Are you worried that the type of content you want to make for your channel may result in Copyright strikes from TH-cam? If you have questions about what's allowed, let me know in the comments below :-)
There are situations where the only viable option appears to be counter claiming on the copyright material. For example the purpose of our channel is to report and document on live public events such as carnivals, beach parties, pride parades and nightlife. Our channel is jounalistic in nature and the intention is to accurately depict what occurs during these events, many of which are officially recognised as being of international touristic importance. As there are always (multiple) loud sound systems playing while we are recording, some you can clearly hear over 1km away, it is impossible to avoid incidental and or accidental recording of sound and images which we have no control over, nor do we request or direct what music is played in any way. Our videos are totally candid in nature and depict real life events of public interest. It is impossible to modify or remove the live audio while still producing a meaningful video as the audience are continually interacting with their environment including what they see and what they hear, for example singing or dancing, and if you remove or alter the audio then the results are unrealistic and unusable. We would have to use AI do do that anyway, for example keep the backgroud/crowd sound and change the music and then YT would require us to declare our videos as modified using AI to alter real life events. We would love to find another way to avoid copyright claims, some of our videos can have more that ten claims in a 20-30 minute video. As we are recording free to attend events in public areas (street parties, beaches etc) and our intention is to document the event then we understand this is fair dealing or fair use due to the context in which the included images and audio are used. Our videos take a lot of work to produce, with three independent camera operators and a lot of editing to produce a coherent viewing experience. We should expect to be paid for our work. What is your advice?
@@GranCanariaUncovered Sounds like it would be very difficult for you to avoid inadvertent or accidental capture of some copyrighted music. You can try TH-cam's "Erase Music" tool on the clips it identifies as copyrighted music. I'm trying that on my video to see if it works. It does take awhile for youtube to apply this but I think that depends on the length of your video. My live stream was over 2 hours long so for me it takes a long time (several hours per song). I'll provide an update on how that went on a future video. Thanks for sharing :)
@@hackmultimediafunny enough you mentioned that, I came across this recently, but there's nothing to say, apart from a video or two, that after purchasing the music I can use is royalty free. And the label (I assume taxman London based producer) can change their mind anytime, no? You wouldn't want to make 10 popular video and get copyrighted for them, out of blue, right?
@@lordiari7110 Haxman is American, and our licensing doesn't work that way. Once it's out, you can't "change your mind" and nail everybody who used your material in the past.
I’m currently launching my TH-cam channel so this is timely info. Sorry you ran into it but thanks for sharing. PS. The bloopers were also helpful so I know it’s not only me, and to see I’m handling it like you do. Pause, breath and take 2!
Thank you for the information! I’ve only been posting for 3wks but I have stayed away from music on purpose because I have heard creators tell stories just like yours!
The best and surest way to avoid copyright strikes is to avoid using copyrighted material at all. For example, if you want music for your video, you either make all the music yourself or use no music at all. Or if you want a picture, you either use a picture you took or made yourself, or you don't use any picture at all. Or if you want to use a phrase or a quote, make your own phrases and quotes or don't use them at all. Or if you're taking outdoor shots, check that the building or public artwork in the background is covered under Freedom of Panorama or it shouldn't be in your background at all. This is still the simplest solution. A more difficult situation is when the rights to your face or voice belong to someone else due to contracts, as can be and has been the case with some actors and singers.
Super helpful. Thanks for the details…and the bloopers! It’s amazing the gymnastics we go through to set up a video, isn’t it? And it’s so refreshing to see someone else go through the stops and starts as you get rolling. I very much appreciated that and totally relate to.
Haha yes there is a lot we go through! I think most people probably don't think I should put bloopers at the end like that... but those who do like them it's because they can totally relate. Plus I find it fun to edit them in :-)
On my record collecting channel, I have a video where I go crate digging at a local antique store. They had music playing in the store for background. When I uploaded my edit, without thinking too much about it but kind of expecting to see a warning, I was given the opportunity to use YT's tools to mute that section of video to avoid copyright infringement. Since I wasn't talking in that part, it was an easy decision and a simple change to make. Next time I'll overdub with public domain music or other music that I do have permission to use and add my commentary as needed.
Hey Rob, thank you for sharing this info. I have an epidemic sound subscription that I use for my other channel. I got a copyright notice (not a strike) and had to go through a process to demonstrate to YT that I indeed have ES permission to use their music. It all worked out in the end ⭐
You can go in TH-cam studio and eliminate that music from the video but keep all other sounds if you want to correct the issue and monetize it for yourself.
In a DRAMATIC turn of events; Peanut apparently not only runs her own faceless Lo-fi TH-cam channel, but has also clearly drawn a line in the sand for her compensation in regards to copy-write law
As new to TH-cam and starting my own channel, this was very helpful - I especially loved the end to see your cat but more so, how we all get comfortable, test our opening, etc. Thank you - Dan from Alberta!
YT must have an AI bot able to detect copyrighted music because that happened to us as well. My son was doing a Lego vid in one room and I was in another room playing music and the video caught the tune in the background -enough for YT to hear it, lol
so easy to get caught out Rob, thanks for the info. I wish there was a way to play copyrighted music intentionally and communicate that you want them to receive the monetisation at outset. I used some intentionally on a video recently, the old Batman theme. ticked that yes there was copyrighted material in it. but still got the same message you had, which was unnecessary as that was exactly what I had intended. seems a little daft.
Hi Rob. That must have been very challenging to go through. Your video did a good job of helping us go through the highs and lows of being called out over a copyright infraction. That channel would do well to pay you for your promotion . Your recommendation is clearly sincere.
