Can i monetize a video if i use 7 seconds of a copyrighted song?

AndrewProductionsTV said:
In my new video i have a part where i use that song "#Selfie" for just about 7 seconds, im pretty sure i wont get any kind of claim for just 7 seconds, but will i actually be able to monetize it?
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As I've said in other forums. Youtube's copyright system uses an algorithm instead of a real person. I don't know how long they have done it this way but it's been quite a while. When it processes the video it uses a tool sorta like SHAZAM (the mobile app) to check for copyrighted audio. As for the video that usually doesn't get flagged unless it's like a popular TV show or something. I will tell you now just to stay away from Copyrighted music and most music period really as the algorithms to tend to "over protect" stuff and it makes a lot of mistakes.
 
JohnnyFox said:
As I've said in other forums. Youtube's copyright system uses an algorithm instead of a real person. I don't know how long they have done it this way but it's been quite a while. When it processes the video it uses a tool sorta like SHAZAM (the mobile app) to check for copyrighted audio. As for the video that usually doesn't get flagged unless it's like a popular TV show or something. I will tell you now just to stay away from Copyrighted music and most music period really as the algorithms to tend to "over protect" stuff and it makes a lot of mistakes.
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ok thanks. i will probbaly take the song out
 
To my knowledge you are by law not allowed to monetise it at all :(. To be honest though I agree with this law - the artist doesn't deserve other poeple making money using their creation.
 
NerdDigestive said:
To my knowledge you are by law not allowed to monetise it at all :(. To be honest though I agree with this law - the artist doesn't deserve other poeple making money using their creation.
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To play devils advocate against your artist point. Does the artist deserve all of the revenue from a 15 minute video that had a 7 second clip from one of their songs buried somewhere in the middle? Because that's what currently happens.
 
Tarmack said:
To play devils advocate against your artist point. Does the artist deserve all of the revenue from a 15 minute video that had a 7 second clip from one of their songs buried somewhere in the middle? Because that's what currently happens.
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I understand that you are just playing devil's advocated however I agree. The artist doesn't deserve all of the revenue in the vast majority of cases, however it could arguably play a large part in the content of the video even if it is only a few seconds long. The only way to solve this without having to have someone actually judge its effects on the income of the video and therefore judge a percentage revenue to the artist is to say that if you use any of the artist's content, they get all of the revenue...

Be positive - this should encourage creativity and force people to make their own content, which is good from a production value point of view! :D
 
I have a different system, one that I feel is mostly fair. Assign audio and video 50% each of the respective value of the overall production. If a copyrighted work is 7 seconds of a 15 minute piece, that means it represents 0.8% of the audio portion (7 seconds divided by 900 seconds), and thus 0.4% of the overall video (0.8% divided by 2 since audio is only worth half. If the video makes $100, that artist is entitled to their 40 cents, because that's all their artwork contributed to the video. They still retain the right to take the content down due to lack of permission in sourcing it, but if they choose to make money off of that content, then they only deserve the portion their content actually contributed to the overall value.
 
You are only accounting for time, not for value to the video. In an intro to the video, their music music being used could contribute greatly to the production value of the video and thus the appeal, meaning that even though only a 7 second clip has been used, it has contributed to the videos earnings far more than 0.4%.
 
NerdDigestive said:
You are only accounting for time, not for value to the video. In an intro to the video, their music music being used could contribute greatly to the production value of the video and thus the appeal, meaning that even though only a 7 second clip has been used, it has contributed to the videos earnings far more than 0.4%.
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Value to the video as you describe is a subjective element. There is no way to do this in an objective fashion.

At the very least, what I propose is more fair than 100% of the revenue for a single claim no matter how small.
 
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