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@V8 Hello! The sample of System Of A Down's "Chop Suey!" - used in my contest entry - got picked up by SoundCloud's copyright centre. Just flagging this as a potential issue for other entrants.

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    daveo1977 Hmm, that's interesting! Wouldn't have thought SC would have been as strict as YT, but it makes sense they'd have something in place.

    We'll cross that bridge should it cause any issues with entries - perhaps even host them local (for this challenge).

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        V8

        daveo1977

        Very surprising,

        Soundcloud isn't easily monitized.

        Maybe try pitch shifting the whole project a semitone or two (if it sounds decent) before publishing? I've seen a few you-tubers do it to bs the system.

            RCVN Maybe try pitch shifting the whole project a semitone or two (if it sounds decent) before publishing? I've seen a few you-tubers do it to bs the system

            thats a good idea, definitely worth a try. knew Youtube had become pretty hardcore copyright Nazi's but was'nt also aware of Soundcloud.

              nick_D01
              makes sense though... these record labels are very quick to sue.. place like sound-cloud or YouTube just don't want to be tied up all day in litigation

                Juuussst in case you arn't on the GT whatsapp group - there's rumours of (at least) two entries in the works for this one - how's y'all doing?

                V8 Is there any chance of hosting contest entries locally? My mash up is on appeal at Soundcloud, and I won't be able to enter otherwise.

                  Yup +1. I also cannot seem to shift the pitch of the track.

                    daveo1977 Let's ask @NorioDS - Norio, any chance of hosting locally as we did way back?

                    If not, we could always use box.com as we did before we hosted locally.

                      V8 sorry guys I'm stuck in hospital again. Can't help with the hosting. Will have to be Box or something like that.

                        Thanks gents ☺ I'm sure I'll be fine soon enough ?

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                        So I'll think we'll got with soundcloud as plan A for entries and box.com as plan B if you hink you'll have issues with soundcloud?

                        Box probably won't embed nicely as SC does - but it's one click and it'll play on box - well that's how it used to work!

                        V8 Great, signing up for Box to submit my entry.

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                          daveo1977 Nicely, I can view without having to login (but I did anyways to dbl check, non-box users get the same file).

                          Do you have any blurb (inspiration/motivation) to share (purely optional!)

                            guidothepimmp . I cannot seem to open anything with that link. Jusy a fyi. Maybe it works for others

                            I've tried from my desktop with chrome and firefox - both worked for me - does take a little while to buffer the file, but plays fine.