What do you do if someone edits out your tag and sells your song?

8thAveBeats

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Just had this happen to me.. This guy ripped my beat off YouTube, edited the tag out and created a song. I got a copyright notice saying I'm not able to monetize the video any longer due to his song. He is now selling it on iTunes without a properly purchased license. I contacted him and told him he has to purchase a license in order to do so. If he ignores me and continues to sell this song, what do I do? Has this happened to anybody else? Thank you!
 
Curtiss King shared a pretty creative approach in this video.



Keep in mind, if you want to consider going the legal route, suing someone costs money ($400 just to file the claim) plus lawyer costs ($300+ an hour for an IP lawyer) so if you are short on cash (or don't see yourself actually collecting from the artist) you may want to reconsider a creative approach.

Good luck.
 
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