where the 30sec time framework comes into play, and also the sound clip of the song available for use. Anything outside of that in most cases gets muted.

[@cleopatraleon5869]

My music is copyrighted and used to be on tic tok but it was removed completely from their library. I wonder how to get it back on...?

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hey Cleopatra Leon, this is more of a Music Distribution problem and has nothing to do with copyright, because you said your music was completely removed from TikTok's audio libary. one reason is if you used a PAID music distributer for your music, and stopped paying, they automatically remove your music from everywhere. In most instances free music distribution is far better.

[@AstonKalmari]

You rule, thanks!!!!

[@TieDyeKitty]

Your welcome

[@JasonSilverMusic]

Thank you.

[@JasonSilverMusic]

Now if only I could also schedule releases of my songs this way. 😞 TikTok: not made for pro musicians.

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@JasonSilverMusic actually I have now began to go deeper into TikTok and I see where it will benefit in many ways, will continue making videos on the topic to help other indie artist understand it more. But please don't loose hope in it as I once did, it is just another tool that you have to understand how it works in oder to use it fully. And thank you for your watching my video and leaving a comment!

[@JasonSilverMusic]

@@TieDyeKitty Thanks brother. I'm thinking excerpts of songs might be the best way to go, instead of full songs... I think I read somewhere that videos under a certain length aren't flagged when they use copyrighted music. Is that the approach you've taken?

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@JasonSilverMusic funny you ask that question, I am editing a video right now that I will post later on in the week that covers what I do. But TikTok is for short videos!

[@Zygi_Sax]

not sure, where can i find the report number?

[@TieDyeKitty]

I never made a report because I wanted my post to go live immediately, knowing that making a report would mean that I would have to wait till TikTok responds, and then investigate your claims. So a work around is quicker because my music is already available on the platform.

[@Zygi_Sax]

@@TieDyeKitty ye, my music also available there, but my music in there is for some reason only 1 minute long and the video i want to post is longer :D probably will have to shorten the video as can’t find the report number

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@Zygi_Sax TikTok only has permission ( licence ) to use one min of your music, because they publish short form content, anything over a min will probably get muted according to the region the video was posted.

[@studiosingyourstyle]

Why would TikTok mute my video when I have no music only my speaking voice? Choose a mute videos if there’s a cuss word?

[@TieDyeKitty]

Oh wow that seems new, do you think someone reported the video and its under some sort of review?

[@r-sonny8423]

I got a free beat online, I recorded a song with the beat. But when I uploaded it on TikTok, they muted the song. Should I use the same process to get the sound back?

[@TieDyeKitty]

The problem with free beats is two fold, the first issue is if 10 different people used that beat to record a song, the first one to upload a song with it, that song would become the "Original release" and everyone else that then uploads would get a copyright claim. The second problem, when the person that produced the beat decides to monetize that beat a couple months or years after he released it, everyone that used the beat will get a copyright claim. So don't ever use free beats. It will come to bite you in the butt later on, because you don't own the copyright its toooo risky, the producer of the beat could claim any money your song made if it becomes a hit.

[@Rahimelsanto]

What if the song isn't mine and it has no owner, like i uploaded a video with a Free Sound i found in a website that it got muted so what should i do?! Im thinking of claiming the song as its mine and name it FreeToUse music 😂

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi Rahim, that could be very very risky for you, so I wont advice it at all because you stand the chance of ending up in court. Someone created that song and owns the copyright, even if they have not listed it on the website. That maybe someone else found the song, liked it and posted it on their website for the sake of content without the owner even knowing, so if you try to claim, you end up with the headache. Another thing to keep in mind, is that many artist post song on websites trying to get exposure, and years later monetize that same song. My point is, for your own safety, just don't ever use "Free Music" cause it never really is free.

[@Rahimelsanto]

@@TieDyeKitty thank you so much for this advice i really appreciate it, even tho i wasn't serious about it but considering the consequences you mentioned it, i taking my thoughts back inside 😁

[@ivmorgenstern]

Cool, I make fan edits and I was wondering about this, thank you!

[@TieDyeKitty]

My pleasure Mara, glad it helped.

[@sxvxgebeatz]

@TieDyeKitty But what if your a music producer and you uploaded a beat that has no vocals and would not be in TikTok’s library ?

