These permissions are managed from the Configure Item page of audio assets and will help those who have uploaded audio using personal accounts avoid re-uploading to a Group in order to keep the experience’s audio functional. Creators who have edit access to an experience can now grant permissions for that experience to use audio assets from their account. This week, we introduced asset permissions for audio. These assets will be available for public use in the marketplace tonight, and can be found by searching for “ (SFX)”. We are also fast-tracking the addition of over 100,000 professional SFX to the catalog in partnership with Pro Sound Effects. This work will continue past March 22nd, until we can re-enable the vast majority of public SFX assets. We have a dedicated team working to keep many SFX public, even if the asset is longer than 6 seconds. We understand your concern that many SFX assets will also be made private on the 22nd. This release is specifically targeting music.

I have a brief update to clarify a few points and talk about some of the additional steps we are taking to address the issues surrounding the March 22nd audio asset privacy changes. We don’t take this lightly and want you to know that our teams, from the highest levels of the company on down, are working around the clock to do everything possible to make this transition easier. We recognize that the schedule is abrupt and fundamentally changes how creators, experiences, and audio assets work together. The asset privacy system on Roblox must be strengthened in order to continue to protect the rights of creators. We deeply regret how disruptive the changes are, but unfortunately, they are necessary. We know these changes have a significant impact on your work. I completely understand your frustration with some of the changes that were outlined in last week’s announcement.

We have been reading all of your feedback on the upcoming Audio Privacy changes. These changes require that you make use of the Audio Discovery plugin in Studio to review the ownership of all audio assets in your experience. If you have not already, please read through the previous audio asset privacy announcement.

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