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Legitimate weblink from Soundcloud blocked


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On Soundcloud many user music posts have a link offering the listener to purchase or stream the music outside of Soundcloud.
The top level domain for this link is gate.sc
For example:
https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwelcome.micia-recordings.com%2Fzarathustra&token=7903cf-1-1643018607408

M
alwarebytes reports this as a malicious phishing link!
However this is a legitimate marketing tool that allows users to buy the music on another platform or enter an email address in return for a music download.
Another example from another user's music post where their link takes the user to iTunes/Apple Music - a well known music purchasing platform:
https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmusic.apple.com%2Ffr%2Falbum%2Fback-to-basics-g-house-radio-edit-radio-edit-single%2F1606633150%3Fl%3Den&token=4ad1b6-1-1643020826473
 


Or another on reverbnation

https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reverbnation.com%2Fline3%2Fsong%2F32704586-i-miss-those-days&token=55b7a8-1-1643020823196

So it doesn't appear to be the destination that Malwarebytes has an issue with, rather it  appears to be Soundcloud's gate.sc domain that is causing the issue, yet this is one of the ways artists use the platform to run legitimate businesses as it isn't possible to sell/buy music directly from Soudcloud!

Thank you

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