Copyright Infringement ??
I recently arranged a song for a small band that I published it publicly on musescore. They later told me that my score has been temporarily hidden since it is believed that my arrangement is related to "Juice" composed by "Melissa Viviane Jefferson, Ricky Reed, Sam Michael Sumser, Sean Spencer Small, Theron Makiel Thomas". I later did my research as I was scared I had done something illegal. However, I would love to listen to the work that my arrangement is supposedly related to.. my arrangement was done by ear and I have never listened to the composition they mentioned me about. They also didn't provide me with a link for me to listen to it.
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This is related to musescore.com, the score sharing webnsite, nit this site here, musescore.org
You'd need to bring it up there, possible via email to support@musescore.com
But if you arranged it by ear, it certainly is not your original work, but someone elses, so that copyright claim is probably correct.
In reply to This is related to musescore… by Jojo-Schmitz
it was a complete misunderstanding from me.. I gave credit in my arrangement to the wrong person... i had only known the song from the artist Lizzo, not from the original composers/lyricists. But to clear things: even if i do give the correct credit to the composers would it still be copyright infringement just by arranging a song that is not my own?
In reply to it was a complete… by danielaxjimenezz
Yes.
In reply to it was a complete… by danielaxjimenezz
Just to clarify a little: it's only infringement if you don't have permission to post the arrangement. For "many" songs, the publishers have already granted musescore.com a license so that arrangements of their songs can be posted legally. Only if the song is one that is not from a publisher who has already given permission is there a problem. And still not to worry, you won't get in trouble for it - you are simply being notified that in order to protect you and musescore.com from trouble, the score is being hidden. YouTube works more or less the same way, FWIW.
I typed the following text:
on Youtube search box, and it came up with some promising candidates (sorry this is not my usual genre of music)
In reply to I typed the following text: … by Shaw Takeuchi
thank you