I did not intend to create a follow-up post concerning copyright rules on YouTube and classical music. However, after seeing my previous blog entry has been gaining a lot of attention, I feel that I must create another one. This decision is necessary because I realize that I neglected to mention a few significant points about copyright on YouTube. While I mentioned these points on other social media pages the other day, I wanted to be able to explain them here in a little more detail: specifically, for those who are not familiar with how YouTube and explains copyright problems.
Let me begin by saying that the situation involving my student recital was not the first time that I encountered issues with copyright. In fact, I started getting copyright claims for videos of my piano performances that I uploaded to YouTube in 2010: the year that I launched my MoltoRubato88 channel. Other record labels claimed that they owned the copyright to music by Mozart and Grieg. However, I did not need to delete these videos from my channel. I decided to keep them and mark them as "Private."
Let me begin by saying that the situation involving my student recital was not the first time that I encountered issues with copyright. In fact, I started getting copyright claims for videos of my piano performances that I uploaded to YouTube in 2010: the year that I launched my MoltoRubato88 channel. Other record labels claimed that they owned the copyright to music by Mozart and Grieg. However, I did not need to delete these videos from my channel. I decided to keep them and mark them as "Private."
If a YouTuber has a copyright claim on a specific video on their channel, than the notification of that claim will appear in the "Videos" section of the YouTube Studio (YouTube Studio is currently still available as a beta version.). From there, the user can check the details concerning the copyright claim: who claims the music in question and possible options for monetizing the video. These options usually involve sharing the profits (accrued from advertisements on the video) with the copyright holder. Of course, monetizing videos on YouTube only works through establishing an advertising account from Google. With regard to the third screenshot shown above, a copyright claimed video on YouTube can still stay on a channel. What this means is that the video (in certain cases) cannot be monetized by a YouTuber on their channel, because the video was claimed by someone else.
It deserves mention that a copyright claim does not mean the same thing as a copyright strike. A copyright strike often caries more severe penalties for YouTubers, specifically for those who intentionally upload copyrighted materials to their channel without permission from the copyright holder(s). A copyright strike can often prevent a YouTuber from monetizing and live streaming videos on their channel. YouTube implements a "Three-Strike" policy in their "Community Guidelines." Three copyright strikes on a YouTube channel result in permanent negative effects: account termination, the removal of all uploaded videos on the affected channel and banishment from the YouTube community. In other words, while a copyright claim is frustrating and requires certain procedures to fix, it is not as damaging as having a copyright strike.
It deserves mention that a copyright claim does not mean the same thing as a copyright strike. A copyright strike often caries more severe penalties for YouTubers, specifically for those who intentionally upload copyrighted materials to their channel without permission from the copyright holder(s). A copyright strike can often prevent a YouTuber from monetizing and live streaming videos on their channel. YouTube implements a "Three-Strike" policy in their "Community Guidelines." Three copyright strikes on a YouTube channel result in permanent negative effects: account termination, the removal of all uploaded videos on the affected channel and banishment from the YouTube community. In other words, while a copyright claim is frustrating and requires certain procedures to fix, it is not as damaging as having a copyright strike.
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