YouTube Copyright Rules: What You Must Know https://www.tubebuddy.com/blog/category/copyright/ The Premier YouTube Channel Management Toolkit Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:17:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 How to avoid copyright music and copyright strikes on YouTube https://www.tubebuddy.com/blog/copyrighted-music-in-videos-legal/ Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000 https://www.tubebuddy.com/?p=4875 Want to know if it’s safe to use certain music in your YouTube video? Check out our guide to copyrighted music.

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]]> Avoid Copyright Music in YouTube Videos: “Erase Song” Has Your Back https://www.tubebuddy.com/blog/avoid-copyright-music-in-youtube-erase-song/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:09:00 +0000 https://www.tubebuddy.com/?p=11804 As creators, we know that copyright music in YouTube videos can cause a whole host of problems. We don’t use copyright music as the sound bed for our videos unless we have clear permission. We know that “fair use” and copyright is a gray area at best. Because while a copyright claim is not necessarily a YouTube strike — a violation of the YouTube Partner Program rules — it can still lead to our videos being demonetized or worse. But what happens when you film a video for YouTube and forget to turn off the Spotify stream before you roll? What if you’re filming in a restaurant, or at the gym, or another public place where you can’t avoid capturing copyright music? And what if you already uploaded your video? What if you already got a copyright notice?  If you’ve ever uploaded a video to YouTube only to be hit with a copyright claim on the background music, you know the pain all too well. Those copyright restrictions can be a real buzz kill, preventing your video from earning any ad revenue and in some cases, even blocking it from being viewed in certain regions.  But fear not, YouTube has cooked… Continue reading Avoid Copyright Music in YouTube Videos: “Erase Song” Has Your Back

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]]> YouTube Copyright Claim: Everything You Need to Know https://www.tubebuddy.com/blog/whats-the-difference-between-a-copyright-strike-and-a-copyright-claim/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:21:00 +0000 https://www.tubebuddy.com/?p=5287 Do you know the difference between a copyright claim and a copyright strike on YouTube? If not, find out right now.

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]]> YouTube Copyright: What You Need to Know about Song Covers https://www.tubebuddy.com/blog/youtube-news-song-copyright/ Mon, 30 Sep 2019 08:14:00 +0000 /p/youtube-news-song-copyright/ Barbara brought David from the copyright team back on for another copyright breakdown on Creator Ins

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