How can you see which Youtube videos you can 'borrow' and put on your channel as if they were yours?

DRWBZ

DRWBZ

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I've seen this before. People with many more subs than me (*wipes tear*) posting a video I know they didn't make themselves! I thought what the hell?! Isn't that a copyright violation or something?

I found out that there are certain videos that you may take and post on your channel, but they have to be videos in the public domain.
Ummmm, English please? I'm not Einstein dude, how do I know what videos I can take?

Any people with an IQ over 80 who can explain this s**t to me?

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none of them .... all of them... it depends on the owner of the original video. if they have a copyright on it they can decide on their own policy. you might get a copyright notification. That is not a strike, it is just a notification telling you that the video contains copyrighted material and what the claimant's policy is. Alot of times they will allow you to use it, but the original creator can monotize it so they get the revenue from the video
 
DRWBZ said:
I found out that there are certain videos that you may take and post on your channel, but they have to be videos in the public domain.
Ummmm, English please?
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Simply put, Public domain is works that are no longer, or never were, copyrighted.

They include anything published before 1923 and select works that either didn't renew their copyrights or never properly attributed them that were published before March 1, 1989.

There are numerous sites (including Wikipedia) that list the majority of films and music that has entered public domain.

That all said, it's fairly laughable that you think uploading the same works that countless others already have will gain you new views or subscribers. You would be buried far below the other identical uploads and wouldn't have anything else to offer.

Of course, if you're only on YouTube to make money, you're definitely in the wrong business...and, if you're here because you simply enjoy making videos, posting unrelated public domain works would instantly kill any momentum you have and likely turn away your subscribers.
 
Hi, thanks for your response! I just wanted to know how it worked because I'd been told that I could just take most videos and 'copy' them. I knew that wasn't right though, thanks for clearing things up!
 
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