So interesting - thanks for sharing your story. I always love your "bloopers" at the end. The parts most people don't see; I laugh at the large sections of my unedited videos where I am just thinking .. and later edit out. 😊
I find it annoying when people put music in parts of their video where they aren’t talking or in the background while they demonstrate something . I wish piece should just either do voice over or just have no sound in that part . I will offer just turn off the sound in those parts. Can you explain why most seem to insist on having music in the sir videos where they don’t talk. Does it hurt one’s reach if they don’t have sound in parts of their videos?
It's personal preference in the way people want to make videos... part of the creative process. Some people make videos the way they want to make them, and that may or may not mean putting in music in certain places. Often times people "fill a void" by replacing "no sound" with music.... but not everyone does. You bring up a good point... it's not always necessary to fill every part of a video with sound (i.e. insert music when no talking is happening)... sometimes NOT inserting music is helpful. It's all just personal preference... some people like it and some people don't. To answer your question, it does not hurt a video's performance if you leave music out. However, it's important to keep viewers' attention for as long as possible.... the better the retention, the better the video will perform. Sometimes music can help hold a viewers attention vs not having anything going on in the video. That's the only way it might affect it. I hope that helps :-)
Thanks, I am glad you still get paid! I made a video of at Rave and had 3 song strikes, so I used the non copyright music from TH-cam to blurr it out, what a messy video now. I made another video and in the description I said I will leave the video up and see what you tube says and sure enough you tube allowed me to leave the music in this time? The word copyright still stays on my manage videos but not a strike? I am not monetized but If the time comes I will blurr those songs out and do as you do.
The word copyright being there for your video is not a strike... it just means youtube is saying there is copyrighted material in your video and you therefore cannot monetize that video.
If you go to TH-cam editor, and go to the copyright button, you have choices to remove or replace copyright music using AI. You can then monetise that video!
Thank you for these videos! It should be mentioned that anyone who ends up with copyright material in their video should go into TH-cam Studio and edit out the sections with copyrighted material (another video idea). In this case it is highly unlikey that the copyright holder noticed the content in Rob's video (and decided not to claim) but TH-cam is does scan, at least for obvious (low hanging fruit) copyright material, and notify the Channel owner if detected.
Great info. I had this happen on a gaming channel where the game played copyrighted music, and I had neglected to turn off the game music. I did not get a strike but got a similar notification. It's easy to make this mistake.
Yes, Peanut is my side-kick! I could go into TH-cam Studio and remove that section of video that contains the background audio... but then a big portion of the video will be gone or have no audio, and the quality of the video would therefore not be good. So I just decided to leave it as is and not be worried about that one video not being monetized. We aren't talking about a huge amount of money anyways... live streams don't typically get a lot of replays especially since I do them every week :-)
Also recently,someone was using my name/profile photo and started spamming nonsense chats in my livestream.Could it be the cause of copyright that appears next to my videos?
Thank you for sharing! Very good warning and one I will take to heart. I appreciate it. 😊 ~Carol Amato P.S. Thank you for sharing your 'bloopers' because it keeps it real! 💚
New subscriber. I appreciate you sharing this honest mistake. Curious… why not delete that video, or go in and remove the section that contains the music? Just curious
I don't want to delete the video because it contains good information for the people who watch my videos. I don't want my viewers to suffer because I made a mistake. And it's ok to leave the video on the platform... TH-cam doesn't mind, and the copyright holders don't mind because they're monetizing that video. It's all good for everyone :)
Ok i play music on my talk show. I play music i pay a license fee for each song. But often i get a TH-cam notice. Not a strike! I show proof each time its licensed and never ever have a problem. Only use content you are licensed to use!
The other day a Facebook reel I had posted from a balcony, maybe 25 flights up… It was just muddled sound from lots of bars down below in Pattaya… Apparently some song was picked up for copyright out of all that sound below. I couldn’t hear any specific song when I listened again.
Wow that's amazing how youtube can do that! What you can do is login to your TH-cam Studio, click the "Copyright" link in the left menu, and the song in question should be listed there with choices for you. You may be able to delete the song from your video from there, OR delete the audio from that section of your video. I hope that helps!
Good information 👍 I stopped playing music in my videos 📹 But luckily I'm still new & not monetized yet. I will not put music in now or when I get monetized in Long videos lol 😂
I had a similar situation, I was filming myself driving in my car and talking about the area i was in, i had my radio on but i turned it down during recording, i didn't even realise when editing that REM was playing , during checks by TH-cam when uploading the video i had a copyright infringment due to the song on the radio, i was given a choice to remove the piece of music or TH-cam would remove it for me. I removed the music which you could hardly hear anyway and reloaded the video without issue. Just have to be so careful
How long did the music play? Are you able to just edit that section out of the video using the YT editor and then get your monetisation back? Just curious 🧐
It was playing for about 8 minutes... 3 different songs. And I've just successfully used TH-cam's Audio editor to remove it :) I will make another video in the near future about this ;)
They are detected. But there are often some things editors do to avoid problems. Under the "Fair Use Doctrine" they may add their own commentary and critique a portion of the clip and then it may be okay. They also typically limit the clip lengths to 10 seconds or less, or they'll modify the clip by adding overlays, putting it in a frame or something else like that. But this is all subject to interpretation. The fact of the matter is, as far as the law is concerned, if you don't own something, you can't legally put it in your video. That's really the bottom line. Any attempt to do that and get around the "rules" you are doing with some level of risk.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge & unfortunate experience. Now, how do those chanels with djs playing music or other chanels with mixed videos get away with copyrighted content...? Do they have a different permit or license like a radio station or how come they dont get sued...? Thanks again. The Wise_One Σ+ .
