FOR SUBS ONLY: Ability to turn off things that can lead to "track theft"
under review
iNever
Track theft is a very big deal for some people, and significantly more likely to be a bigger deal for subscribers. People like Gainn have stopped posting most tracks to the Udio site completely due to the way things currently are.
The suggestion is allow everything as is as default, but then allow certain things to be turned off on both a track to track basis or through the global preferences as default. Things like disabling music downloads, video downloads, extensions off your track, remixing of your track, inpainting of your track (which I know can't be done, but you could allow this option if we had the ability to turn it off?).
I know this is a huge thing for a lot of people and would be very welcome. I feel like it would make for a great "Subscriber Only" feature. Because creativity and use of samples and things on Udio should, by default, be allowed but then paying members want the ability to stop track theft.
Christian Gruber
If I'm using the songs elsewhere I am not understanding the point of publishing on Udio at all. I use udio often but squeeze it into my schedule, like now, I'm on the run. so if anyone has a explanation I'm all ears. thanks
Green&Gigi&Su
I support this feature. According to the user agreement, if I create a track, other UDIO users have the complete right to remix it, which I don’t think is entirely fair. Delving deeper into this issue in the terms of service, even if I don't publish it on UDIO—say, I upload it on YouTube instead—if someone knows that the song was created using UDIO, they could download the audio from YouTube, re-upload it to UDIO, and legally remix it according to the current terms. I’ve raised this concern in an email to the UDIO team, and their response was that they have "anti-scraping protections in place to mitigate scraping attempts." While I believe that such measures are technically feasible, wouldn't it be better to adjust the user agreement itself?
Moreover, adding a toggle that allows users to explicitly refuse any remixing or downloading would clarify responsibilities. Those who download by other means would clearly be in violation. We shouldn't be discussing the possibilities of copyright infringement or illegal downloading outside the platform, but rather focus on resolving this ambiguity here, ensuring clear terms within our platform.
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forrmorr134567754
I can download your track and upload it to a2a anyway. Even if there is no "download" button. Don't publish tracks and that's it.
HGTY
First if you fgenerate an awesome song, don't share it, then, if someone wants to steal the song, anybody can reccord the audio on his computer and there's no way to avoid this issue than just not sharing in public your tracks, or sharing the one you won't use for your project.
Gainn
HGTY if it's as pointless as you say then implementing it harms nobody. Why would you object?
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UdioAdam
under review
Acknowledging the understandable interest in this here and appreciate the conversation! We're exploring options.
Monster Crush
It's a big deal for me, I left this in the request feature thread in discord, I'll post it here so it doesn't get buried
I know you could just "Not Publish." and I think it's time for me to follow that advice even though I enjoy sharing my content.
What I don't enjoy is having people download my music without hindrance and re-upload the content under their names.
Did I create all the sounds? No, but I spent hours piecing extensions together, and I do spend plenty of time writing lyrics without having the A.I generating it for me. I take a lot of pride in my lyrics; it's a therapeutic and creative outlet for me.
Being able to publish and share has led me to a fantastic community, some of whom I enjoy spending time with outside of Udio, and I'm grateful for that connection.
However, that connection doesn't protect me as a consumer on Udio. To issue a copyright strike on YouTube, you have to provide personal information—your address, phone number, legal name. It’s not worth the risk to me.
So, I’m unpublishing all my music from this point on, and may only casually create for personal use moving forward.
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Preample
Yes
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Having the option to make one's prompts completely private. After all, this is really where the hard work goes for many.
unbruitsourd
As much as I'd like to say it's a good idea, as far as I'm concerned, it's a long shot... in the sense that, you know, the music industry has never succeeded in eradicating piracy on the Internet. Cutting off access to WAVs is a start, but if a pirate wants to download your song, he's going to do it with or without a download button.
Watermarking every audio file could be an interesting intermediate solution which, without preventing a pirate from downloading your song, would at the very least allow the creator to have proof that he or she is the original author and thus potentially be able to ask Youtube or whatever platform to remove the song in question.
Gainn
unbruitsourd downloading in MP3 is less the issue as they'll just get it elsewhere. it's the ability to replicate the song in the udio format in their own account and then grab stems and do things with it they can't with an audio upload.
unbruitsourd
Gainn 1- It's easy to create stems locally on your own PC with the right tools, or using a web service (there's many), even using compressed mp3. Personnaly, I prefer the stems from RipX instead of Udio for my own local remix.
2- With an mp3, you can upload it on Udio and remix it with a very low variance value anyway.
There's not an easy solution for this problem unfortunatly.
Pasquale T.
good idea!
Teebo DK
While I'm personally not concerned at all over this (my songs are so unpopular that nobody would even consider grabbing them) I know that many others are deeply worried, to a point where it's completely destroying their enjoyment of songwriting. I therefore support this suggestion, hoping it would bring back some peace of mind for those affected.
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