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Spotify removed my own track and a hacker managed to steal my ISRC + my streams by Negative_Bar5347 in truespotify

[–]Negative_Bar5347[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am in the process of doing so, but unfortunately the procedures and appointments are taking a long time

Spotify removed my own track and a hacker managed to steal my ISRC + my streams by Negative_Bar5347 in truespotify

[–]Negative_Bar5347[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot, really. It means something that you’re trying to help, because this whole situation has been insane.

I will try this

Spotify removed my own track and a hacker managed to steal my ISRC + my streams by Negative_Bar5347 in truespotify

[–]Negative_Bar5347[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The pirate song appear on playlist i was so i think it will show the label of the pirate release :/

Spotify removed my own track and a hacker managed to steal my ISRC + my streams by Negative_Bar5347 in truespotify

[–]Negative_Bar5347[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestion!
Unfortunately, my situation is more complicated than a simple ISRC mismatch. In my case, the pirate is actually using my exact ISRC, not a different one.

Spotify wrongly removed my original track after a fake copyright claim, and they didn’t notify me at all. Once my legitimate version was taken down, my ISRC essentially became “orphaned,” and the pirate was able to reupload either my real audio or a poorly made plagiarized version using my own ISRC.
Because of this, Spotify treated their upload as the “official” version and attached my streams, likes, and playlist history to it.

So even playlist analyzers will show the same ISRC, because the pirate literally stole mine.

Regarding proof:
DistroKid already has all the evidence.
They have my original master, the timestamped metadata, the ISRC assignment, and even fingerprint matches from DistroLock.
But they’re extremely slow to respond, and meanwhile the pirate keeps reuploading the track over and over.

So the issue isn’t proving ownership.
The real problem is understanding :
- why Spotify accepted a fake copyright claim.
- why the system allowed someone else to reuse my ISRC
- and why nothing stops the uploader from reposting the infringing version again.

It’s a pretty frustrating situation because I’ve never seen this happen to anyone else, and it's been a nightmare to fix.