The music available in Storykit is either from YouTube’s royalty-free library or from Storyblocs music library if you are subscribing to the Storykit premium music add-on. In both cases, this means you have full access to these songs.
Why does this message appear?
Unfortunately, all music rights can pretty easily be challenged online, which is frequently done by malicious actors to claim IP that is not theirs as a fraudulent business model.
Vimeo might believe the “claimer”, block your video and send you a message about it. In this case, you can always “claim your right” since you have used a song to which you have the right through your agreement with Storykit and Storykit’s agreement with Storyblocs, or because the song is 100% royalty-free and open for anyone to use.
Claiming your right might take a while. If you think the wait is too long, we suggest you choose another song or just publish without sound.
With Vimeo, if you have the Storykit premium music add-on, the process to claim your rights follows the following procedure:
- Contact Christina at Storyblocks on christina.baddar@storyblocks.com and describe that you have used a song through the Storykit integration. Please provide the name of the song and the date when you created the storyboard. Ask for a EULA Asset License for the music in your video.
- Attach the signed EULA in the appeal to Vimeo
- Wait for Vimeo’s reply, which should be a release of your video on the platform.
It is an arduous process, that we wish that you would not have to go through. But remember that you are simultaneously making the internet a better, less fraudulent place.