Instagram notifies users when they broadcast unlicensed music for a long period of time

Instagram has once again come up with posting guidelines for its users. The most popular social media platform has recently announced its rules for using copyrighted music during live videos, Stories, and different posts on the platform.

Instagram has decided to incorporate a notification that springs up for such users who tend to use unlicensed art that violates the rules of the platform. The changes to the pop up notification are planned around helping users keep away from Instagram's automated interferences — like blocking out and muting — that happens if a part of authorized music plays for a really long time over or out of sight of a live video. 

Now users can avoid the disruptions in their live videos or stories if they are using any piece of art that they don’t have permission to use. The notification pops up earlier now in live broadcasts in order to warn users to remove the audio that they are not allowed to use. See the image below:

“These notifications are intended to alert you when our systems detect that your broadcast or uploaded video may include music in a way that doesn’t adhere to our licensing agreements,” reads Instagram’s blog post on the changes. “Updates include making notifications clearer and surfacing notifications earlier to live broadcasters, to give people time to adjust their streams and avoid interruptions if we detect they may be approaching our limitations.”

Additionally, Instagram is also emphasizing its strategy for unlimited usage of this music sharing platform for sharing music in Stories and when recording live music performances and posting those on the main feed. Be that as it may, utilizing music in a live video or a pre-recorded video presented on the feed has limitations, and Instagram says:

• to use shorter clips

• to do whatever it takes not to use various clasps of different music throughout a video

• try not to make the broadcasting of music the essential focal point of a video by adding up a visual content along with music 

“These guidelines are consistent across live and recorded video on both Facebook and Instagram, and for all types of accounts — i.e. pages, profiles, verified and unverified accounts,” the blog post explains. 

“And although music is launched on our platforms in more than 90 countries, there are places where it is not yet available. So if your video includes recorded music, it may not be available for use in those locations.”