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Thank you so much for your help!!! Sorry for late reply.

So here is an example of what I would put. This is the sound I used: https://freesound.org/people/nicStage/sounds/424463/

And this is the credit I would put:

BirdWingFlap.wav by nicStage [slightly modified to make longer] | License: CCBY 3.0

Is this all right? I think it gives everything you listed...

I am also a little confused on the "extra" things that 3.0 requires. How can I not list the extra requirements and still be ok? I was wondering what I would need to list? Does it mean saying something like, "These sounds were found on Freesound, all belong to their respective owners listed here. I do not claim credit for any of them." Etc ?

I'm sorry to be asking so many questions, thank you again!

InspectorJ has highlighted and explained a very clear reason why many up-loaders are getting unwarranted copyright dispute notices.

It might be helpful if a new section could be made in FAQ/Licenses/- copyright disputes, to collate all the sensible advice/information scattered through the forum.

Putting this kind of information there, with hints at dispute resolution pathways, might save some posters having to wait (with fingers crossed) for a response to a post.

It might also unwind the (quite natural) sense of paranoia that some evil artist is purposefully 'stealing' their creation when it's actually a 'bug' in the machinery of the internet and the CC system.

Not trying to make extra work for the freesound team, but it might save time and effort in the long run. A 'wiki' type suggestion system, with members able to offer improvements and additions for the fs team's consideration (via private message?) may help keep it up to date in a rapidly evolving environment.

My suggestion to add to the FAQ:-
If you are defending a copyright issue and the date you uploaded your sound, as recorded on freesound, predates the published date of the other 'contestant' your claim is clearly more justified.
(Another scenario - both party's obtained the sound from a third/fourth etc source. This would not however give either a claim over the other for the sound so the above still stands.)

My (long winded) thoughts,

Wibby

I just want to state that I don't mind these users not attributing me or even making money off my sounds, but to entirely claim the sound as their own and prevent others from using it is just straight up selfish and disrespectful.

Recently it happened to me and I thought exactly the same. Couldn't agree more with that.

Can't really help but I'm looking foward to see other ways of solving these types of situations.

I'm actually having a situation somewhat around this. I'm not a content creator, but I do utilize pieces from this site for videos of mine on YouTube, I credit regardless of the attribution status, however I've had two videos come up flagged as copyright, where I downloaded the songs from this site and the songs come from other members.

https://freesound.org/people/Bradovic/sounds/167812/

https://freesound.org/people/Giouseppe/sounds/130569/

Both songs have CC 0 on them, so they are public domain, are not copyrighted and I would not need to credit. Both songs are flagged in YT by the same company CD Baby. It seems whoever CD Baby is, is that they are taking songs and sounds, that others made, incorporating them into their pieces and slapping a copyright on them and making money off other's creations.

Its bullcrap really...

Oh man, this makes me so angry. It's blatant theft. There's a similar phenomenon that's been happening on Reddit and other social networks, where people post a painting and claim it as their own. Not only is it lazy and narcissistic, but it's downright disrespectful to the original artist.

What about an audio "watermark" at the beginning or end of your sound? Just something reminding people of the limitations of copyright you've placed on the sound. I realize people could easily crop it and still name it as their own, so it won't deter malicious sound thieves, but it might remind those that are prone to forgetting to attribute, that the file has a copyright. That combined with an attribution/non-commercial license might reduce the number of false claims out there. It's not a perfect solution, but it might help a bit.

womb_affliction wrote:
What about an audio "watermark" at the beginning or end of your sound? Just something reminding people of the limitations of copyright you've placed on the sound. I realize people could easily crop it and still name it as their own, so it won't deter malicious sound thieves, but it might remind those that are prone to forgetting to attribute, that the file has a copyright. That combined with an attribution/non-commercial license might reduce the number of false claims out there. It's not a perfect solution, but it might help a bit.

In addition to the audible watermark at the beginning and end, you could also add an inaudible watermark that's above human hearing range which you could see on FFT spectrum analysis that can't be edited out.

However, there's one drawback to this: If you pitched down the sound significantly, you'd then be able to hear the overlay audio watermark as a high-pitched artefact. This would be an extreme use-case though.