Copyright 101
Hello! Here I'll be educating you on how copyright claims work. I apologize if I get something wrong though as I learned about them through experience :D
Hello! Here I'll be educating you on how copyright claims work. I apologize if I get something wrong though as I learned about them through experience :D
With the new Youtube Shorts feature available, music is no longer a problem! You can earn money from Youtube Shorts even if the music is copyrighted as a long form video
Your video/animation will get a copyright claim if you used a copyrighted music, making you unable to monetize them.
Of course, if you only wanted to make videos for fun then you don't have to worry about copyright claims.
So far there are 4 statuses to the monetization depends solely on the music creator's restrictions. They affect on how you're able to earn money through your videos.
Now that you've picked what animation meme to do. It's time to look up if it's copyrighted or not by searching up the music on youtube and reading under their description box for more info.
Some are less complicated and doesn't require proper credit, but here are some examples of memes that'll receive a claim unless you credit the artist correctly.
It's crucial to check if the music belongs to company that doesn't allow its use without license. However, this has a small chance of occurrence. It's recommended to search for music on Youtube rather on Spotify or other platform since the system is not the same.