Matched Third Party Content

Thanks for all the advice guys and gals. I decided to dispute it and see what happens. I think it'll probably be denied, but I'm interested to see how the system works. I'll report on my findings :).
 
Just to see what happens. Thanks for the concern. It's probably a bad decision on my part, but we'll see how it goes.
 
ThatsCohmedy said:
Hey all, just posted my most recent video, a parody of Phillip Phillips' Home. I used a karaoke backing track that I found online and I got an e-mail recognizing third party content (the karaoke backing track).

My video wasn't blocked, but I appear to be restricted from a few things, including monetizing the video myself and using annotations that link to subscribing to my page (it seems like it'll only let me link to another video). Unless there's some other reason it won't let me use the annotation feature.

I've heard about fighting third-party copyright claims by claiming "Fair Use." Has anybody ever done this? Is it worth it in my case? Would love any input from those who have been through this before.
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What?... You can`t just upload random songs,
Copyright-free songs : are fine to use for non profit reasons
Royalty-free songs : are fine to use for profit reasons as long as you use them as background music and don`t try to sell the actual track.

If it was copyrighted, then you can`t claim fair use.... because it isn`t...
Fair use allows you to quote 1-10 second clips of songs for a review or judgment ;)
 
Shane.Vultra said:
What?... You can`t just upload random songs,
Copyright-free songs : are fine to use for non profit reasons
Royalty-free songs : are fine to use for profit reasons as long as you use them as background music and don`t try to sell the actual track.

If it was copyrighted, then you can`t claim fair use.... because it isn`t...
Fair use allows you to quote 1-10 second clips of songs for a review or judgment ;)
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I understand this. How do other folks on YT get away with cover songs, etc.? Are all of the karaoke tracks they use royalty-free? It doesn't seem like it. I know that some create their own karaoke tracks from scratch, but it seems like most people don't do that in the slightest.

I've seen some folks get away with thanking some karaoke program or creator. Thanks again to everybody for all the input.
 
ThatsCohmedy said:
I understand this. How do other folks on YT get away with cover songs, etc.? Are all of the karaoke tracks they use royalty-free? It doesn't seem like it. I know that some create their own karaoke tracks from scratch, but it seems like most people don't do that in the slightest.

I've seen some folks get away with thanking some karaoke program or creator. Thanks again to everybody for all the input.
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quite alot of people who do cover songs have strikes, cover songs are another level as you need the license to change the song / vocals etc
 
Shane.Vultra said:
quite alot of people who do cover songs have strikes, cover songs are another level as you need the license to change the song / vocals etc
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Thanks so much, Shane. This is very helpful. Looks like I should consider changing my song parody focus a wee bit (or at least find some creative commons songs to parody :)).
 
ThatsCohmedy said:
I understand this. How do other folks on YT get away with cover songs, etc.? Are all of the karaoke tracks they use royalty-free? It doesn't seem like it. I know that some create their own karaoke tracks from scratch, but it seems like most people don't do that in the slightest.

I've seen some folks get away with thanking some karaoke program or creator. Thanks again to everybody for all the input.
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Most big YouTubers remaster the beat usually so they don't get claims or the smaller ones usually just get claims and do it for fun.
 
GKart64 said:
Most big YouTubers remaster the beat usually so they don't get claims or the smaller ones usually just get claims and do it for fun.
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Ah, that makes sense. Well, I'm not big and I hate fun, so I'll probably change my focus. At least until I get big or start liking fun.
 
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