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hey, in that case you should upload the song to a music distributor so that the song will be available, in other words I learned about Thriller App last week, they are just like TikTok and I was surprised to find my music is available there also. I will never have an issue if my music goes viral for getting paid, because my music is already licensed for use

[@TieDyeKitty]

Get your music distributed before you put it out

[@sxvxgebeatz]

@@TieDyeKitty Does that app cost anything to upload it to there ? So if I upload to thriller than upload to TikTok I should be good ? It still gets on my nerves that this even happens cause it’s not like there is lyrics or anything it’s just a beat and it’s a beat I produced and just finished yesterday. Those communist bastards 😂

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@sxvxgebeatz your music is bigger than you, and if you do not take care of the business side of your own music, someone else will take it away from you. So you should copyright your music and upload your music to one place (Music Distributor) who will then send your music to Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok and all the other places your music can be used. This is the way you can make money from your music, but your music must be original, no sampled audio, no Apple Loops and then you will be on the right track. There is a-lot to learn and do, so you must be patient with it, but you will get it done. I have many videos on my channel to help, and you can always ask questions in the comments or on my website tiedyekitty.com

[@tobagolee]

I cant find my song although it's there theyre purposely hiding it

[@QuickFix.]

Yeah I just tried to post a video with the song that my band and I wrote The music I wrote the lyrics. I sang the song. We even made our own video. I think they should have to prove that I don't have a copyright.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi Fame Orphan, not sure why that would happen, did you publish the song through a music distributor and has it since been posted on Spotify, Apple Music and the others?

[@UplifterofHumansCharity]

I played my own crystal sound bowl and got muted . Do people mute other people to be mean or the system does it or both ?

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hey Charity, so sorry to hear you got muted, but TikTok and all social media platforms use music in some way, and most of that music is copyrighted and one of the ways this copyright is policed is through some sort of audio fingerprinting system, so once new music is uploaded, its compared to what is already protected. At this point, if the new audio sound like something already in the system, it will get flagged and then muted until permissions are given. In your case, most Crystal Sound Bowls sound the same, so if anyone used one in the beginning of a song perhaps, your audio will get muted.

[@gitcat8160]

is there a way to do it to just completely disable copyright? I want people to use my music and I don't care how, I uploaded mine through distrokid

[@TieDyeKitty]

Sorry for the late reply, I understand why you would want to do this, but its not the copyright you need to disable, because copyright is the reason you get paid. You are looking for a way to make your music accessible for free, so that people can use it and the music may gain popularity over time. This falls under the music recognition software mainly KZbin Content ID and apps like Shazam. To be honest, I do not think there is any way around this, because every song uploaded through a music distributer is put through this sort of software to scan for copyright issues to begin with, otherwise there would be millions of copyright claims clogging up our court systems. If you would like people to use your music, you may have to put a notice out asking people to email you to obtain a free licence to use the song, so if they run into any problems, that document will clear them for any future use.

[@mmmmvermillion]

Does this still work? I tried following steps yesterday and still get muted

[@DEADIKATED]

I got copyright for original songs I have streaming to TikTok. I can’t post any songs to my account that are on my account

[@TieDyeKitty]

Do you have these songs distributed through a music distributor, are they available on streaming platforms?

[@DEADIKATED]

@@TieDyeKitty they are on all streaming platforms

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@DEADIKATED ok great, now I am guessing that you used snippets of your song or the entire song in a video on TikTok right? Well this might be the problem, even tho you are the owner of the music, you are not the company that issued the licence allowing TikTok to use your music. And also the licence that TikTok has only covers a 30 second snippet that they determined best. If you use anything other than what they provided, you will be in violation of the Terms of Use because the music you used is not covered by their agreement with the music publisher that issued the licence to them. That could be the reason you got a copyright notice.

[@DEADIKATED]

@@TieDyeKitty ok got it so only for fans to use then right?

[@DEADIKATED]

@@TieDyeKitty thanks 🙏🏽

[@chopitupradio4286]

So your music has to already be on TikTok in order for this to work?

[@TieDyeKitty]

Yes, but TikTok would have a 30 sec clip of the most interesting part in their opinion. Just make a bunch of different videos using that same audio clip!

[@1Godscreations123]

Thank You for that step by step!😊👍🙏🏿🦋

[@TieDyeKitty]

You are so welcome Evelyn, feedback is alway super cool!

[@yidneth]

What if you want to share a fragment of the video of your own song but it is not in the part the snippet from library has?

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi Priscilla, it almost never known exactly where you music goes when you use a music distributer, sometime your music could end up there via a music library parent company that supplies TikTok. So my best advice is to post the video that you want, and check your post back in 5 min to see if the audio portion was muted, if it was then follow my steps. If not, then you should be safe forever. Thanks for the comment and best of luck with your music!

[@yidneth]

@@TieDyeKitty I am an independent singer (and label) but my music is aggregated by The Orchard. I get claims on my youtube videos with my own videos and though process is slow i can write to them and lift the claim but how tik tok can verify me as artist when i am on perpetual shadowban cos they consider my own videoclip and music reused from the artist and well that is me too lol 😂. And thanks for the goid wishes, 2 decades in 🎵 and still loving it

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@yidneth hey when you get a claim from The Orchard on your own KZbin music videos that is a great great thing, you need to have that for the Orchard to claim ad revenue on your music, that way you will get paid every time your video plays. You only should write to them to release in the case of another KZbin channel like a music blog using your music in a video as a promo. This way that channel will be able to monetize their video as normal.

