Copyright questions on guitar covers

Rabbyp

Rabbyp

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Hi,

I am new to uploading videos on youtube and I've only uploaded 6 or 7

My videos are me covering rock / metal songs on the guitar

Last weekend I uploaded a cover of Steel Panther song Just Like Tiger Woods. It was on youtube for no more than a couple of hours before I got a notification of copyright from UMG. They had banned it from playing on mobiles. I disputed this on the grounds that it was simply a guitar cover and I was not making any money from the performance.

It became available to view again which lasted a couple of days before UMG banned it again. This time I disputed it again claiming this quote "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use" as I saw this advice on other youtube videos


The video has now been removed and there is a strike against my account.

My questions are:

Is there something I can do when uploading covers that will not result in my video being taken down? (as there are multiple videos of the same song I covered on Youtube)

Will uploading a 20-30 second intro of an original piece before the cover fix anything?

Have I simply been unlucky with this cover or am I likely to receive these copyright problems with every cover I upload from now on?

I appreciate any help with this as I have contacted Youtube for advice and they will not give a straight answer, just a series of links to FAQs

Thanks
Rabbyp
 
You need the rights/permission to the content to do anything with it. Some networks provide licences to music which you can use/cover. If you do not own the rights to the content, you should not upload it.
 
If it gets banned simply don't dispute it, cause its not yours to dispute and if the record company does not want it played then thats up to them :)
 
Well with all of my covers I just acknowledge that it's owned by someone else, and my account is still in perfect standing, so I think that's all you have to do. I could be wrong, but i've had nothing bad happen so far :)
 
if you are going to make a cover of a song you have to play all the instruments yourself. I watch your videos and you use the original copyrighted track of the songs and played together with it. I also do guitar covers but they are solo guitars so it's allowed and never got any copyright strike since i started youtube in 2007.
 
Thanks for the feedback guys.

I'll see how I go with my next video. As I said, I've uploaded 6 or 7 and this is the first one I've had any problems with.

I'll acknowledge the rights belong to their respective owners and I'll not dispute it if it happens again

Thanks
 
UMG are very strict so my advise is to avoid songs by UMG. Look for songs that are uploaded by other youtubers, it means their vidoes were not removed and it's fine to use it to your covers.
 
So I've found out since getting my copyright notice. The thing is the song has been covered by lots of people on youtube so I couldn't understand what I had done differently.

I'll put it down to a bit of bad luck and carry on.

Thanks again for the help
 
Rabbyp said:
So I've found out since getting my copyright notice. The thing is the song has been covered by lots of people on youtube so I couldn't understand what I had done differently.

I'll put it down to a bit of bad luck and carry on.

Thanks again for the help
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Maybe they asked for permission but i don't really know, sometimes youtube is weird. I also uploaded a song by UMG before and it was immediately removed.
 
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