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What happens if music leaks or a takedown is needed?

How leaks and takedowns are handled: takedown tracking on campaigns, who coordinates removals, the protection already in place, and coverage through the drop window.

Written by Andrea Torres

Takedown tracking runs on campaigns, and your EVEN team coordinates removals. If something surfaces, post it in the shared campaign thread and your EVEN team takes it from there.

Takedown tracking

Takedown tracking runs on campaigns as one layer of the protection around unreleased music. It is an active check, so nobody has to happen to notice a leak for the campaign to catch it.

Who does the work

Your EVEN team coordinates removals. Every campaign runs a shared thread with that team, and posting there is the fastest route to whoever needs to act. Send what you have: where the file surfaced and when you saw it.

What is already in place

Several protections run long before a takedown is needed. The music sits encrypted behind the paywall with no free streaming tier, EVEN applies DRM and watermarking, and downloads stay off during the exclusive window. A separate article covers those protections in full.

Download and DRM settings

Download and DRM settings are always the artist's and the label's decision, and EVEN never overrides them. If you want downloads held until after release day, EVEN builds the campaign that way. That is the most common setup for a release with exclusive early tracks.

During release week

Drop windows carry uptime and response commitments, and the shared thread runs from kickoff through the campaign. Your EVEN team confirms the coverage commitment for your specific drop window during setup, so you know what is covered before launch.

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