{"id":2799,"date":"2021-05-11T14:26:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T14:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synchedin.com\/blog\/?p=2799"},"modified":"2021-05-11T14:26:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T14:26:33","slug":"what-is-copyright-claim-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/blog\/what-is-copyright-claim-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Copyright Claim on YouTube?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you intend on uploading videos to YouTube<\/a>, you ought to get clued-up on what a copyright claim is. Stick around to learn all about them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming across assets, whether audio or visual, that are truly copyright free<\/a> can be trickier than you think. Unless assets are public domain<\/a> or the owner has explicitly stated they are copyright free, you may receive a copyright claim on your video. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a Claim & What Triggers Them?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When you upload a video to YouTube, it doesn’t only get watched by other people. It also gets watched (sort of) by YouTube itself. Specifically, the content ID<\/a> system. This system uses sound assets and matches them to any video on YouTube that is using the same asset. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video featuring a copyrighted sound asset will receive a copyright claim (note: these are different to copyright strikes<\/a>). This can be done automatically or manually by the company that the copyright holder has registered their assets to content ID through. If not already, the video is then monetized and the earnings will be paid to the copyrighted asset owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many content creators opt for royalty free music<\/a> in their videos in order to avoid claims. However, royalty free is often confused with copyright free, and claims are still generated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Release Copyright Claims<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You do not have the power to release a claim if you\u2019ve received one on a video after using someone else\u2019s asset. Only the copyright holder of the asset that’s generated the claim can do this. If you know the copyright holder or can contact them, you can ask them directly to release the claim. However, this is only really works when smaller scale artists are involved (e.g. we don\u2019t recommend using a Beyonc\u00e9 track then asking Sony to release a claim. This is more likely to result in a copyright strike than a claim).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you subscribe to an asset licensing service like RouteNote Licensing<\/a>, you can get access to claims control<\/a>. This means you can relax and not worry about contacting artists to release claims. We\u2019ve got an agreement with all our contributors, meaning we have the power to release claims on their behalf. So, if you use a royalty free track and receive a claim<\/a>, it can be sorted very easily in two ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n