Yes, some TH-cam channels that play music or use copyrighted content have special licenses or agreements to avoid copyright strikes. Here are the main ways they do it (I used ChatGPT for this): 1. Music Licensing Agreements: Some channels purchase specific licenses from music libraries or rights holders to legally use songs. There are platforms like Epidemic Sound, Artlist, or AudioJungle that offer royalty-free music specifically for content creators, which means they have the rights to use the music they license from these sites. 2. TH-cam Content ID System: TH-cam’s Content ID system allows copyright owners to claim their work. They can either take down infringing videos or allow the video to stay up but run ads on it to collect revenue. Some channels use copyrighted music with the understanding that they won’t earn ad revenue, as it goes directly to the copyright holder. 3. Blanket Licenses: Some companies like record labels or production studios may have blanket licenses, similar to radio stations, allowing broader use of music. However, these are typically costly and aren’t common for smaller channels. 4. Fair Use Doctrine: While not a guaranteed shield, some channels try to claim “fair use” for educational, transformative, or commentary-based content. For example, channels that provide music reviews, analyses, or transformative mashups may claim fair use, though this depends on various factors and isn’t always upheld. 5. Manual Permissions: Some TH-camrs directly reach out to artists or rights holders for permission to use their music. Smaller, independent musicians are sometimes open to this approach in exchange for credit and exposure. 6. Public Domain and Creative Commons: Some creators use music and video content that is either in the public domain or released under a Creative Commons license, which is free for reuse, sometimes with certain restrictions (like attribution). Using copyrighted music or media without a license is risky for most creators because it could lead to strikes, revenue loss, or even channel suspension if rights holders pursue enforcement aggressively. I hope that helps! :-)
Thanks for this! I hope to go live with my channel on Winter Solstice. I'm sure many of us would love you to do a video on what is and is not allowed regarding avoiding copyright claims and strikes. I'm particularly interested in how it applies to artwork on my wall. I want to record most of my videos in my living room and have several prints and canvases by well-known artists. Do I need to blur them out? Thanks again! Love your videos! So helpful and informative. 🙋♀️💖
@@barbaralawrence6226 If artwork by well-known artists is visible in your video, there’s a small risk of copyright issues, especially if it’s clearly shown. It’s usually fine if it’s incidental and not the focus of your video, but to be safe, you might blur it or keep it out of frame. Most creators don’t face issues with background art, but taking precautions can help.
I feel so annoyed by this. My husband is a musician and I’m still annoyed. No one was watching your video for that music and it didn’t matter at all for the content and they shouldn’t get the money. Ugh
Sounds like you're more annoyed by it than I was lol! It's fine... rules are rules and it was just an honest mistake... but still, rules are rules and someone does own that music. I did figure out how to silence the music using TH-cam Studio's Editor, so all is fixed now. I'm going to make a follow up video about this :) Thanks for commenting!
Hey Rob, sorry this happened to you. Do you have any idea how the owner of the copyrighted music found out that their music was played ?? Certainly they were not watching the broadcast ?? They must have some kind of detection software ??
TH-cam has AI bots that find these things very quickly. I don't know how it's done but am amazed by it! For it to be able to identify any piece of music that's ever been copyrighted... within minutes... for the millions of videos that are uploaded every day... it just astounds me! I just did a search, and as of 2022, more than 500 hours of video were uploaded to TH-cam every MINUTE... that's 720,000 hours of new content added daily. And TH-cam has the ability to scan all of that within minutes. Amazing.
Thank you however I thought if you file a counter notice the copy right owner has to show that legal proceedings have been issued. If not the video will go back up.
I am not a lawyer, so I don't know the answer to that. I have a hard time believing that the owner of the music would be responsible in having to prove anything. I'm pretty sure the onus is on the person using music that doesn't belong to them. But again, I'm not a lawyer :)
Yes you can upload footage to more than one channel but you should make the edited videos different in some way. TH-cam discourages duplicate content to maintain a diverse platform, so re-uploading the same video to different channels might lead to one or more videos being flagged or removed. But if you can add unique elements to each version that would be best :)
That's all about positioning! For the most part I look directly towards the camera. Therefore, to avoid the glare of lights shining in my glasses, I put my lights above me (45 degrees up) and off to the side (45 degrees to the side). That way, the only time the light will glare in my glasses and show in the video is if I point my face towards the lights :)
This is helpful. I use music in my videos all the time. I'm about to stop doing it. I've seen what you're talking about before. I have some videos that say I have a copyright but it also says My channel is not affected by it just like you said. But now that I know I won't even be able to monetize it at all, I'm going to stop using music. I thought as long as the music I choose is copyright free I could still monetize. But if I'm understanding your video correctly.. I cannot only the owner of the music can. I never knew
TH-cam has a library of music you can use in your videos that does not affect your monetization. Copyright-free music. You can use that for free. Besides that, you can subscribe to a music service like Epidemic Sound (that's what I use). That comes with a license that allows you to use any music you download from there in your videos, royalty free... meaning, you can still monetize videos you put that music in. I hope that helps!
@RobtheMaritimer hi, I have had a epidemic sound subscription before and I downloaded a handful of songs. But I no longer have an active subscription. If I use those songs without having an active subscription will I still be able to monetize those videos?
@@Manhattan_Pretty That's a great question! The answer is no, you cannot use those songs in any new videos you make if you don't have an active subscription with them, even though you had an active subscription when you downloaded them. But any videos you made with those songs while you had an active subscription can continue to be monetized by you. They probably have it setup this way to avoid people getting just a 1 month subscription and downloading thousands of songs during that month, to be able to use them in future projects. I hope that makes sense :)
@Manhattan_Pretty That might be a question for Epidemic Sound directly… but my feeling is if you made a video while you didn’t have a license to use the music you used, just signing up to Epidemic Sound later probably won’t fix that. I’m thinking you still cannot monetize a video you made earlier. You would have to redo the video while having a current subscription and license to use the music. That’s my opinion… you may want to double check with Epidemic Sound :)
Hi Rob! i've been playing No Copyright music during my livestream over the last 2 months.But somehow the copyright is still appearing in my videos! I'm wondering why that is.Could you help me to resolve it please? Thanks
In TH-cam Studio, go to Content, then go to your live stream video, click Edit, then click Copyright in the left menu. THe reason should be listed there.