[@TieDyeKitty]

As far as TikTok goes, it seems better to use them as a promotional tool to let people know who you are and what you stand for, let your music be more of “ hey by the way you should check out my music on KZbin or on Spotify” I have found out the hard way that no one comes on TikTok to enjoy music lol They want to see something new, not listen to it, so I am now about to take my own advice after I press the send button!

[@yidneth]

@@TieDyeKitty I get you. I try to be more candid on tiktok and I do record versions of my own songs. But I'm having a problem with them and it is that I'm located in Spain but I do interact in English. Still whenever I hit the for you page it is my geolocation narrowed down to Spain so it feels a strange that I speak in English and I don't know how to approach my strategy on tiktok. Thus I am only there to share something from time to time and most importantly to learn from others but I feel like the ability to contact support is almost non-existent until you are verified. Thanks for the advice by the way

[@Jay_Singh_Landa]

I uploaded my own video of me playing the dhol(drums) with no music it passed the copyright check and it got muted does anyone know why

[@freeeest]

didnt work😔😔you got any other solution that can work??

[@TieDyeKitty]

Please see my Pinned Comment, I am still working on it.

[@Heisremzel]

I'm trying to fill the form but don't know what to fill in the "report number" what does it mean?

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi Remzel, once the music is your own, that means you already own the copyright and there is no need to try filling out the form in order to try and clear your own music. The real problem is understanding the way that TikTok licenses your music for use on the platform, it seems they are only really allowed a maximum of around 30 sec because TikTok was made for short form content. This is why its best to just make short videos with the music they provide from your catalog.

[@Chuuya_V]

if i used a sound that isnt my original audio and got removed, does that mean i violated the rules or the owner of the CD i used who violated it ?

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi there Chuuya, once you use something that you did not create without permission, you are in violation. Now don't be alarmed by it, but all music online is sort of "finger printed" in order to make sure starving artist like myself can get the $0.0005 every-time someone uses one of our songs as a stream or on a video. So music services like TikTok get the permissions needed to supply you the music to use, but they have to encode the version they have so that when someone uses a song they can pay the correct artist, so when you use your own copy from a CD TikTok will stop it. The only other reason they will mute the audio is if the audio had profanity in it that went against TikTok's community guidelines. Hope this helped, and thanks for a great question!

[@Chuuya_V]

@@TieDyeKitty but listen aren't we like just victims when we use the CD , imean its ok for the sound to be removed by tiktok yes but we aren't responsible for it because many ppl used the same tiktokr's sound, iwanna know if we get for example (jailed) or the one who had the cd only and we just lose the sound on our video, do we all violate the guidlines or just the one who used the sound? sorry for my bad english, do you get what imean?

[@benjihartman.official]

I am playing and acoustic guitar and singing! I paid to promote my video, and TIK TOK made it pravate and said the music is COPYRIGHTED! How! I am singing witb my voice. On top of it, i got a bunch of views and likes and i dont eant to delete my video

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi Benji, is the song yours? Did you write it?

[@THABLK1]

How do I even contact them I posted My own song I just published tonight and they muted it and say someone claimed copywrite but it's my song how do u even contact tiktok

[@TieDyeKitty]

Oh wow Susspek that is very weird, were did you publish the music, which music distribution company did you use?

[@THABLK1]

@@TieDyeKitty I just tryd to upload my song in the background of a video and TikTok muted saying someone reported copyright

[@tommyklempofficial]

Did not work for me. I really do not get it!!!!!!!!!

[@bscott2hot]

Same for me. Was your uploaded song more than a minute?

[@TieDyeKitty]

Yes thats the first thing I should have mentioned, I would actually not pass 30 sec!

[@tommyklempofficial]

Ah, then I get it. I wanted to drop my full music video on TikTok. I now realized it is not possible to do so. It cannot be any longer than the snippet of my song on TikTok. Thanks! @@TieDyeKitty

[@little.zayzay]

You're a genius wow.

[@TieDyeKitty]

Thanks buddy, just here helping other musicians before they freak out and accidentally throw their phones out the window in a fit of rage! lol

[@juliechapmanmusic]

Thank you!!!!!

[@TieDyeKitty]

You're welcome Julie!!! Glad it helped.

[@ALF8892]

It only plays my music for one minute and the song is 2:22

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi, Tik Tok is was for short form content, so if you notice most of the songs they have available for use is 30 seconds in length, thats because they only have the license for 30 seconds of use, so you should choose the best parts of your song and make many videos just using those snippets.

