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Content platformA platform where users add music to their own videos – TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube Shorts.Spam and duplicate contentMass-uploaded or repeated content without real creative value – the same recordings under different titles, short loops, noise.ExplicitA label for a recording with profanity or content unsuitable for children; platforms show it with an E badge.Platform rulesEach platform's content terms and metadata style rules. By distributing you agree to them.AI ActThe EU regulation on artificial intelligence. Among other things it requires labelling content generated or manipulated by AI (deepfakes).AI musicMusic whose audio (or part of it) was generated by an artificial intelligence tool. Platforms label and restrict it.Beat from the internetAn instrumental bought or downloaded from the internet (YouTube, BeatStars …). It must not go to content platforms.Beat licenceThe terms under which you may use someone else's instrumental (beat) – stream limits, platforms, credits, exclusivity.C-line (©)The copyright holder notice for a release (typically for the artwork and release content) in the form year + name.DistributorThe company that delivers music to platforms and collects and pays out royalties. For Bez Labelu clients it is Bez Labelu.InstrumentalA recording without vocals. As a separate version of a released song it has its own ISRC and “Instrumental” in the title.LicencePermission to use a work or recording in a defined way, to a defined extent and for a defined period.
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BASIC TERMS & KNOWLEDGE
Backing tracks, beats and samples from the internet are not eligible for content platforms
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AI: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AI music is not eligible for content platforms
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DISTRIBUTION
Distribution platforms
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BASIC TERMS & KNOWLEDGE
YouTube Content ID
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RELEASING MUSIC: From A to Z
Why we do not make all features available
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RELEASING MUSIC: From A to Z
Recording previews for iTunes, TikTok and YouTube Shorts
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RELEASING MUSIC: From A to Z
Track origin – 3 questions before filling in each recording
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RELEASING MUSIC: From A to Z
Removing a release from platforms (takedown)
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BASIC TERMS & KNOWLEDGE
Meta Fingerprinting (Facebook, Instagram, Threads)
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RELEASING MUSIC: From A to Z
New releases of previously released content (deluxe editions, anniversary editions, remasters)
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PLATFORMS IN GENERAL
LUFS and True Peak across platforms
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COPYRIGHT & COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT
Common problems with “free” licences for sound recordings
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BASIC TERMS & KNOWLEDGE
When to mark content as explicit
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AI: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Platforms are labelling AI music
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BASIC TERMS & KNOWLEDGE
Why you cannot release the same content under different names
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RELEASING MUSIC: From A to Z
Release cover and the declaration of its origin
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BASIC TERMS & KNOWLEDGE
The Parental Advisory logo must not be modified in any way
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RELEASING MUSIC: From A to Z
Submitting a release for distribution step by step
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RELEASING MUSIC: From A to Z
Music videos – Music video distribution
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BASIC TERMS & KNOWLEDGE
How to release a clean version of a recording
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BASIC TERMS & KNOWLEDGE
By distributing, you agree to the platform rules
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BASIC TERMS & KNOWLEDGE
Album artwork must not contain third-party works without a licence
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BASIC TERMS & KNOWLEDGE
Parental Advisory: Everything you need to know
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BASIC TERMS & KNOWLEDGE
Clean vs. Explicit
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COMMON PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS
What to do when someone else's music is on my profile
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COMMON PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS
What to do when my music is on someone else's profile
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BASIC TERMS & KNOWLEDGE
Metadata in digital music distribution
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NEWS
Knowledge base launched with hundreds of articles
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NEWS
A big change to uploading release cover art
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USER ACCOUNT & SETTINGS
Tasks in Artists Bez Labelu – What to do when we assign you a task
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TIKTOK
TikTok access
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YOUTUBE + YOUTUBE MUSIC
Vevo – Pros and cons
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BEATPORT
Beatport – Who it is for and how to get access
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RELEASING MUSIC: From A to Z
Release genres – Primary, secondary and Beatport genre
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COMMON PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS
Recording rejected from a playlist
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DISTRIBUTION
First release guide step by step
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COMMON PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS
How, whom and when to contact depending on your problem
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NEWS
Music videos – distribute your videos straight from Artists
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ADD-ON SERVICES
Add-on services – Plans and payments
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NEWS
We have launched Bez Labelu Playlists
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ADD-ON SERVICES
Bez Labelu playlists
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ADD-ON SERVICES
Public artist profile and artist directory
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ADD-ON SERVICES
Events – Concerts and gigs in a public listing
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ADD-ON SERVICES
Promo studio – Graphics for your release, recording and music video, In numbers and Your Year
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NEWS
New “Track origin” section in the form for adding a recording
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USER ACCOUNT & SETTINGS
2FA – Two-factor authentication
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USER ACCOUNT & SETTINGS
Requests in Artists Bez Labelu
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RELEASING MUSIC: From A to Z
Automatic checks in the release and recording forms
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ROYALTIES & INCOME & TAXES
Check which of your recordings Spotify does not pay you for
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USER ACCOUNT & SETTINGS
Analytics in Artists Bez Labelu
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PLATFORMS
How and when your music appears on TikTok and Instagram
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BASIC TERMS & KNOWLEDGE
Single vs. EP vs. Album
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NEWS
Redesigned page for adding and editing a recording + new features
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RELEASING MUSIC: From A to Z
Combining separately released singles into an album or compilation
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RELEASING MUSIC: From A to Z
Re-releasing albums, EPs and singles
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SPOTIFY
Spotify Canvas
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BASIC TERMS & KNOWLEDGE
Take digital music distribution seriously
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BASIC TERMS & KNOWLEDGE
Digital distribution works on the same principle as distributing a physical album
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COMMON PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS
We don't distribute podcasts
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HANDY ONLINE TOOLS
Interactive guide to the 3 different release dates
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