Youtube's rules with music?

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Th3StuffShow said:
It's a grey area if you ask me. If you use someone else's music, and youtube picks up on it, chances are they will simply add advertisement to your video, it get's the artist money, and they leave it at that.
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Yeah pretty much. It's usually a rare case, in terms of music, that you're video will be taken down for using artists music. If you're posting the newest Justin Bieber music video that just came out an hour ago or a new leaked song, then yes the label will be quick in having your video taken down and that will most likely result in a copyright strike.

Also, it's not exactly true that 'you can never become a partner' if you have copyrighted music on your channel.
 
stratafm said:
Fair use ONLY applies to short clips within a work of your own. It only applies if it's parody, critique, etc.

A lot of people are dodging bullets. That's how they get away with it. If the companies that owned all this copyrighted stuff really wanted to be dicks about it, they could strike down a lot of stuff.

Best rule of thumb (especially if you're wanting to make money off it) is to not post anything you think may get you a strike.
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Indeed, but that will take down alot. Because Games are copyrighted too so also that could get you striked. So youtube would only be left with vloggers and yes Justin Bieber also used copyrighted music when he did covers in the beginning. So everyone is doing something against the rules. But it's youtube :p Land of the creativity. Be freeeeeee!
 
JosTheReal said:
Indeed, but that will take down alot. Because Games are copyrighted too so also that could get you striked. So youtube would only be left with vloggers and yes Justin Bieber also used copyrighted music when he did covers in the beginning. So everyone is doing something against the rules. But it's youtube :p Land of the creativity. Be freeeeeee!
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For games, you're right. But that's why gamers almost have to join a network. The network buys the rights to redistribute the material. Otherwise, you can get screwed... and quick.

You are correct too, in that if YouTube or the companies literally struck down everything that was a violation... there would not be a lot left. lol

And so the YouTube battle marches on. lol[DOUBLEPOST=1351188945,1351188497][/DOUBLEPOST]Sometimes a video won't get struck down, even if it does have copyrighted music in it. The label can allow it to stay up (it'll come up as a content match in the CMS... they'll know). They usually do this if your video is getting a lot of views. But by allowing it to stay up...

... they're taking all proceeds from the ads on your video.

That's another risk you take.

If your goal is money, then it's not going to work out for you in the end, either way, if the company wants to pursue it.
 
in a way is about luck, some get lucky and dont get any strikes and then there is others who as soon as they post the video within the same day get a strike....
 
I still think the entire copyright on youtube is stupid. You make music because you like to make music and people use it. It's like a extra promotion. Yes if you're going to sell own CD's on the side of the street it's wrong, but let the people just post videos with music.[DOUBLEPOST=1351189247,1351189214][/DOUBLEPOST]
stratafm said:
Dodging that copyright bullet. lol
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I even have cheated the copyright death.
 
JosTheReal said:
I still think the entire copyright on youtube is stupid. You make music because you like to make music and people use it. It's like a extra promotion. Yes if you're going to sell own CD's on the side of the street it's wrong, but let the people just post videos with music.[DOUBLEPOST=1351189247,1351189214][/DOUBLEPOST]

I even have cheated the copyright death.
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Thing is, even if you buy a CD, or an MP3, you don't own the music. You own the physical object (the CD), but not the music. The artist does. You have the right to private use. That's it. You have to either pay the label a fee to redistribute the music, probably another fee to make money off of it... or get them to just let you use it, which a lot of smaller musicians will do. They want their royalties. "Expressed written consent". MLB. Same thing. They want to know if it's being redistributed, and there could be a fee. Don't know. Never wanted to rebroadcast baseball.

Michael Buffer (the Lets get ready to rumble guy) has a copyright on that phrase. If you use it publicly (and I know this for a fact, I work in radio and almost made the mistake of using it), you stand the chance of getting slammed. He has people everywhere. They hear it, call it in, and bam, a fine. lol More than likely won't happen... but it's a chance you're taking, and a heavy fine if caught. Seriously. It's "his" and he wants money for use. I think that's dumb as hell, but hey. He holds the key.

It's all about the money. The artists feel jipped... and they are getting jipped when people use their stuff to make money off it. That's redirected traffic. Away from their product.
 
I found the music in my latest video on a website. It said I could use it for a video and I could make money on it. Is this okay? All I had to do was Attribute them.....I posted the link and who sings it in the description...
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