How does one comply with copyright requirements to post a video to YouTube?

Question

I videotaped my daughter dancing a dance she choreographed to the song "We are Young" by fun. featuring Janelle Monae. We attempted to post the video to YouTube, but it was declined due to copyright infringement. I checked YouTube and there were hundreds of videos using the same song posted to YouTube. Most of them featured little kids dancing to the same song and I doubt that they did whatever one has to do to get a video posted to YouTube. One of the things I read about posting videos to YouTube required one to get permission from the artist before being able to post the videos to YouTube. Again, I highly doubt that all of the kids whose videos are posted on YouTube requested and received permission from fun. before posting their videos to YouTube. So, please explain what it is I must do in order to get my video posted to YouTube?

Answer 1

It is still copyright infringement...but in your case YouTube happened to catch you unfortunately. YouTube has an automated system to search videos for infringing content by matching one "official" video or song stored in a database and comparing it to those uploaded by others. If the uploaded one matches the "official" video, it will be detected and banned.



The probable explanation is that those people may have uploaded said videos shortly after the song came out, so YouTube probably just recently added that song to their database for searching for copyright infringing content. Any videos uploaded BEFORE the song was added to the database will not be scanned. Only those videos uploaded AFTER (in this case, yours) it is added to the database will be searched during upload.



And some other songs out there are allowed because YouTube has a deal with the artist to allow uploads with their songs in them in exchange for ad revenue on those videos. But unfortunately there is no set list of which artists have these contracts.



I am really sorry that you can't get the song through! Be careful if you try it again though, because you may receive a strike on your account (3 and you are banned!).

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Feel free to report the copyright violations by all of the others, if it makes you fell any better. You can report them to the producer of the original soundtrack that is being pirated.



A woman in Minnesota was reported by a third party who downloaded songs from her computer using KaZaa. The record company sued her and the jury awarded $80,000 for each song illegally distributed.



Just because there appear to be hundreds of people violating the law (and the copyright owners' rights), some of which may actually have "tacit approval", it does not mean the copyright owners have to allow everyone to do the same thing.