

* Starting in 2019, YouTube has been making some changes to make it easier for creators to resolve the claims.

Sadly, this means you won’t be able to monetize your video.

In most cases, the owners will be happy to let you use their music in exchange for putting ads in your video.

The copyright owner decides whether they want to allow you to use their music. The Content ID system is merely informing you that it detected some copyrighted music in your video. In most cases, Content ID is only available to established music publishers, however, a number of YouTube certified companies, like AdRev, Audiam, and few more, offer technical solutions for smaller independent music producers, so they can also protect their works with YouTube’s Content ID system.įor example, if you use a music track registered in the AdRev system, you will receive a copyright claim (also known as third party content match) that looks like this: Track the viewership statistics of your video.Monetize on your video by running ads (you won’t be able to monetize).Block your video (worst case – this most likely will penalize your channel).Mute your video (video is still available but no audio).If you use copyrighted music registered in the Contend ID system, the copyright owner may decide to: Copyright owners, not YouTube, get to decide what to do with videos that contain their work. Every video uploaded to YouTube is scanned against the Content ID database to detect if it contains any copyrighted music or video. YouTube employs a robust system called Content ID that allows copyright owners to identify and to manage how their content is used on YouTube.
