Learn more about the specific content types that are not supported for each of Audible Magic's services.
Before registering any content with Audible Magic, you should be aware of our content registration policies. These vary depending on which of our services you are registering your catalog for so please be sure to review carefully each set of policies below. If Audible Magic observes any instances of unsupported content being submitted, we reserve the right to remove said content from our database. We will notify you should this occur. In the event a content partner becomes a repeat offender, then further escalation steps will be taken. This includes, but is not limited to, longer support request response times, longer ingestion processing times, or ultimately having the delivery feed disabled until the content partner shows they can meet our registration guidelines.
Identification & Copyright Compliance Systems
Audible Magic’s Identification & Copyright Compliance content registration guidelines are subject to change but currently exclude the types of content described below.
- Compilations:
- Any compilation or playlist of songs from one or multiple rights holders where the submitting content partner does not exclusively own the tracks in the delivered territories. This includes album compilations, as well as compilations of songs within a single audio file.
- DJ Mixes:
- Any official and/or unofficial DJ mixes containing two or more songs in a multi-track and/or single-track release.
- Official DJ Mixes: Any ’official’ on label DJ mixes. This also applies to DJ mixes containing content from multiple rights holders under one parent label/distributor.
- Unofficial DJ Mixes: Any ’unofficial’ compilations and/or DJ mixes containing content from multiple rights holders.
- Any official and/or unofficial DJ mixes containing two or more songs in a multi-track and/or single-track release.
- Long-form:
- If music content delivered is longer than 30 minutes, it will be considered ‘long-form,’ flagged by our system, and not processed immediately upon ingestion. This content will be put in a queue for further review.
- Public Domain:
- Any content available for free use under public domain will not be processed as there is no rights holder associated with it.
- Soundtracks:
- Movie Soundtracks: Any movie soundtracks that are a compilation or playlist of songs from one or multiple rights holders where the submitting content partner does not exclusively own the tracks in the delivered territories. Please note this does not apply to original film scores, which are supported. Songs originally written for a film and only released on a soundtrack are supported but should be delivered independently.
- Video Game Soundtracks: Any video game soundtracks, including original video game score or content licensed for usage in the video game, will not be processed.
- Sound Effects/Meditation/White Noise:
- Any content that includes sound effects, meditation music, and/or white noise (i.e. rain drops, nature sounds etc).
- Spoken Word/Comedy/Literary Work:
- Any content that does not include music and is not a non-music part of a musical album or associated with a musical work. This includes audiobooks, podcasts, and sermons.
- Generative AI:
- Any generative-AI produced content that contains instances of previously commercially released and licensed sound recordings.
- Non-Exclusive Rights:
- Labels/Distributors must have exclusive rights to the material in the specified territory. Content partners are asked not to register:
- Content that is licensed non-exclusively from a third party
- Content that has been released under Creative Commons, or other free licenses
- Parts of content that contain clips from other sources even if considered “fair use”
- Non-exclusive content released on compilations, movie soundtracks, or video game soundtracks, as detailed herein.
- Labels/Distributors must have exclusive rights to the material in the specified territory. Content partners are asked not to register:
- Karaoke and Sound-Alikes
- Any karaoke or sound-alike recordings that mimic or are recorded to sound like an original master sound recording, regardless of whether the track includes the original master sound recording.
Other examples of content that do not meet our guidelines include royalty free music, video game play, sample packs and digital loops.
Music Delivery Systems
Audible Magic’s Music Delivery content registration guidelines are subject to change but currently exclude the types of content described below.
- Spoken Word/Comedy/Literary Work:
- Any content that does not include music and is not a non-music part of a musical album or associated with a musical work. This includes audiobooks, podcasts, and sermons.
In addition, it should be noted that Audible Magic provides music to DSPs and online platforms, our customers retain full editorial control. This means they can block, allow, or otherwise curate songs based on a number of criteria, such as whether the release is explicit or not.
If you are able to adhere to these guidelines and are interested in delivering your catalog to Audible Magic, please contact labeloperations@audiblemagic.com. If you've already registered content that does not adhere to our guidelines, please submit takedowns for the infringing content.