Wrongfully terminated account of label, leaving us to explain all of our artists why they are not receiving their royalties. All songs had the correct rights, none are infringing, and they were all properly licensed beats from producers with no issues. We received no explanation of the termination and had over $12,000 or more in royalties withheld and never paid to us.
To make it worse they kept some of our music live on DSPs, and kept all of our songs in ContentID so they are monetizing all of our works and paying us nothing. DO NOT WORK WITH THIS COMPANY. To make matters even worse they reached out to us FIRST to work with us. They knew we had catalog they could scam us out of. We will be pursuing all available legal remedies
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Jahmai P.
WARNING
WARNING: My Experience with Vydia Music Distribution
After more than 3 years of dealing with Vydia, I feel compelled to share my experience.
Vydia falsely accused my music of artificial streaming and used this as justification to withhold over £5,000 in royalties that were rightfully earned. What makes this situation even more concerning is that despite claiming my music violated their policies, they continued to keep my songs live on streaming platforms, where they continued generating streams and revenue month after month.
If the streams were genuinely invalid, why were my releases left active and monetized? That is a question Vydia has never properly answered.
Over time, I have also noticed changes to their terms and conditions that appear designed to protect the company while leaving artists with fewer rights and less transparency regarding withheld earnings.
As an independent artist, I expect fair treatment, accurate reporting, and payment for every legitimate stream generated by my music. Instead, I have spent years attempting to recover royalties that I believe are owed to me.
I will be pursuing all available legal options to recover my earnings, seek compensation, and hold accountable everyone involved in what I consider to be unfair and deceptive business practices.
Based on my experience, I would strongly advise artists to thoroughly research Vydia before distributing their music through the platform.
Every stream matters. Every royalty matters. Artists deserve transparency, accountability, and payment for the work they create.
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Helmi T.
Copyrighting independent artists
Copyrighting independent artists and distributing AI-slop. Evil, villainous corporation.
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Allen P.
Stealing other peoples work and then…
Stealing other peoples work and then copyrighting it. Do not do business with this company.
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budgiemint
locked my account and is actively stealing my money
been on vydia for a little bit more than a year now. one random day, my account got locked and i went to support NUMEROUS times and all they did was stall me out. on top of that, this happened right after they were supposed to pay me my royalties. coincidence? i don't think so. this pathetic company is withholding my money for no good reason, they won't even tell me why they banned me, as well as the fact that they have taken down all my stuff but left content id on so they can monetize off of my music and i can't do anything about it.
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Justin
No transparency, no respect.
Don’t work with a company that can terminate a contract for ‘no reason at all’.
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Henry C.
horrible. run away from them
truly could not reccomend them any less. They cannot figure out how to communicate, they release music on the wrong dates and out of order, they generally are rude and unhelpful. They basically poison any project they get their grubby little hands on.
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Maurice M.
Be cautious of the distribution company…
Be cautious of the distribution company Vydia. I inquired about why my account showed a -$300 balance when I haven't spent any money on promotion. They refused to pay me the $137 they owe me. When I asked about it, they responded in a rude manner. I believe this distribution company should be shut down.
Vydia is scamming independent artists. You have to wait until the 15th to receive your money, and you can't withdraw it whenever you want. They even tried to charge me for a negative balance associated with my account, which I refused to pay. I told them to cancel my account, and they got upset. The guy who was supposed to be my marketer is also a scammer. All they seem to care about is making money.