Copyright
Last updated 27 August 2026
What you may upload
BuzzMusic exists for original music. When you upload a track you are confirming two separate things, and you need both:
- The recording is yours. You made it, or you have written permission from whoever did.
- The song is yours. You wrote the words and music, or you share the writing credit with people who agree to it being here.
These are two different rights and people often forget the second one. You can own a recording of a song somebody else wrote and still not be allowed to publish it.
No cover versions. A cover of somebody else's song owes money to the songwriter no matter who performs it. BuzzMusic does not collect or pay those fees, so covers are not permitted anywhere on the site.
Also not permitted: samples you don't have clearance for, backing tracks or loops whose licence doesn't allow commercial release, karaoke or instrumental versions of other people's songs, and anything generated from a service whose terms don't let you release the output.
Making a claim
If you believe a track on BuzzMusic is yours, email copyright@buzzmusic.live. We cannot act on a claim unless it includes all of the following:
- A link to the track on BuzzMusic.
- Your full name, address and a contact email.
- Which right you are claiming — the recording, the song, or both.
- Documentation that the work is yours. A registration with a performing rights society, a distribution or publishing agreement, dated studio files or session records, an earlier dated release, or similar evidence. An assertion on its own is not enough.
- A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised.
- A statement that the information you have given is accurate.
Claims that arrive without documentation will be answered with a request for it. Nothing is paused until the documentation arrives.
What happens next
Once a documented claim is received:
- We pause the track within two working days. Paused means it stops playing, disappears from Discover and search, and cannot be bought or downloaded. It is not deleted.
- We tell the Artist who uploaded it, send them a copy of the claim, and give them seven days to respond with their own evidence.
- We put both parties in contact with each other.
BuzzMusic does not decide who is right. We are not a court and we will not weigh one Artist's paperwork against another's.
The track stays paused until the outcome is confirmed to us in writing — either by both parties, or by a court order. Nothing is restored, removed or transferred on the strength of a phone call, a verbal agreement, or one side telling us the other has agreed.
What counts as written confirmation
Send it to copyright@buzzmusic.live. We will accept any of the following, and nothing else:
- Both parties agree. An email from each of you, sent from the address on your BuzzMusic account or, for the claimant, the address the original claim came from. Each must name the track and state plainly what you have agreed.
- The claim is withdrawn. An email from the claimant stating they are withdrawing the claim and no longer object to the track being published.
- The upload is withdrawn. An email from the Artist asking for the track to be removed.
- A court or mediator has ruled. A copy of the order or the signed settlement, naming the parties and the work.
Whatever you agree between yourselves, the version we act on is the version in writing. If the two written accounts we receive contradict each other, the track stays paused until you send us one you both agree with.
We keep a record of every claim, every reply and every written outcome for as long as the account exists, and for six years after. If the matter ever goes further, that record is what either of you can point to.
If nobody replies
If the Artist does not respond within seven days, the track stays paused and is removed after thirty days. If a claim is made and then goes quiet — no written outcome from either side within ninety days — the pause is lifted and the claimant is told the claim is closed. They may make it again with new evidence.
If your track is paused
Being paused is not an accusation and it is not permanent. It is a hold while the question is settled.
Reply to the notice with whatever shows the work is yours — your own session files, your registration, your release history, or written permission from whoever else has a claim. We pass it to the other party.
Your other tracks are unaffected. Your account, profile, audience and stats all keep working normally.
Repeat claims
If three separate claims against your account are upheld — meaning you withdraw the track, or the other party's position is confirmed — your account will be closed and any remaining subscription refunded on a pro rata basis.
Deliberately uploading other people's work is the fastest way to end a BuzzMusic account.
False claims
Claiming work that isn't yours in order to have a rival taken down is itself a serious matter. Accounts found doing this will be closed, and we will cooperate with the affected Artist if they pursue it further.
Creative Commons
When you upload you may attach a Creative Commons licence, which tells listeners what they may do with your track without asking you first. This is optional. If you choose nothing, you keep all rights and listeners may only stream it here.
Attaching a Creative Commons licence does not give away your ownership and does not stop you selling the track. It is a permission you grant on top of the rights you keep.