Music Piracy Monitoring and Takedowns

Every unofficial copy is a listener lost

Music is easy to copy and easy to share, and piracy has followed it onto every surface listeners use. A leaked album sets the conversation before release day. An unauthorized upload on a video platform collects the plays that should have gone to your official release. A download link in a Telegram channel reaches thousands of people who will never stream the track legitimately.

Music piracy monitoring finds those copies and takedowns remove them. We have been finding and removing unauthorized copies for rights owners since 2013, and music is part of what we protect.

Where music piracy happens

• Pre-release leaks, tracks and albums that escape before release day and spread within hours.
• Download sites and blogs, which post albums and singles with links to download them.
• Cyberlockers and file hosts, which store the files those sites link to.
• Video and social platforms, where full albums, tracks and live recordings are uploaded without authorization.
• Telegram channels, which share full discographies and new releases with large groups.
• Search results, which send listeners looking for a track to all of the above.

How we protect a release

We start before release. Monitoring can begin ahead of release day, so a leak is caught where it first appears, not after it has been mirrored across dozens of sites.

We monitor everywhere. Coverage runs across all of these surfaces, in every language and territory your music reaches. Your releases are searched the way pirates share them: by artist, by title, by album and by the misspellings used to avoid detection.

We detect with precision. Every match is verified by our own technology and analysts. Your official channels, licensed partners and promotional uploads sit on a whitelist that we set with you before enforcement begins.

We take it down. Confirmed copies go into takedown notices, delisting requests and platform escalation, carried through until the copy is gone. We act on the source as well as the link, so the file is removed at its origin.

We keep it down. Removed copies come back under new links and new uploads. Re-uploads are tracked and each new copy is handled as it appears, for as long as your music is under protection.

Catalogue as well as new releases

New releases draw the most piracy, but catalogue never stops being shared. Back-catalogue albums and discographies stay under protection alongside new releases, so a listener looking for an older record finds your official release, not a pirate one.

What you see

Every link found and every removal confirmed, release by release, through a live dashboard and periodic reports your team can act on. Our customer success team stays reachable throughout.

Who it is for

Record labels, artists and their management, music publishers, and rights owners of concerts and live recordings. For live concert streams, see live stream anti-piracy protection. Music protection is part of our Content Protection service.

Getting started

Tell us which releases matter most, and we show you where copies are circulating today. First report free, 14-day trial, no obligation. Get your first report or talk to our team.