My music has been removed!!
- Thread starter kiawill
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UKHypnotist
I Love YTtalk
Shezad, if you are monetizing videos on YouTube, then for purposes of Royalty Free usage YouTube qualifies as a commercial platform. Most Royalty Free music which is given away for free, is also specified for personal, non-commercial use. If you use this type of music (no-commercial permission only), monetize a video which uses that music, and YouTube should happen to call for commercial rights evidence for the video, you won't be able to prove commercial use rights and that video will be de-monetized by YouTube.
So you need to very carefully read the licensing terms of any RF music you plan to use, even if you paid a licensing fee.
Shehzad
The Brown Fudge
Yh I made a mistake, it is definitely used for commercial purposes but what I explained is still right. I provided the links to the different types of Royalty licences which state what you can do with their content dependent on what licence they use. Royalty music is not free music I don't know where people get this if you need more clarification then (here or here) or go to the CC licence website who provide those Royalty Licences to music creators who want to distribute their content without Royalties. They have a whole section explaining it or just get @offbeatbryce to explain it. I am stating that YouTube is not commercial because most Royalty free websites class YouTube as non commercial for the CC licence that lets you use it for free. Businesses class YouTube as commercial sure and you can get in trouble with the law for using content because the law classifies it as commercial use but most Royalty websites will class it as non commercial as they allow you to use their content for free on YouTube or Pay for it once and never have to worry about copyright issues for however long it expires. "Royalty Free Music refers to a type of music licensing that allows the purchaser to pay for the music license only once and to use the music for as long as desired" <- This is the exact definition of what Free Royalties are pretty much. I know for US there is no way for music companies to collect Royalties from YouTube which Is why they give you a copyright notice and make money off it without striking you. I have used a lot of Royalty Music and have contacted people who have definitely clarified this whole issue and you also have to remember copyright law works differently in different countries, YouTube's FAQ states that you need to make sure you know your countries copyright Law. Just because YouTube classifies something as fair use doesn't meant that you country will, YouTube may back you or may not if you get in trouble but it looks like they have been backing against companies that go against their policy but I've only seen them do it in the gaming scene.
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Free Commercial Use Music
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That will not happen, best to look for music not so famous music ahead of time. ( oh wait there was this one site..forget the name you can license mainstream music but mostly for wedding videos ect ) You can find commercial use music on youtube, or use sites like audiojungle and buy licenses for some really good music. I believe they upped the price to about 20$ each now but keeps you in the clear. Just use CC BY license then you are pretty safe as long as you attribute and credit.