And @MateriaColl does it once again I will have to stop making Undertale/DR content at this point, it's not economically viable for me to keep doing this
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Materia Collective
 @MateriaColl
1 Nov 2022
Replying to @NyxTheShield @tobyfox @UnderTale @Fangamer
Hi Nyx, our email remains open for details, and we encourage you to reach out directly. Music rights on YouTube are complex, and @MateriaMusicPub helps resolve claims. YouTube is limited with policies and we spend hours every week revolving these things.
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so, wait, are y'all saying you cannot do revenue sharing on cover songs here categorically? (your licensing page that you redirect to also says you only do mechanical licenses for covers)
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Great question! Materia Music Publishing (@MateriaMusicPub) collects the sync/performance royalties on YouTube. For cover song artists who want to collect their *sound recording* revenue on YouTube and other DSPs, we suggest Soundrop, Distrokid, Screenwave, or a similar MCN.
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Soundrop cannot do a synch license for YouTube covers as part of mechanical distribution, can it? Isn't that one of the problems? - that some musicians started incorrectly registering covers in the system that they didn't have rights for?
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Replying to @GASpriggs @NyxTheShield @MateriaMusicPub
We do not know what type of relationship Soundrop has with YouTube. From Materia's end, we have a relationship with YouTube and Google to *proactively* license the sound recording and publishing rights to YouTube to ensure accessibility and availability.

Nov 1, 2022 路 8:14 PM UTC

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Replying to @MateriaColl @GASpriggs @NyxTheShield @MateriaMusicPub
We remember an era where YouTube removed content due to unavailable rights, licenses; or at instruction of music publishers and labels. Many rights holders still take this approach. One of our goals is to prevent that, and protect both the creator ecosystem and rightsholders.
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