Question about Partnership.

[paskyskiesss]

I'm a Youtube musician and I do song covers. Can I be approved for partnership even with song covers?

 

[K.V Anime]

Unfortunately you cannot monetize cover songs unless you have the appropriate permission from their copyright owners.

 

[paskyskiesss]

Unfortunately you cannot monetize cover songs unless you have the appropriate permission from their copyright owners.

So I can't get partnered then?

 

[K.V Anime]

So I can't get partnered then?

Youtube (or any network affiliated with it) doesn't allow cover songs to be monetized. So in a nutshell, no. But there is a leeway around it. You can do a cover song as long as the track itself is altered and you produce your own lyrics. There's more to it, but that's the only way that I know of.

 

[Frankie_]

Exactly If You do for example, parody songs, like Weird Al Yancovich, you may have no problems in doing that.

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[JostenVlogs]

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[paskyskiesss]

But I don't have any copyright strikes. All in good standing.

 

[Joofville]

But I don't have any copyright strikes. All in good standing.

When you become a partner you need to claim the content of your videos, by claiming it means you own all of the content, this is where copyright issues will arise.