[@prodtillr]

But my song wasnt on tiktok before I uploaded the video and its copyright claimed

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi, what style/genre of music did you upload?

[@prodtillr]

@@TieDyeKitty instrumental dark trap kinda style it was just uploaded on this account too

[@prodtillr]

@@TieDyeKitty no samples were used either

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@prodtillr Did you use something like Apple Loops to make the beat?

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@prodtillr The way everything works now, is that TikTok and all social media basically runs every song through some sort of "finger printing type software" and if any content is uploaded anywhere, the systems scan looking for copyrighted material, once anything seems familia it will get flagged. So even tho you may not have used samples, you music may have been very close to something else someone already published.

[@SethirothGaming]

What if my sound isn't in tiktoks library?

[@TieDyeKitty]

Well I am not sure what would happen in that case, but it is very easy to get your music there, I could show you if you need.

[@SethirothGaming]

@@TieDyeKitty yeah, that would be great.

[@TieDyeKitty]

@@SethirothGaming So you would like to get your music on Tik Tok and other platforms right? did you write the music?

[@SethirothGaming]

@@TieDyeKitty no, I didn't it's copyrighted music, so idk if you can help me there.

[@SethirothGaming]

@@TieDyeKitty it's a parody version of the song with minimal use of the actual music though.

[@ikechukwuazunwo5462]

I will do it now . Thank you

[@TieDyeKitty]

All the best

[@northerncaliking1772]

How did you get your sound uploaded

[@TieDyeKitty]

I used a music distributor called ONErpm, so once your music is recorded and mixed professionally, you can submit to a music distribution service that will send your music to Spotify, Apple Music, Facebook, TikTok and more. There are other opinions for music distributors that are free and payed, I have videos on that on my channel also.

[@AngelAwin77798]

I release sound to zero but it's not working

[@knayoniwitapassion_]

Thank you!!!!!!! You're Awesome

[@TieDyeKitty]

My pleasure Knayoni!

[@alibiforchaos4352]

I'm a musician who uses tiktock every other time I put my music I created with my brother it gets copyright you can't copyright someone's music they created 😂

[@zacharyzibert3113]

Thank you king ✌🏻

[@TieDyeKitty]

Any time Zachary, any time.

[@Illicitthoughts]

I find it weird that they mute sounds that are uploaded to the app already by bands, why would they remove it, if the bands them selves uploaded the sounds to be used on tik tok, it’s rather weird

[@TieDyeKitty]

Yes it may seem weird, but there is meta date attached to files that systems look for in audio files, so TikTok seems to add more data to all audio in their library. So when you upload a video even if it has the same audio on their systems, it will be flagged as copyright infringement because the files may not fully match to be cleared.

[@TheRealZmanWorld]

I’m trying but it won’t work

[@AndyOO6]

I recorded my own song on BandLab and had TikTok say it was another song that was copyrighted named what’s up? Beat was by bxbby blvck he posted it as fair use and I freelanced the music 😅 this isn’t the first time I’ve had flags I think they auto flagged anything over a minute. 😅

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi Andy, I am doing a couple experiments on TikTok right now. But what I can say is that even tho someone posted a beat as "Fair use" it only takes one person to use that beat and publish a song with it, at that point that beat is now copyrighted and if you use that beat again, you song will then be flagged.

[@AndyOO6]

@@TieDyeKitty I can usually get past it if I change the speed and reduce the time :)

[@tayloririzarry]

Thank you!

[@TieDyeKitty]

You're welcome!

[@deegenn1980]

Awesome video - thank you Sir ✊🏼😇

[@TieDyeKitty]

So nice of you to take the time to comment, thank you much Domincian.

[@deegenn1980]

@@TieDyeKitty You're welcome!

[@razzmatazz0077]

Thanks u sir , you were lucky because that was your own song and creation , But we are not that lucky , thou One thing - why tik-tok not letting us use our own selected songs from youtub .? even meanuely ( Not downloaded) recorded using my iphone's mic near to the laptop speaker ? we need only 2-3 min max selected part of song , How to report and suggest or complain to TIK-TOK that - Its ok you win , no need to be that hard and cruel , we are willing to pay to tiktok couple of pence or a doller for 3min (max) song , so benifit goes to singer and tiktok it self - but atleast give us that options - But just dont banned blindly ! can u report to TIK-TOk behalf of us sir ?? thanks to you

[@qwmn69]

does not work anymore!

[@TieDyeKitty]

Hi, please remember that TikTok is set up for Short Form content, the music licence they acquired is for 30 seconds, if you try to post any video with music over that, you can run into problems according to your region.