Can I use part of a song for my intro without permission?

just Moto

just Moto

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I want to put 10-15 seconds of music from a song/movie over my YouTube video intro but having a hard time getting ahold of the owner/producer of the music to get their permission.

Any tips? Can it be done without permission although that's not my style? Kinda fixed on using this one snippet lol

Cheers

jM
 
just Moto said:
I want to put 10-15 seconds of music from a song/movie over my YouTube video intro but having a hard time getting ahold of the owner/producer of the music to get their permission.

Any tips? Can it be done without permission although that's not my style? Kinda fixed on using this one snippet lol

Cheers

jM
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I guess it depends what song it is, for example if its a really popular music video you will prob get a copyright strike. I would put a link to the original music video just to be on the safe side, and credit the artist
 
If it's under 30 seconds, then I believe that the video will not be claimed. That's how it's been for as long as I can remember and I'm pretty sure it's still the same.
 
Legally you may only use copyrighted music if you have permission from the copyright owner, regardless of length of the sound clip you use. The copyright owner could potentially make a claim even if it's for only half a second.
Alternatively you could use copyright "free" music from people like the "nocopyrightsounds" youtube channel. Be sure to read their terms of use before using, which should be at the bottom of the description on a song video.
 
It's also quite possible that the company that ownes the soundtrack has automated DMCA claims on their track. That means that they could monetize any video the soundtrack is on without your permission, however long you've worked on said video. I'd much rather use royalty free music, as that is a safer way of going about things.
Very unfortunate that YouTube works this way, but it is the way things are. :(
 
Maevi said:
Very unfortunate that YouTube works this way, but it is the way things are. :(
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What's unfortunate about it?

Stealing is wrong- especially when there are so many free music sources available. They should be grateful there's a chance they'll only receive a 3rd party claim instead of a full copyright strike and video removal.

Either find a way to get the proper permissions needed, create your own music, use any of the free (or very low cost music) that's available, or ask any a musician/ band to create something for you.

10-15 seconds is more than enough to get flagged by the ContentID. There's always a chance that, as a smaller channel, you won't get caught- but then there's also a good chance that each of the videos with it will be 3rd party flagged and they'll earn any money from it or you'll be forced to change the audio later.
 
Better to go with royalty free music. We once got a copyright claim because we had a few seconds of a semi-popular song playing on the radio in the background of one of our videos. We didn't even realise it.
 
Wowser Palooza said:
Better to go with royalty free music. We once got a copyright claim because we had a few seconds of a semi-popular song playing on the radio in the background of one of our videos. We didn't even realise it.
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yeah some lady took a similar case to court recently and won. her baby was dancing and some Prince song was on in the background lol
 
Shakycow said:
What's unfortunate about it?

Stealing is wrong- especially when there are so many free music sources available. They should be grateful there's a chance they'll only receive a 3rd party claim instead of a full copyright strike and video removal.
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I get that, but I don't find it ethical to have automated DMCAs on YouTube. It is a system that is constantly abused, even by companies who have let's say right to video game music but aren't actually the owners of the game itself. Let's Players have been hit by automated takedown strikes which the developers of some games had to apologize for when the system started getting abused.
 
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