How Do I Remove a Photo of an Artist that is Showing Up as the Avatar in Apple Music For My Personal Songs

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How Do I Remove a Photo of an Artist that is Showing Up as the Avatar in Apple Music For My Personal Songs

I recorded some demo work in 1997, 2002, and 2006. It never went anywhere, no big deal. But suddenly somebody is using the same band name. Since they're leveraging the internet to spread their music, Apple has decided to attach their Artist Photo to MY ORIGINAL work in my personal library. I'm not looking for copyright infringement or anything, since I was never a commercial success, but this person has 4 demo songs total and now MY ORIGINAL work in my personal library has their pic attached. I just want to stop the iphone from AUTOMATICALLY AND ERRONEOUSLY downloading artist/album artwork.

iPhone 13, iOS 18

Posted on Nov 4, 2024 1:43 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 4, 2024 2:10 PM in response to skyknight_john

So, further research indicates a person has zero control over the artist display on the iPhone, and even the instructions to report a problem are incorrect, and that option is not available, or moved/hidden, on 18.1.

To get around this, I edited the album info to change the artist name. Now my ORIGINAL artwork is not plastered with some rando person's image.

I wish the artist no ill as the internet resources of my time were not as readily available as today, and so I could not lock my image and band title with a single demo and a few keystrokes. But Apple, you're being rather invasive and WRONG in some of these cases. Trust the customer just a bit, eh?

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Answer 2

Nov 4, 2024 1:44 PM in response to skyknight_john

FWIW, the pic does not show up in iTunes on PC, but syncing does not change the iPhone pic.

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