How to replace just the song that got your video a copyright claim
Send Vizard Agent the claim notice and say that only the claimed music may change. It locates the exact start and end of that song in the mix, checks nothing else sits under it, generates an original cue that matches the scene's energy and beats, replaces just that stretch with short fades, and keeps the video stream itself unchanged.
What do you type into Vizard Agent?
Draw the fence around the change. A claim on twenty seconds of a twelve-minute film is a surgical job, and the risk is that a fresh edit quietly retimes something else you had already approved, so list what must not move.
The platform flagged copyrighted music in this section. Remove and replace only that music. Don't change the footage, the cuts, the timing, the dialogue, the subtitles or the ambient sound. Don't just mute it, make the transition in and out smooth and match the beat.
What does Vizard Agent actually do?
It works from the mix it built rather than from the finished file. When the soundtrack was assembled from separate stems, the claimed song exists as its own layer, which makes a clean swap possible instead of an attempt to filter music out of a final mix. In the session behind this article it:
- Read the claim screenshot to confirm the affected section, a 14.5-second insert carrying a trending song.
- Found the music's exact boundaries from its own saved audio stems.
- Checked that no dialogue sat under the claimed song before touching it.
- Generated an original percussion-led instrumental, matched its level and accents to the scene, and fitted it to the two action beats.
- Replaced only that passage with short fades, confirmed the video stream was identical to the previous version, and kept the song out of every later edit.
When does this not work well?
When the song is in the camera audio itself, under people talking. There is then no separate layer to swap, and removing the music means separating it from the voices first, which can thin them out. Vizard Agent also cannot promise the platform's automated check will clear the new version.
Common questions
Do I have to re-edit the whole video? No. Vizard Agent swaps only the claimed passage.
Will the new music fit the scene? Vizard Agent matches its level and beats to the action.
Is the claim guaranteed to clear? No. Vizard Agent removes the song, but the platform decides.