[ronnie_dean]

There are very specific questions on services like DistroKid asking if you are using any samples or sounds that you did not record yourself.  This falls into that category I believe which means nobody’s music created with EZDrummer is safe from copyright infringement notices, despite what you say.  A computer algorithm does the checking, and if it finds similar drum patterns, it could trigger one.  You have to tick a box on Distrokid that specifically says:
Important stuff that YouTube takes seriously
Does your album contain any audio (beats, loops, samples, video game sounds, other peoples’ music…) that you didn’t create yourself? If so, this album is unfortunately ineligible for YouTube Money. Not only that, but all of the following must be true as well:

I created all of the sounds myself

This album does NOT contain beats, loops, sound effects, or other audio that I downloaded from sample libraries or other public sources. This includes sounds that are available for free from GarageBand, Ableton, Logic, Fruity Loops, etc.

this is literally what EZDrummer is so I couldnt tick these boxes, which means I cant put music on YouTube.  Read your EULA and it doesn’t say anything about the users protection, just Toontracks protection from people ripping off the software.  Bit if a let down for someone who bought this thinking it was all good to use on original comps.  Its very gray.

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