copyright? :/

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ok so apparently i cant monetise this video due to copyright? iv seen loads of videos on youtube of people singing songs but still show ads
 
gibbsy90 said:
ok so apparently i cant monetise this video due to copyright? iv seen loads of videos on youtube of people singing songs but still show ads
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If you cover a song, are not with a network which has a deal with the publisher or label of the artist who wrote/released the song, and you haven't obtained a cover performance/broadcast license, you won't be able to monetize the song on YouTube, and may be subject to a copyright strike at some future date.

The ads you are seeing were most likely placed by the YouTube Content ID system and the ad money is going to the copyright owner, not the video creator.
 
gibbsy90 said:
ah damn that sucks :/ i didnt realize somebody else actually singing the song would class as copyright
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Yes. Any copying, use, performance, etc., of a copyrighted work without the permission of its creator is legally a copyright violation. You can always contact the artist and get permission and prove to YouTube that you have that permission to use it; make sure the permission you get covers commercial use, or you will be back at square one.
 
Well the song that the guy is singing in my video is originally by a band called the script, really famous, they won't give me permission lol
 
gibbsy90 said:
Well the song that the guy is singing in my video is originally by a band called the script, really famous, they won't give me permission lol
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If the band is with a record label, then it is the label which has to give permission; when they take on a band, they own the rights for the duration of the contract.
 
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