
Related: How to check if song is copyrighted on YouTube

We’ve published a new post that explains how you can see if any song or piece of music is copyrighted with 100% accuracy. According to YouTube, the page wasn’t “popular enough”.

YouTube has removed the Music Policy page along with the old Creator Studio. To find out, look at YouTube Music Policy database. This video features the song “Desaprendere (Treatment)” by fourstones, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license.How do I know what happens if I use copyrighted music in my video? For example, you might include text like this at the end of your video: Under CC licenses, synching the music to images amounts to transforming the music, so you can’t legally use a song under a CC No Derivative Works license in your video.Īlso, make sure to properly credit the musician and the track, as well as express the CC license the track is under. This means that the musician doesn’t want you to change, transform, or make a derivative work using their music. Most importantly, you need to use music that is not licensed under a No Derivative Works license. CC-licensed music isn’t free for all uses, only some - so make sure to check out the terms (you can find these by clicking on each song’s license icon).

For more information, visit our Learn More page. For instance, a musician might use a Creative Commons license to allow people to legally share her songs online, make copies for friends, or even use them in videos or make remixes. CC offers free copyright licenses that anyone can use to mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. What is Creative Commons?Ĭreative Commons is a system that allows you to legally use “some rights reserved” music, movies, images, and other content - all for free.

Many musicians choose to release their songs under Creative Commons licenses, which give you the legal right to do things like use their music in your videos. Bassel Khartabil Fellowships and Memorial Fund.Creative Commons > What We Do > Program areas > Open Culture > Legal Music For Videos Find news by topic