I've just started a channel and I'm using AI to create faceless videos, using a script which is indeed copyrighted... by me. I'm using portions from my own book which I wrote a few years ago. I got an alert about it, not a strike, which is interesting since the video portion that was highlighted was AI created, and the words, of course, were mine. I wonder how TH-cam handles a situation like this???? I guess since I haven't challenged my own copyrighted material, nothing much happens, except I'll get those alerts?
Storytelling is a great way to make videos engaging... it's definitely a skill I don't feel I'm super good at, but want to get better at. The better storyteller you are, the longer people will want to stick around and here more from you :-)
I got a strike years ago. I had recorded an easter-egg hunt or something of our granddaughter in the neighborhood to send to great-grandparents. I was a neighborhood party and they had a radio blaring in the background. Posted it on the channel, sent the link to the great-grandparents and BINGO! STRIKE ONE. Took the video down and all is well.
I have 2 video's whith this: "The Content ID claim on your video doesn't affect your channel. This is not a copyright strike." Although I've put the license code in my description. Is this normal?
@@RobtheMaritimer the music i put in my video comes from a website with royalty free music (website Pixababy). If you download a song, the license code comes with it and they say you have to put that code in your description of your youtube video or else you might get a copyright strike. In this case i did'nt get a strike, just a "heads up". I will definitly test this without the code in the description and see if i might get a "copyright strike" instead.
Just a word for future use.... Record companies have thousands of humans along with AI monitoring youtube and other platforms for copyright music... These people are like sharks and WILL send a copyright on music.
Unfortunately Bob, because of this, TH-cam will now be monitoring your channel for any further potential copyright violations. Please close any unnecessary background tabs while you're doing future live streams, as it will make the stream run more smoothly.
Definitely good information to know! As a new TH-camr, I am extra careful to keep my descriptions short, have no music playing on the background or in the video, and definitely no tabs open! I’m happy to hear that you did not get a strike. I love your content. Thank you for sharing and wishing you all the best! 🦋
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Are you worried that the type of content you want to make for your channel may result in Copyright strikes from TH-cam? If you have questions about what's allowed, let me know in the comments below :-)
@@RobtheMaritimer slightly off topic, but there is a TH-camr called Haxman who has free music for YT videos...
There are situations where the only viable option appears to be counter claiming on the copyright material. For example the purpose of our channel is to report and document on live public events such as carnivals, beach parties, pride parades and nightlife. Our channel is jounalistic in nature and the intention is to accurately depict what occurs during these events, many of which are officially recognised as being of international touristic importance. As there are always (multiple) loud sound systems playing while we are recording, some you can clearly hear over 1km away, it is impossible to avoid incidental and or accidental recording of sound and images which we have no control over, nor do we request or direct what music is played in any way. Our videos are totally candid in nature and depict real life events of public interest. It is impossible to modify or remove the live audio while still producing a meaningful video as the audience are continually interacting with their environment including what they see and what they hear, for example singing or dancing, and if you remove or alter the audio then the results are unrealistic and unusable. We would have to use AI do do that anyway, for example keep the backgroud/crowd sound and change the music and then YT would require us to declare our videos as modified using AI to alter real life events. We would love to find another way to avoid copyright claims, some of our videos can have more that ten claims in a 20-30 minute video. As we are recording free to attend events in public areas (street parties, beaches etc) and our intention is to document the event then we understand this is fair dealing or fair use due to the context in which the included images and audio are used. Our videos take a lot of work to produce, with three independent camera operators and a lot of editing to produce a coherent viewing experience. We should expect to be paid for our work. What is your advice?
@@GranCanariaUncovered Sounds like it would be very difficult for you to avoid inadvertent or accidental capture of some copyrighted music. You can try TH-cam's "Erase Music" tool on the clips it identifies as copyrighted music. I'm trying that on my video to see if it works. It does take awhile for youtube to apply this but I think that depends on the length of your video. My live stream was over 2 hours long so for me it takes a long time (several hours per song). I'll provide an update on how that went on a future video. Thanks for sharing :)
@@hackmultimediafunny enough you mentioned that, I came across this recently, but there's nothing to say, apart from a video or two, that after purchasing the music I can use is royalty free. And the label (I assume taxman London based producer) can change their mind anytime, no? You wouldn't want to make 10 popular video and get copyrighted for them, out of blue, right?
@@lordiari7110 Haxman is American, and our licensing doesn't work that way. Once it's out, you can't "change your mind" and nail everybody who used your material in the past.
I’m currently launching my TH-cam channel so this is timely info. Sorry you ran into it but thanks for sharing.
PS. The bloopers were also helpful so I know it’s not only me, and to see I’m handling it like you do. Pause, breath and take 2!
You're amazing 😊
Awesome! Good luck with it!
Thank you for the information! I’ve only been posting for 3wks but I have stayed away from music on purpose because I have heard creators tell stories just like yours!
That's a good idea! Good luck with it!
The best and surest way to avoid copyright strikes is to avoid using copyrighted material at all. For example, if you want music for your video, you either make all the music yourself or use no music at all. Or if you want a picture, you either use a picture you took or made yourself, or you don't use any picture at all. Or if you want to use a phrase or a quote, make your own phrases and quotes or don't use them at all. Or if you're taking outdoor shots, check that the building or public artwork in the background is covered under Freedom of Panorama or it shouldn't be in your background at all. This is still the simplest solution. A more difficult situation is when the rights to your face or voice belong to someone else due to contracts, as can be and has been the case with some actors and singers.
thank you for sharing this information! All the best :)
Super helpful. Thanks for the details…and the bloopers! It’s amazing the gymnastics we go through to set up a video, isn’t it? And it’s so refreshing to see someone else go through the stops and starts as you get rolling. I very much appreciated that and totally relate to.
