Whether by coding or by glitch, it appears the Scan and Match feature of Google Music is replacing your explicit music with 'clean' versions. Scan and Match tags your music that you are uploading to Google Music, and allows you to stream the files from their own catalog, thus saving you hours (or days) of uploading time and bandwidth. Many users have begun complaining, however, that ...
Read full articleOriginally posted by SmaryJerry:Absolutely wrong. They're not checking the file, they're checking the meta data and the signature. This is completely intentional. Most likely a testing ground for NSA censoring tehcnology.
This just sounds like a technical hurdle due to the nature of the service. Basically Google Music may only check part of the file, the part that is the same in both versions, then by default decide to match it to the uncensored version. I would be surprised if they didn't have an option to switch that file to the explicit version.
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