I think that is a true opinion and I agree with you

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Thanks for the tips, I do need to get more into making videos for my songs, I want to get into live streaming this year but need to upgrade my computer first, that in itself has made music editing a challenge lately.

I respect that you're taking a proactive stand against copyright infringement on DSound. I wouldn't have been surprised if, in the vein of Limewire and Napster, the community as a whole took advantage of the decentralised, non-mainstream nature of DSound to throw copyright respect to the wind. It's good to see people taking the higher ground here.

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Positively, doing this will definately reduce the act of plagiarism on the Steem blockchain.....flagging is also a good idea but people still into the act.
Anyways, it's a gradual process and soon we will experience a clean, creative work and not stealing what some people worked for.
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@qsounds @edje Thank you so much for this post guys! I have recently started uploading my Dj mixes and my original music on Dsound. Now that i saw this i have changed my profile name to my usual Dj/artist name . Cheers

It's a good one @edje but how about when an artist does not make use of external sites for his songs, he doesn't post most of the time on his other social accounts that often because he didnt do them for promotion cos of the thin probability of getting noticed, but now found steemit as a means of getting reward for his work by just posting then. Does that make the person not qualified? Cos I tell you Facebook won't pay you for just posting your songs neither would Instagram nor sound cloud. Anyone naturally would not want to invest time in things that doesn't pay them. Like posting on Facebook Everytime I want to post on steemit. My view, I'll appreciate it if you can look into that @edje

A real shame that people have to feel the need to resort to illicit tactics, such as the aforementioned, in your superbly written article. The creative world is made a better place, as I can take comfort knowing there are people out there like you looking out for all the budding musicians who want to express their art, like me! To further add to  @petrajordan's point, perhaps it may be beneficial to include the original project file with the video signature, i.e. proof of original arrangement? Either which way, I haven't been on Steemit for long but I'll certainly be staying tuned to your future output!

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I didn't realize this was happening. Thanks for the post! You've got some helpful suggestions.  After I signed up as @danieldyemusic for my username, I started to question this because most folks here on Steemit have such mysterious names, but now I'm glad I went with my real name, and that it's easily connected to my other social media accounts out there.

Excellent post and I enjoyed some extra insight that dealt with more personal cases in the comments, very useful read.

However, here is the thing that I still struggle with. In short, I post "track of the day" type of the posts on my account, that feature artists' music I find on Soundcloud as part of my crate digging for my DJ series for Mixcloud. The type of music I look for is lesser known artists because my main goal with the series is to highlight up and coming artists, not play top 100 of Beatport. So I am hoping that with time and with account growth (that I have to put a lot of my own time into), I will provide exposure to young artists and promote their music. Now the possibility of rewards part is obviously where it becomes a grey area, and what I have been trying to do is reach out to each artist I feature on my blog and offer them the share of the possible reward if they join steemit. Now that in itself immediately sounds like a scam when it deals with money and joining a platform they are not aware of, so I need to find a good approach to ease them into the whole concept.

So, without getting too wordy, whats your guys' opinion on curation blogs? I spend my time finding this new music, I also review the tracks I feature on my blog, I do not represent it as my music, but as a music I find from curation on each post? Thoughts, ideas, on how to make it great for everyone involved? :)

Nice idea my friend!, there surely is people looking to abuse the system, specially now when _steem_ and _SBD_ price are so high... I myself have doubt in the past about some artist users, fortunately i got to confirm they where the real deal... I have been using external sites less and less lately, but i realize i should use them more to bring more people here :)

This is a great start to cracking down on identity theft. Big thumbs up! 🎶 ✔

And am also a music artiste just joined steemit and I'll be uploading my song soon

Yea edje a mickle initiative 
Some people want to reap where they never sow 
They want to benefit or partake of the goodwill and repertoire of others that they've gathered or accumulated over the years 
I mean who does that

How are we tackling the upload of ripped off music? As far as I can see, flagging is the only tool available.

Thank you for that and I am always providing a link to the original sound published on my Website so that people see that is really me. How is the licensing classified? I provide the sounds on my Website under Creative Commons CC BY and Public Domain CC0. Do you think its a good idea to let people in each post know about Licensing? I know  in Bandcamp or on SoundCloud the owner can choose what Attribution he or she would like to integrate. But, for now on I will write it in the description.

Good Morning from Vietnam! I, for example use Audition and I am able to create Metadata with my name in it with other very helpful information. So I am going to do that now, that I write my name plus if its for Steemit, I write "FreeToUseSounds for Steemit" in the Metadata now. I think that is cool :)
All the best,
Marcel

Great post

With the generous rewards DSound is dishing out, it's more than worth it to put in the work and provide that extra personal touch and reassurance.

If you really take it seriously, I can at least speak for myself when I say, I would rather support an amateur musician *trying*, than a fake account posting music that isn't theirs. Take this opportunity to try something new, or improve your craft.

Be honest and be a part of the community! Cheers, thanks DSound!

**great info #edje 
i will surely act upon your tips to improve my self here in this community 
Thanks for everything**