Haha yes there is a lot we go through! I think most people probably don't think I should put bloopers at the end like that... but those who do like them it's because they can totally relate. Plus I find it fun to edit them in :-)
Oh wow…. Thanks for sharing this! This definitely helps me when it comes to thinking about going live! Thank you! ✨❤🙏🏽
Glad it was helpful!
Incredible how they catch this stuff. Thank you for the heads up and I’m so glad that they didn’t strike you for this. Have a great day!
It really is incredible!!
Thank you for sharing your story. It helps to avoid this mistake!
I'm glad it helped! :-)
On my record collecting channel, I have a video where I go crate digging at a local antique store. They had music playing in the store for background. When I uploaded my edit, without thinking too much about it but kind of expecting to see a warning, I was given the opportunity to use YT's tools to mute that section of video to avoid copyright infringement. Since I wasn't talking in that part, it was an easy decision and a simple change to make. Next time I'll overdub with public domain music or other music that I do have permission to use and add my commentary as needed.
You're amazing 😊
Good plan!
Hey Rob, thank you for sharing this info. I have an epidemic sound subscription that I use for my other channel. I got a copyright notice (not a strike) and had to go through a process to demonstrate to YT that I indeed have ES permission to use their music. It all worked out in the end ⭐
That's great! Epidemic Sound are really good about that :)
You can go in TH-cam studio and eliminate that music from the video but keep all other sounds if you want to correct the issue and monetize it for yourself.
You're amazing 😊
I was under the impression I could not do that to a live stream... but I will look into it more. Thank you :)
Very good explanation about what happened and I’m SO glad you didn’t get a copyright strike. Love your channel, your content and your personality.
Thank you so much!
Thanks 😊😊🎉🎉🎉
Thanks for the info. I’d never have thought background music, particularly in a public place as reported by others in the comments, would be an issue.
I wouldn't have thought so either but that's definitely the case... have to be so careful :)
In a DRAMATIC turn of events; Peanut apparently not only runs her own faceless Lo-fi TH-cam channel, but has also clearly drawn a line in the sand for her compensation in regards to copy-write law
Yup, the jig is up. Another win for Peanut!
@@chefbabyryan1 I think peanut wants better pay ..more treats, more petting and love! ❤️
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As new to TH-cam and starting my own channel, this was very helpful - I especially loved the end to see your cat but more so, how we all get comfortable, test our opening, etc. Thank you - Dan from Alberta!
Glad you liked it and found it helpful :-)
YT must have an AI bot able to detect copyrighted music because that happened to us as well. My son was doing a Lego vid in one room and I was in another room playing music and the video caught the tune in the background -enough for YT to hear it, lol
Yes, 100% they do! And the bot is very good... and getting better all the time :-)
I am grateful for your videos!😊
Thank you so much! That means a lot :)
@@RobtheMaritimerMy pleasure! I appreciate that!😊
so easy to get caught out Rob, thanks for the info. I wish there was a way to play copyrighted music intentionally and communicate that you want them to receive the monetisation at outset. I used some intentionally on a video recently, the old Batman theme. ticked that yes there was copyrighted material in it. but still got the same message you had, which was unnecessary as that was exactly what I had intended. seems a little daft.
No problem! And thanks for sharing your experience :-)
Thx for the info, it was so helpful and interesting to watch keep it up!❤
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Rob. That must have been very challenging to go through. Your video did a good job of helping us go through the highs and lows of being called out over a copyright infraction. That channel would do well to pay you for your promotion . Your recommendation is clearly sincere.
I'm glad you found it helpful! :-)
Bloopers were very funny. 😅😅 I put the same face when I'm bout to start a video. 😅. Thanks for sharing
My pleasure, glad you liked it :-)
Great video! I haven't dealt with this before but it's super easy these days to end up accidentally using copyrighted material.
It sure is! Thanks for watching :)
So interesting - thanks for sharing your story. I always love your "bloopers" at the end. The parts most people don't see; I laugh at the large sections of my unedited videos where I am just thinking .. and later edit out. 😊
If 500 hours of video is uploaded to youtube every minute... how many hours of video are cut out??? Probably 2-3 times that! lol
@ haha yes for sure!
I find it annoying when people put music in parts of their video where they aren’t talking or in the background while they demonstrate something . I wish piece should just either do voice over or just have no sound in that part . I will offer just turn off the sound in those parts. Can you explain why most seem to insist on having music in the sir videos where they don’t talk. Does it hurt one’s reach if they don’t have sound in parts of their videos?
It's personal preference in the way people want to make videos... part of the creative process. Some people make videos the way they want to make them, and that may or may not mean putting in music in certain places. Often times people "fill a void" by replacing "no sound" with music.... but not everyone does. You bring up a good point... it's not always necessary to fill every part of a video with sound (i.e. insert music when no talking is happening)... sometimes NOT inserting music is helpful. It's all just personal preference... some people like it and some people don't.
To answer your question, it does not hurt a video's performance if you leave music out. However, it's important to keep viewers' attention for as long as possible.... the better the retention, the better the video will perform. Sometimes music can help hold a viewers attention vs not having anything going on in the video. That's the only way it might affect it. I hope that helps :-)
Thanks, I am glad you still get paid! I made a video of at Rave and had 3 song strikes, so I used the non copyright music from TH-cam to blurr it out, what a messy video now. I made another video and in the description I said I will leave the video up and see what you tube says and sure enough you tube allowed me to leave the music in this time? The word copyright still stays on my manage videos but not a strike? I am not monetized but If the time comes I will blurr those songs out and do as you do.
