Find leaks and unlicensed uploads of your music
Labels and music companies use VideoLock to find tracks, albums and videos that are shared without a licence and to have them taken down.
An album, track by track
Every track on a release is checked on its own. You see which ones have leaked, where they were found and what has been done about it.
A leak found days before release
The first copy usually lands on a file host or a forum before the release date. Here is one sighting, counted back from release day to the take-down.
Sighting log
Each sighting is dated against the release, so you can see how early it appeared.
Days to release
How long each step took, counted back from release day.
Where unlicensed music gets shared
Music moves through a lot of small places. These are the ones we watch for every release.
Every kind of source.
Download sites, stream rippers, forums, torrents, video uploads and chat channels, searched release by release.
A watch for each release.
A release is set up with its title, artist and date, then searched until the date has passed.
New uploads of the same track.
Re-uploads are tied to the first copy so they are reported together.
Audio is matched, not guessed.
A track is compared by its sound as well as its name, so a renamed file is still found.
Licensed services are skipped.
Official stores and streaming services go on your allow list and are never reported.
Tighter around the date.
Checks get more frequent in the weeks either side of each release.
Audio comparison.
A file we find is set against your master before a reviewer confirms it.
A report for each release.
Sightings, notices and removals are filed against the release they belong to.
Questions about music and audio
Yes. Share the schedule and monitoring starts ahead of each release.
Yes. Tracks, albums and music videos are all covered.
By title, artist and file details, checked by a reviewer before any notice is sent.
We follow each platform's reporting process and your licensing position.
Yes. Reports can be split by release, platform and country.
Next single on the calendar?
Tell us the date. We will start watching before it goes out.
Or write to contact@videolock.net.