Music copyright and YouTube videos

[ComSoft6128]

Hi,

Hopefully I will be making a few short CPC YouTube videos in the near future. I wish to use various instrumental tracks from the 80's and 90's as background music and would pay a license fee to YouTube if required. However, having had a look at the info available the picture appears confused. Does anyone have any experience in this area?

Cheers,

Peter

[keith56]

I have very little knowledge on this, but I'll share what I have,

I uploaded a video for my employer (that was made for us by someone else), and it seems the music was probably just copied off a cd or something...

The file was *Immediately* detected as having the music, and I was notified that the video would run with adverts (the channel is unmonetized)- with the earnings of the adverts going to the copyright holder.

It's my understanding that copyright holders have two choices - earn from your video, or take the video down.

In our case we licensed some music from shutterstock and replaced the soundtrack, as we didn't want someone elses adverts running on our video.

Youtube has a good selection of 'Creative Commons' music in a library on their site - if I was doing a personal project and needed music and I couldn't make my own I'd use that (or some other indie music creator) - as otherwise you're running the risk of your video being taken down at some point in the future... and of course you could get a copyright strike on your channel too.

[GUNHED]

IIRC you can use everything up to 30 seconds.

[keith56]

IIRC you can use everything up to 30 seconds.

I'm not trying to say you're wrong, but the video I uploaded that was 'struck' was only 18 seconds long, so I wonder if there are some exceptions to that rule? (like if the song runs the length of the video)

[ComSoft6128]

What a mess.........


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqq_oq6QWZI

[chinnyhill10]

IIRC you can use everything up to 30 seconds.

No you cannot do this. Total myth.


If you use any commercial track, you run the risk of a copyright strike against your channel. You may however find that YouTube will simply put adverts on your video and then all the proceeds will go to the copyright holder.


The only music you can use is music you have the rights to. Either by buying it from a music library or by using the music Youtube provides from its own library.


As soon as you start using commercial tracks on YouTube videos you are into a world of hurt. Avoid doing it.

[GUNHED]

Yeah, they suck one out where they can.