The word copyright being there for your video is not a strike... it just means youtube is saying there is copyrighted material in your video and you therefore cannot monetize that video.
If you go to TH-cam editor, and go to the copyright button, you have choices to remove or replace copyright music using AI. You can then monetise that video!
Yes I am seeing that and testing it now. I'll report my findings in an upcoming video ;)
Thank you for these videos! It should be mentioned that anyone who ends up with copyright material in their video should go into TH-cam Studio and edit out the sections with copyrighted material (another video idea).
In this case it is highly unlikey that the copyright holder noticed the content in Rob's video (and decided not to claim) but TH-cam is does scan, at least for obvious (low hanging fruit) copyright material, and notify the Channel owner if detected.
Yes, youtube definitely has AI bots that detect copyrighted material in videos. It's actually quite amazing how it works :)
Great info. I had this happen on a gaming channel where the game played copyrighted music, and I had neglected to turn off the game music. I did not get a strike but got a similar notification. It's easy to make this mistake.
It sure is! Thanks for sharing :-)
I avoid music for that reason.
I try to as well ;)
Aww 😍🥰 it's peanut?! If you remove that clip of copyright part will they allow you to publish it? For replay?
Yes, Peanut is my side-kick! I could go into TH-cam Studio and remove that section of video that contains the background audio... but then a big portion of the video will be gone or have no audio, and the quality of the video would therefore not be good. So I just decided to leave it as is and not be worried about that one video not being monetized. We aren't talking about a huge amount of money anyways... live streams don't typically get a lot of replays especially since I do them every week :-)
Also recently,someone was using my name/profile photo and started spamming nonsense chats in my livestream.Could it be the cause of copyright that appears next to my videos?
You can block/delete people who spam your chat in the live stream. But I can't see that as being a reason to get a copyright notice on your video.
Thank you for sharing! Very good warning and one I will take to heart. I appreciate it. 😊 ~Carol Amato P.S. Thank you for sharing your 'bloopers' because it keeps it real! 💚
Glad it was helpful!
Wow, very interesting. Thanks for sharing, Rob!
My pleasure :)
Thanks for giving us the heads up on this.
My pleasure! Hope it helps :-)
Thank you for your videos Rob, a wealth of knowledge for new channels - like me.
No problem! Happy to help :)
New subscriber. I appreciate you sharing this honest mistake. Curious… why not delete that video, or go in and remove the section that contains the music? Just curious
I don't want to delete the video because it contains good information for the people who watch my videos. I don't want my viewers to suffer because I made a mistake. And it's ok to leave the video on the platform... TH-cam doesn't mind, and the copyright holders don't mind because they're monetizing that video. It's all good for everyone :)
Ok i play music on my talk show. I play music i pay a license fee for each song. But often i get a TH-cam notice. Not a strike! I show proof each time its licensed and never ever have a problem. Only use content you are licensed to use!
Great advice! :)
Thank you, Rob. This is very helpful.😊
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching :)
Thank you so much 🎉
My pleasure :)
Thanks. Be careful when standing on your chair. 🔥
Haha! I've got my light attached to the wall up high... that's the only way I can adjust it! The chair is pretty sturdy ;)
You're amazing 😊
The other day a Facebook reel I had posted from a balcony, maybe 25 flights up… It was just muddled sound from lots of bars down below in Pattaya… Apparently some song was picked up for copyright out of all that sound below. I couldn’t hear any specific song when I listened again.
Wow that's amazing how youtube can do that! What you can do is login to your TH-cam Studio, click the "Copyright" link in the left menu, and the song in question should be listed there with choices for you. You may be able to delete the song from your video from there, OR delete the audio from that section of your video. I hope that helps!
Thanks for letting us know about this. Do you think we should be concerned about street performers being included in videos?
I wouldn't be too concerned about that, but if you are you could always ask them before posting?
@ great advice!
A very comprehensive explanation of the situation. I do not see any ads in your videos so are you not monetised?
Yes I'm monetized. Do you have TH-cam Premium? If so, that removes the ads for you.
Good information 👍 I stopped playing music in my videos 📹 But luckily I'm still new & not monetized yet. I will not put music in now or when I get monetized in Long videos lol 😂
That's really the simplest answer :-)
I had a similar situation, I was filming myself driving in my car and talking about the area i was in, i had my radio on but i turned it down during recording, i didn't even realise when editing that REM was playing , during checks by TH-cam when uploading the video i had a copyright infringment due to the song on the radio, i was given a choice to remove the piece of music or TH-cam would remove it for me. I removed the music which you could hardly hear anyway and reloaded the video without issue. Just have to be so careful
You have to be careful indeed :) Thanks for sharing!
How long did the music play? Are you able to just edit that section out of the video using the YT editor and then get your monetisation back? Just curious 🧐
It was playing for about 8 minutes... 3 different songs. And I've just successfully used TH-cam's Audio editor to remove it :) I will make another video in the near future about this ;)
@@RobtheMaritimer Okay great! I did think there was a way to remove audio in the studio 😎
Thank you for the info, i dont understand how movie clips and also movies aint detected..
They are detected. But there are often some things editors do to avoid problems. Under the "Fair Use Doctrine" they may add their own commentary and critique a portion of the clip and then it may be okay. They also typically limit the clip lengths to 10 seconds or less, or they'll modify the clip by adding overlays, putting it in a frame or something else like that. But this is all subject to interpretation. The fact of the matter is, as far as the law is concerned, if you don't own something, you can't legally put it in your video. That's really the bottom line. Any attempt to do that and get around the "rules" you are doing with some level of risk.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge & unfortunate experience.
Now, how do those chanels with djs playing music or other chanels with mixed videos get away with copyrighted content...?
