TuneCore
TuneCore is a Brooklyn, New York–based digital music distribution, publishing and licensing service founded in 2006.[4] TuneCore distributes music through online retailers such as iTunes, Deezer, Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Google Play, Tidal, Beatport and others.[5][6]
Copyright fraud allegations[edit]
TuneCore has had multiple instances where their services are used to commit copyright fraud through online services like iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube. In one case, independent artists represented by TuneCore uploaded unreleased tracks by artists Playboi Carti and Lil Uzi Vert to Spotify. Plays of these tracks resulted in revenue going to the independent artists who were not the original owners of the music. In a similar case, TuneCore was sued by Round Hill Music for uploading and collecting revenue from iTunes for compositions owned by Round Hill. In a third case, TuneCore submitted copyright claims over a streamed performance of public domain classical music by Brett Yang and Eddy Chen of Twoset Violin, collecting revenue from the stream that would otherwise have gone to the performers.[26][27][28]