Monetizing Videos with Songs that don't belong to you

[Amy118]

I've moved this to the Copyright and Legal discussions forum. ^_^

Search for the songs through YouTube's Music Policies database () to get a better idea about what happens if Content ID flags your video. Make sure to search for each song used. It will tell you if the video will be blocked by other countries, and whether or not you can monetize it for shared revenue. ^^

If it does not appear in the database, then the copyright owner can manually take down your video and give you a strike if they want. Also, the current music policies are always subject to change based on YouTube's negotiations with record labels, which is why a lot of YouTuber's are apprehensive about using Copyrighted music in their videos.

Yet it's totally okay for people to post full length movies on their channel and never get a single strike :/ That really sucks they let people get away with that and then punish people who actually go to the trouble to get permission to use stuff.

Thank you very much for your help

 

[Munchito696]

Sorry, let me clear that up:

It's Youtube's copyright policy I'm asking about since it's automated. Am I allowed to monetize videos even with the permission and/or will they get flagged even with the permission

basically if you got flagged you would dispute the claim and it would be up to the original song creator to accept or deny the dispute. I'm not sure what happens if their music is not on YouTube... Hmmm

 

[offbeatbryce]

I've moved this to the Copyright and Legal discussions forum. ^_^

Search for the songs through YouTube's Music Policies database (https://www.youtube.com/music_policies) to get a better idea about what happens if Content ID flags your video. Make sure to search for each song used. It will tell you if the video will be blocked by other countries, and whether or not you can monetize it for shared revenue. ^^

If it does not appear in the database, then the copyright owner can manually take down your video and give you a strike if they want. Also, the current music policies are always subject to change based on YouTube's negotiations with record labels, which is why a lot of YouTuber's are apprehensive about using Copyrighted music in their videos.

Just found out that the term agreement renews annually. So it seems it would be very rare for a video to be pulled down instantly. Universal is trying to renegotiate their deal as they aren't getting the proper money. I think as long as the terms get renewed everything should remain the same but it's something that I found out this morning. Just wanted to post this here.

 

[subversiveasset]

So, the idea here is that content ID works automatically, so if you had some sort of automatic claim (even if you had explicit permission), that would happen automatically. You can dispute/challenge content ID claims and one of the options you have is to say that you have permission from the copyright holder.

However, here I would say this: the artist is not ALWAYS the person with the ultimate rights -- this is especially true if an artist is represented by a larger organization (e.g., record label).

So, even if it's a manual copyright takedown notice, that could happen because perhaps the record label doesn't agree with the artist (or doesn't know that the artist is giving permission to fans to repost their stuff). You can still try to submit a counter-notice for these, but ultimately, it may not be the artist that will make the final decision.