Do they have a different permit or license like a radio station or how come they dont get sued...?
Thanks again.
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Great question! I wonder myself. How did they get away with it?
Yes, some TH-cam channels that play music or use copyrighted content have special licenses or agreements to avoid copyright strikes. Here are the main ways they do it (I used ChatGPT for this):
1. Music Licensing Agreements: Some channels purchase specific licenses from music libraries or rights holders to legally use songs. There are platforms like Epidemic Sound, Artlist, or AudioJungle that offer royalty-free music specifically for content creators, which means they have the rights to use the music they license from these sites.
2. TH-cam Content ID System: TH-cam’s Content ID system allows copyright owners to claim their work. They can either take down infringing videos or allow the video to stay up but run ads on it to collect revenue. Some channels use copyrighted music with the understanding that they won’t earn ad revenue, as it goes directly to the copyright holder.
3. Blanket Licenses: Some companies like record labels or production studios may have blanket licenses, similar to radio stations, allowing broader use of music. However, these are typically costly and aren’t common for smaller channels.
4. Fair Use Doctrine: While not a guaranteed shield, some channels try to claim “fair use” for educational, transformative, or commentary-based content. For example, channels that provide music reviews, analyses, or transformative mashups may claim fair use, though this depends on various factors and isn’t always upheld.
5. Manual Permissions: Some TH-camrs directly reach out to artists or rights holders for permission to use their music. Smaller, independent musicians are sometimes open to this approach in exchange for credit and exposure.
6. Public Domain and Creative Commons: Some creators use music and video content that is either in the public domain or released under a Creative Commons license, which is free for reuse, sometimes with certain restrictions (like attribution).
Using copyrighted music or media without a license is risky for most creators because it could lead to strikes, revenue loss, or even channel suspension if rights holders pursue enforcement aggressively.
I hope that helps! :-)
@@RobtheMaritimer wow 😮, thank you for enlightening us. I’ve learned something new today. Thanks again.
Thanks for this! I hope to go live with my channel on Winter Solstice.
I'm sure many of us would love you to do a video on what is and is not allowed regarding avoiding copyright claims and strikes.
I'm particularly interested in how it applies to artwork on my wall. I want to record most of my videos in my living room and have several prints and canvases by well-known artists.
Do I need to blur them out?
Thanks again! Love your videos! So helpful and informative. 🙋♀️💖
@@barbaralawrence6226 If artwork by well-known artists is visible in your video, there’s a small risk of copyright issues, especially if it’s clearly shown. It’s usually fine if it’s incidental and not the focus of your video, but to be safe, you might blur it or keep it out of frame. Most creators don’t face issues with background art, but taking precautions can help.
Love the cat. ❤
Good advice, thank you!
My pleasure!
I feel so annoyed by this. My husband is a musician and I’m still annoyed. No one was watching your video for that music and it didn’t matter at all for the content and they shouldn’t get the money. Ugh
Sounds like you're more annoyed by it than I was lol! It's fine... rules are rules and it was just an honest mistake... but still, rules are rules and someone does own that music. I did figure out how to silence the music using TH-cam Studio's Editor, so all is fixed now. I'm going to make a follow up video about this :) Thanks for commenting!
Seen ya pop up in my feed here . And been watchin
Thanks for watching :)
@@RobtheMaritimer u r welcome
@@RobtheMaritimer I started mine . On Aug 11 . Still learning things
Does the erase song tool work on Lives? I get video bombed by my dogs all the time and I leave them in. I do low/no edit talking head videos
Great question! TH-cam's Erase Song tool only works on pre-recorded videos... it does not work on live streams.
Hey Rob, sorry this happened to you. Do you have any idea how the owner of the copyrighted music found out that their music was played ?? Certainly they were not watching the broadcast ?? They must have some kind of detection software ??
TH-cam has AI bots that find these things very quickly. I don't know how it's done but am amazed by it! For it to be able to identify any piece of music that's ever been copyrighted... within minutes... for the millions of videos that are uploaded every day... it just astounds me!
I just did a search, and as of 2022, more than 500 hours of video were uploaded to TH-cam every MINUTE... that's 720,000 hours of new content added daily. And TH-cam has the ability to scan all of that within minutes. Amazing.
Here for the Kitty. But GLAD you had no Copyright Strike
Thank you :)
Thank you
Thank you however I thought if you file a counter notice the copy right owner has to show that legal proceedings have been issued. If not the video will go back up.
I am not a lawyer, so I don't know the answer to that. I have a hard time believing that the owner of the music would be responsible in having to prove anything. I'm pretty sure the onus is on the person using music that doesn't belong to them. But again, I'm not a lawyer :)
I adore your cat. I used to have a Himalayan cat as a kid. She looked like yours. What's your baby's name?
Thanks! Her name is Peanut... hardly a baby anymore at 13 years old. She's a ragdoll :)
I have more than one Channel . If I go to the mountain and make a short video , can I upload the/my raw video data to all of my channels ?
Yes you can upload footage to more than one channel but you should make the edited videos different in some way. TH-cam discourages duplicate content to maintain a diverse platform, so re-uploading the same video to different channels might lead to one or more videos being flagged or removed. But if you can add unique elements to each version that would be best :)
How do you keep lights out of you eye glass lenses?
