Is there a way to get around using royalty music?

[Tyoical Hooligans]

There is so much wrong or misleading information in this thread. If you don't know something for certain, please don't post.
Offering copyright advice that you're not sure of is incredibly dangerous and could easily cost someone their channel and/ or a lot of money.

As for the original question, outside of changing the music to something you actually have permissions to use, there is no way 'to get around it.'
It doesn't matter if it's the full song, 30 seconds or even one second. If you don't have the needed permissions, you are in violation.

If you upload a 20 second music clip, expect Content ID (an automated copyright matching process) to find and match the music as soon as your video is uploaded. From there, whoever owns the rights on the song will likely monetize the video on their behalf, collect all future earnings the video may make, and possibly block it from playing in certain countries. Luckily, you won't receive a copyright strike and will likely even have the option to remove or change the offending audio.

So long as you don't mind them monetizing and receiving all income generated from ads on your video, there isn't any issue- but there is no way to 'get around' it.

thanks man appreciate the advice

 

[KatyAdelson]

There is no way to "get around" using copyrighted material that can be discussed on this forum, therefore this thread is now locked.

If you have a question about YouTube's policies for a song, first try looking up the song in their handy database and read their current policies for it:
https://www.youtube.com/music_policies

If it is not there with policy information, you need to obtain direct permission from the copyright holder to use the song -- regardless of if it is a cover version, original track, monetized/not monetized. Anything short of obtaining direct permission may result in a channel strike if the copyright holder chooses.

A good alternative would be to purchase Royalty-Free music licenses available for online content, look into the creative commons (+ look for commercial use and adaptations allowed), and/or look in the public domain. Public domain laws vary depending on your country of residence, so make sure whatever song you are considering is in the public domain of the country you are from.