http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/topics/39593-legal Legal articles As part of the introduction of our new “Pro” and “Pro Unlimited” accounts, we are making a few small changes t... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:08:46 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/1030476 We've set up a page with more information on copyright here. Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:20:02 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/267348 No! We consider ourselves a platform and tool for others creating, collaborating, promoting & distributing... Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:23:16 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/243748 Yes we have full support for Creative Commmons licensing. You can find the CC settings under licensing in the ... Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:38:58 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/243757 What is Creative Commons? Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that has released a set of free and v... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:06:42 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/243852 You may upload your originally created audio and/or music files to which you hold all appropriate permissions ... Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:23:18 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/241128 If a member does not have the licensing rights to release a sound everywhere, they may only make it available ... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:15:27 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/340461 Probably because someone has claimed that the sound infringes their copyright. Please check the mailbox of you... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:47:13 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940321 SoundCloud is a community of sound creators, and for that community to thrive, everyone needs to respect copyr... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:50:36 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940322 If you think there’s been a mistake, just login to soundcloud.com/settings/disputes and fill in our dedicated ... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:03:03 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940323 Glad to hear you discovered some great new music! However, you still need permission from the copyright owner ... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:52:16 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940325 A copyright owner has the exclusive right to decide if and how other people use their work. If you are remixin... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:52:46 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940326 Unfortunately the rules for remixes also apply to mashups. Make sure you get all proper authorizations before ... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:53:03 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940333 The lyrics are yours! No questions asked. However, if you did not create the music yourself, then somebody els... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:53:50 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940334 Crediting the artist is not enough. You need explicit permission from all copyright owners before you can uplo... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:54:08 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940335 This is a very common misconception. Unfortunately, when you purchase a track, you are only actually buying th... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:54:24 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940341 Fair use is a legal doctrine that primarily exists in the copyright law of the United States. Fair use limits ... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:55:00 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940353 Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. Sure, you played all the instruments, but it’s still someone else’s song... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:00:54 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940367 Hopefully, you are still on good terms with your former band mates and can get their approval to upload the mu... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:55:57 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940378 There are two reasons why your entry might have been removed. The first reason could be that the competition w... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:56:21 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940384 We take copyright issues very seriously, and expect our users to do the same. We therefore have a system in p... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:54:58 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940396 If the radio station you work for has its own SoundCloud account and a licence that covers online streaming, y... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:56:50 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940402 If your sound is based on someone else’s work (e.g. a remix) or contains elements that belong to another artis... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:01:49 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940414 When uploading a new sound, you can mark the sound as "private". This makes the sound completely private and s... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:38:33 +0000 http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/940416