# Copyright not working on iphone
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copyright-not-working-on-iphone/53457
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 6, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copyright-not-working-on-iphone/53457 "2021-06-06T00:41:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@joereynolds123](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/joereynolds123)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copyright-not-working-on-iphone/53457/1 "2021-06-06T00:41:27Z")
Hi! I have successfully changed the copyright on individual files on my songs on my computer, but when this data is transferred to my phone, it no longer appears. In addition, usually the copyright appears under the track list, and at first it does this, but then it goes away, even though the copyright is still in the metadata. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can fix this? I have tried deleting the songs and redownloading the files and also replaying all the songs to see if it refreshes, and those have been unsuccessful thus far 😕 Thank you!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2021, 6:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copyright-not-working-on-iphone/53457/2 "2021-06-06T06:42:25Z")
see e.g. this thread
> [@Tags not shown properly](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-not-shown-properly/13486):
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> Hi everyone, It's been days I'm trying to figure out why the release date won't show properly on my iPhone. I've edited the RELEASETIME and YEAR fileds to "2010-07-30T07:00:00Z". It iTunes, it seems to show the modification properly (Date de publication means Release Date): [image] Yet, on my iPhone, I only get the year of release: [image] Also, I've edited the COPYRIGHT field to « ℗ 2010 Arcade Fire Music, Llc » but it's not shown anywhere on iTunes nor on my iPhone. Here's what I should g…
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### Author:  [@joereynolds123](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/joereynolds123)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copyright-not-working-on-iphone/53457/3 "2021-06-06T10:40:20Z")
Thank you! Mine already are m4a files though unfortunately and it’s still not working
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copyright-not-working-on-iphone/53457/4 "2021-06-06T11:26:42Z")
> [@joereynolds123](#):
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> I have successfully changed the copyright on individual files on my songs on my computer, but when this data is transferred to my phone, it no longer appears.
I assume you are using iTunes for the transfer? You need to have iTunes refresh the tag data after any external changes, including mp3tag. There are a few scripts out there that can help, try Googling for one. Otherwise it transfers the files using it’s own data from the old tags.
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### Author:  [@joereynolds123](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/joereynolds123)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copyright-not-working-on-iphone/53457/5 "2021-06-06T12:03:51Z")
Unfortunately, I have tried this as well. It is strange, because for I make a track explicit, it comes up. It is only with copyright that it doesn’t work. Thank you for trying!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copyright-not-working-on-iphone/53457/6 "2021-06-06T12:45:29Z")
I found another thread:
> [@Copyright Tag won't Show for MP3?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copyright-tag-wont-show-for-mp3/14021/):
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> Hi! I just recently find out about MP3Tag and instantly find it extremely useful. But mainly I use it to edit Tags that normally can't be modified on iTunes ... like the Copyright. However for some reason, changes that I made to the Copyright field only shows up on songs in my iTunes that are .M4A. All of my .MP3 Songs (ID3 v2.3) won't show anything that I put in the Copyright Tag.
and the summary is: won't show up on the iphone.
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### Author:  [@joereynolds123](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/joereynolds123)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copyright-not-working-on-iphone/53457/7 "2021-06-06T12:58:46Z")
I think that one was for strictly Mp3 files. All of my files were M4A, and in other threads people have had it show up. I’m just not sure what I’m doing wrong here. Thank you for going out of your way to find an answer for me, though.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copyright-not-working-on-iphone/53457/8 "2021-06-06T13:06:21Z")
as far as I read this post:
> [@Copyright Tag won't Show for MP3?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copyright-tag-wont-show-for-mp3/14021/13):
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> Hey, about the .M4A... All my iTunes music is in that format. I’m able to put some explicit tags, yes & that COPYRIGHT field. But when I sync my music to my iPhone I don’t see that tag on my music even though it’s in that M4A format.
the problems are also there for m4a files.
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### Author:  [@joereynolds123](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/joereynolds123)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copyright-not-working-on-iphone/53457/9 "2021-06-07T01:04:59Z")
Ugh 😕 That sucks. Thank you for helping me out! 😀
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copyright-not-working-on-iphone/53457/10 "2026-02-09T12:29:16Z")