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Hi!

I have what might be a stupid question... But might aswell ask In todays day and age when most music is only digitally released. How do you attribute members if you use a sample with attribute license? To give an example, if a track is only digitally released on Spotify and Itunes, where do you put the attribution? Thanks!

Product description, project description, reference www page, optionally inside ID tag, cover art (back side).

Attribution assumes that you give the name or nick of contributor, and some contact data, which nowadays - is www or e-mail (or freesound profile) for example.

Keep in mind, that attribution also means, that you don't implicate that the work was made "in collaboration with". You just give credits to contributors, and "collaboration" part in your description depends on agreemens you made with individual contributors.

I guess simple formula like:

"Thanks to / Credits (freesound.org): list_of_names [optional list of sample IDs per name]"

or

"Thanks to / Credits: (optional contributor name), http://freesound.org/people/contributor_name [optional list of sample IDs per name]"

should do in terms of fair use. Optional details would depend on expectations.

Hi thanks for responding. But I'm not sure it made me any wiser TBH.. "Where" should this be done? Where should the "product/project description be? If a song is only released digitally via Spotify for example, there are no booklets or other place for written information. There is only the track and a picture..

If someone could elaborate on this it would be awesome

No description field when you click on track details? There must be something somewhere.

But even if there is nothing (sorry, I don't use spotisomething) - you can use the picture, to point your project website, and on your website - you give the credits.

Generally the lack of description fields in various services is not your problem. If they don't give description fields and just use your tracks, then you as an artist - are abused as well. As long as you give credits on your project website (i.e. any place, that identifies you as the creator of your piece, piece that uses other licenced content) - it should be fine.

"The only stupid question, is the one not asked" - Albert Einstein?

I too am confused about this. For sites such as Bandcamp , Youtube, and Soundcloud I can easily attribute, but for Spotify and iTunes not so much. Anyone know anything more about this?

...make a profile on Bandcamp, Youtube, or Soundcloud, and give credits there. If you can give a link on spotify or itunes to your personal website, then all is clear.