That's all about positioning! For the most part I look directly towards the camera. Therefore, to avoid the glare of lights shining in my glasses, I put my lights above me (45 degrees up) and off to the side (45 degrees to the side). That way, the only time the light will glare in my glasses and show in the video is if I point my face towards the lights :)
This is helpful. I use music in my videos all the time. I'm about to stop doing it. I've seen what you're talking about before. I have some videos that say I have a copyright but it also says My channel is not affected by it just like you said. But now that I know I won't even be able to monetize it at all, I'm going to stop using music. I thought as long as the music I choose is copyright free I could still monetize. But if I'm understanding your video correctly.. I cannot only the owner of the music can. I never knew
TH-cam has a library of music you can use in your videos that does not affect your monetization. Copyright-free music. You can use that for free. Besides that, you can subscribe to a music service like Epidemic Sound (that's what I use). That comes with a license that allows you to use any music you download from there in your videos, royalty free... meaning, you can still monetize videos you put that music in. I hope that helps!
@RobtheMaritimer hi, I have had a epidemic sound subscription before and I downloaded a handful of songs. But I no longer have an active subscription. If I use those songs without having an active subscription will I still be able to monetize those videos?
@@Manhattan_Pretty That's a great question! The answer is no, you cannot use those songs in any new videos you make if you don't have an active subscription with them, even though you had an active subscription when you downloaded them. But any videos you made with those songs while you had an active subscription can continue to be monetized by you. They probably have it setup this way to avoid people getting just a 1 month subscription and downloading thousands of songs during that month, to be able to use them in future projects. I hope that makes sense :)
@@RobtheMaritimer ok yes .. that makes sense. Do I just need to renew my epidemic sound subscription to be able to monetize those videos one day?
@Manhattan_Pretty That might be a question for Epidemic Sound directly… but my feeling is if you made a video while you didn’t have a license to use the music you used, just signing up to Epidemic Sound later probably won’t fix that. I’m thinking you still cannot monetize a video you made earlier. You would have to redo the video while having a current subscription and license to use the music. That’s my opinion… you may want to double check with Epidemic Sound :)
Hi Rob! i've been playing No Copyright music during my livestream over the last 2 months.But somehow the copyright is still appearing in my videos! I'm wondering why that is.Could you help me to resolve it please? Thanks
In TH-cam Studio, go to Content, then go to your live stream video, click Edit, then click Copyright in the left menu. THe reason should be listed there.
@RobtheMaritimer .I did that.But i couldn't find that option
@@RobtheMaritimer .Hi Rob! I'd discovered it in the end and there was no copyright strikes.So glad about it.Many thanks!
I've just started a channel and I'm using AI to create faceless videos, using a script which is indeed copyrighted... by me. I'm using portions from my own book which I wrote a few years ago. I got an alert about it, not a strike, which is interesting since the video portion that was highlighted was AI created, and the words, of course, were mine. I wonder how TH-cam handles a situation like this???? I guess since I haven't challenged my own copyrighted material, nothing much happens, except I'll get those alerts?
That's a good question! You're probably right but may want to check with youtube support to be certain :)
Sir thank you for sharing us this useful information
My pleasure!
@RobtheMaritimer 🙏❤️🙏
Thats a very interesting how a copyright can happen. Thanks!
It's amazing how they can catch these things automatically the way they do!
Just started telling stories, want to get monetized, any advice helps!
Storytelling is a great way to make videos engaging... it's definitely a skill I don't feel I'm super good at, but want to get better at. The better storyteller you are, the longer people will want to stick around and here more from you :-)
How do prominent TY channels use well known songs and the videos never get copyrighted?
They may have purchased a license to be able to use them.
Good information, sir.
Thank you :)
I got a strike years ago. I had recorded an easter-egg hunt or something of our granddaughter in the neighborhood to send to great-grandparents. I was a neighborhood party and they had a radio blaring in the background. Posted it on the channel, sent the link to the great-grandparents and BINGO! STRIKE ONE. Took the video down and all is well.
Thanks for sharing!
I have 2 video's whith this: "The Content ID claim on your video doesn't affect your channel. This is not a copyright strike." Although I've put the license code in my description. Is this normal?
I don't understand, "you put the license code in your description"... what license code? In your TH-cam video's description?
@@RobtheMaritimer the music i put in my video comes from a website with royalty free music (website Pixababy). If you download a song, the license code comes with it and they say you have to put that code in your description of your youtube video or else you might get a copyright strike. In this case i did'nt get a strike, just a "heads up". I will definitly test this without the code in the description and see if i might get a "copyright strike" instead.
Yep. That has happened to me
Interesting, thank you
You're welcome :)
Just a word for future use.... Record companies have thousands of humans along with AI monitoring youtube and other platforms for copyright music... These people are like sharks and WILL send a copyright on music.
There's definitely AI monitoring involved... there's no way they'd be able to monitor all videos manually.
Thanks ❤
You're welcome 😊
Interesting.
You can remove that music with TH-cam’s AI background music remover and get your monetization back
I'm trying this to see if it works ;)
So give them a free ad. "Hey, I listen to these guys. You might enjoy them." Problem solved, unless they're jerks. 🤷♂️☕️
Haha good idea :-)
@RobtheMaritimer Mama always said, if you're gonna be full of something, you might as well be full of good ideas! 🤣
Unfortunately Bob, because of this, TH-cam will now be monitoring your channel for any further potential copyright violations. Please close any unnecessary background tabs while you're doing future live streams, as it will make the stream run more smoothly.
I think youtube monitors everyone anyways... automatically :) But yes, I need to start closing my tabs lol!
Definitely good information to know! As a new TH-camr, I am extra careful to keep my descriptions short, have no music playing on the background or in the video, and definitely no tabs open! I’m happy to hear that you did not get a strike. I love your content. Thank you for sharing and wishing you all the best! 🦋
Thank you for the kind words! And yes, I have to be more careful :-)
I pray that All small TH-camrs shine on their TH-cam journey 🙏💞🫂
I’m a small channel and I’m still not shining lol but I still have hope lol
@pumpkinoliveros4147 don't give up please 🙏🥺 keep going 💪
As always, thanks for the heads-up....Taking notes🇿🇦🫶
Thanks! I hope it helps :-)