I would like to ask if others have observed the same:
When I google my Youtube or Soundcloud user name, my own recordings from Youtube or Soundcloud appear on websites I don't know, for example Indian or Russian MP3/MP4 platforms.
My Blue Danube Waltz from Youtube is offered for download on such site, for example.
It even gets more weird: Last week I uploaded an "EDM version" of a James Bond song. Now, I find an "EDM.me" website which states to have a profile with my name as if I were a musician engaged in EDM music. I never opened such an account there.
Some of these platforms are so fast that I found the "Midnight in Moscow" dixie on an Indian MP4 platform, one day after I uploaded it on Soundcloud.
Weird.

EDIT: I'm attaching a screenshot of google results when I search for "Beautiful blue danube" + "Roland Integra". My version pops up on several websites I never visited.

Do you have a bug? (virus) or has someone absconded with your info.

No, it's not a bug. It already occurred in 2014 with a different computer. These are Google search results. Some platforms obviously take music posted on Youtube and Soundcloud and repost it elsewhere. The new thing is that my name is taken as well and accounts like this EDM thing are created. But this can be done by copying my public information from Soundcloud or Youtube. All kinds of things going on on the net.

The woods are filled with crooks and charlatans who will steal your songs and profit without even thinking about sharing. It appears to be getting worse and streaming is a real bag of worms for songwriters and artists, according to ASCAP's daily newsletter.

Sadly, the act of resorting to legal maneuvers is almost futile.

Sorry you are being "ripped off" so blatantly. ----Dave Rice

Yes, anything you place on the internet is subject to someone taking it, with or against your wishes.
Even years ago when I was creating some of my own styles from scratch, I shared some with a couple of people and before long they were being offered for sale as part of a package on Ebay!
There are scores of lyrics sites, all with identical versions of songs. They raid each other I guess.

That could have happened to me, in the pre internet days, when we where allways swapping styles.. (tough not selling them ourselves) and then certainly someone decided to sell the stuff he traded for free to people not in the circle of trading


These days when i get styles from someone, i allways ask if he minds me trading them with others again, works best.. tough we barely trade things these days as there is som much available for download..


Guess when your styles are in those free downloadable packages, everyone can get them and make their own package of them for selling them on E-bay..


But like said, these days i am much more inclined to check copyrights before using things.. Slowly things are changing where it comes to copyright protection of artists, and thats a good thing for those that create things..

I made up (what I consider) a really good arrangement of the song "Brazil." That's the exact reason I don't post it. If it's as good as I think it is, someone will steal the arrangement, transcribe it for sale, or use it as their own.

It it turns out that it IS a dynamite arrangement, that will happen for sure. If it turns out that it's a dud, they'll still steal it. Meantime, I hide it under my pillow every night!

Mark