This is for anyone who's having copyright issues on their Youtube videos due to music or audio copyrights. This will NOT help you if a video clip itself within your video is causing the copyright issue. This is the step-by-step process to get your audio back: 1) Go to "My Videos". 2) Select "Resolve Copyright" on the video you are having copyright issues with. OR, go to the video itself and choose "resolve copyright" from there. 3) Scroll down and pick the option "I want to learn more about this dispute process". 4) Scroll down and pick the option "Take me to the dispute form". 5) Pick option #2 and PASTE the following statement into the text bar next to it; Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. 6) Fill out the rest of the info on the page. Use your REAL name where it asks for it. Choose "Continue" when all information has been filled out. 7) Scroll down on the next page and select "Submit dispute". Within 2-3 minutes your video's audio should be back! Occasionally this will not work. This copyright covers 99% of copyrighted entertainment (From what I found out at least). Also, this will ONLY apply if you are not making any profit off your videos. If you intend to become a Youtube partner, I would not suggest doing this. Update: A dispute I sent out to UMG failed, and my vid has been blocked worldwide.... I'd highly reccomend using Audioswap on your vid, or uploading the vid here and linking to it on your YT (Or both :3)
By Golly, you are currently my new hero Goimez! Followed said instructions, waited a few moments, and whaddaya know? My AMV is back online! Thanks for the heads up, it's much apprecited!
Isn't this already posted? Wasn't this already posted by me in the "Youtube is just plain gay" forum? Oh well never mind...
This will only work if your video is intended as use for educational purposes, or for a purpose outside of it's own intended purpose. Besides, this whole Youtube/WMG thing that's going on right now has little to nothing to do with actual copyright law itself. Basically, WMG asked for more money from Youtube/Google last minute, and they couldn't make it, so instead they've just removed all videos containing WMG's music. Why do you think we were able to post these videos before? Because Youtube has been sort of "paying off" WMG for our videos... or at least this is the situation due to my own research. I'm not saying this method won't work, but it will only work under certain circumstances. This law won't apply usless your video fills in all the criteria. Even if it does work to begin with, Youtube can easily find out when they've been duped by this sorta thing. *Is not a lawyer, this isn't legal advice, don't say I didn't warn you*
The videos are usually FMVs, so I doubt they would be used for education, but for most people the music is used for personal use, critiquing from others and for non-profit. So as long as you aren't being paid by a third party site for your videos, you'll be ok. Can't help but notice that you singled out the Warner Music Group, where it's pretty much EVERY music group that's involved in the copyrighted music of whatever artist has a label with the certain company. Well if under the circumstances that you were being paid by a third-party, this obviously wont work, because you'd theoretically be stealing money from the respectful music group. But I'm not a lawyer either, so I wouldn't know much about this :p
(Can I just make this clear that I'm not here to argue, only explain) First point: saying that videos on Youtube are usually AMVs/FMVs is a massive generalisation. I think you're saying that the main videos affected are the AMV/FMVs? In either case, there are a massive amount of other uses of the music as BGM. I myself make Machinima (Google it if you don't know), so our group is hit massively by this. Second point: I specified WMG because it's their music that we aren't allowed to use anymore. We can still use stuff from Universal, or any other Music Groups, just nothing from WMG (Which is still pretty bad, as most Music artists are under this. Metallica is the first to come to mind) Third Point: From Youtube's point of view, it doesn't matter if you aren't using the music for profit, as that still doesn't give you any authorization to use it. (Checked from the disputes page, and an unsuccessful attempt) Basically, we have been locked down, Music-wise. AMV makers are hit particularly hard, as is anyone who uses BGM in their productions. There are little to few ways around this kinda thing, save for the Fair Use clause that's up there. Trust me, I'm not happy with this. I just want people to understand this situation before just going around and making statements like "Youtube is just plain gay!" Oh, wait... (Hope this elaborates a bit better)
