[Jonathan Wright]

That’s really helpful, thanks Art (not lawyer).

[Jonathan Wright]

How does Identify work when it comes to legacy RF libraries?

I used to contribute to one library that doesn’t allow content ID, and a huge percentage of my non-exclusive music is with them, as well as other vendors.

The library barely makes any sales, so if I remove all my music from their database, would I be able to then upload those tracks to Identifyy, even though there will be a couple of dozen historical purchases of those tracks from that library in the last decade or so?

It’s a grey area I’m not sure about. It would be a shame to let potential earnings for hundreds of tracks be lost because of one library that earns me pennies in a year.

[Jonathan Wright]

Since I started around 2 1/2 years ago, RF income has far, far outweighed PRO income.

On a side note, I wish forums like this allowed us to display the genres of music we generally compose for.

It would be really helpful when reading comments like ‘This library is amazing, I’ve earned a lot with them!’.

The member could compose heavy metal, orchestral trailers, EDM or anything and it would be great to have a point of reference for the comment.

[Jonathan Wright]

*Deletes project, kicks DAW and throws sleigh bells out of the window*.

[Jonathan Wright]

Mainly epic orchestral and ‘regular’ orchestral for me. Plus a sprinkling of EDM with one particular library.

[Jonathan Wright]

Thanks Chuck, I’ll keep an eye out!

[Jonathan Wright]

Thanks Advice, that’s fine, I’m sure there’s plenty of nutty posts out there.

You’ve really helped clear it up for me, much appreciated.

🙂

[Jonathan Wright]

Fair enough.

*hops online to order coffee in bulk*

Thanks again everyone.

[Jonathan Wright]

Thanks Michael.

Yes, I’ve already gone with a pseudonym for the low-end libraries, thought it was best.

Thanks for the advice.

[Jonathan Wright]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Just to be clear, I’d never resubmit tracks to another library if I were contracted to an exclusive library.

I guess I was trying to be clear in my mind what the best way to approach non-exclusive libraries that have these rules would be.

For instance, Library A says they won’t accept submissions from composers that submit to Library B.

Does that mean, that if I submit completely different tracks to Library A than I already have to Library B it’s okay, or do they operate a ‘blanket ban’, resulting in the need for a pseudonym?

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