What is a Content ID merits?

If y'all upload a video that contains copyright-protected content, your video could get a Content ID merits. These claims are automatically generated when an uploaded video matches another video (or office of some other video) in our Content ID system.

Copyright owners tin ready Content ID to block uploads that match a copyrighted piece of work they own the rights to. They tin also allow the claimed content to remain on YouTube with ads. In these cases, the advert revenue goes to the copyright owners of the claimed content.

How do I know if my video has a Content ID claim?

When a Content ID claims your video, you'll get an email from YouTube. To observe more details about the claims on your videos:

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left carte du jour, click Content.
  3. In the Restrictions column, if a video has a claim on information technology, information technology volition be labeled Copyright claim.
  4. Hover over Copyright claim in the Restrictions column and click SEE DETAILS.
  5. Click the Downwards arrowMinimize to aggrandize the claim details.
  6. Under the Content found during department, click the timestamp to play the segment claimed by Content ID.

Yous tin as well filter to go a listing of videos that have claims on them by clicking Filter and thenCopyright claims.

Am I in trouble if my video has a Content ID claim?

Probably not. Content ID claims unremarkably mean we institute content on your YouTube channel that someone else owns.

Copyright owners are the ones who decide whether other people tin reuse their copyrighted content. They frequently allow their content to be used in YouTube videos in exchange for having ads run on those videos. Ads might play before the video or during information technology (if the video is longer than 8 minutes).

If copyright owners don't want their content reused, they can:

  • Cake a video: Copyright owners may cull to block your video, which means people can't watch it. Your video could be blocked worldwide or just in certain countries/regions.

  • Restrict certain platforms: Copyright owners may choose to restrict the apps or websites where their content appears. These restrictions won't modify the availability of your video on YouTube.

What tin can I do if my video has a Content ID claim?

Depending on the situation, yous have a few options to choose from if you get a Content ID claim:

If y'all agree with a claim:

  • Do nothing: If you believe a claim is valid, you tin leave information technology equally is. You tin also alter your mind later.

  • Remove the claimed content: If you believe a claim is valid, you tin can remove the claimed content without having to upload a new video. If done successfully, any of the three options below will automatically release the associated claim:

    1. Trim out a segment: This option removes merely the claimed segment from your video. Larn more.
    2. Replace the song (audio claims only): If the music in your video is claimed, you may exist able to supercede your sound track with free-to-apply music from the YouTube Sound Library. Learn more.
    3. Mute a song (sound claims simply): If the music in your video is claimed, yous may be able to mute the claimed song. Y'all can choose whether to mute just the song or all audio in the video. Learn more than.
  • Share revenue: If you're in the YouTube Partner Program and your video'south music is claimed, you may exist able to share revenue with the music publisher. Learn more.

If you disagree with a claim:

  • Dispute the claim: If y'all believe a claim made on your video is invalid, you lot tin dispute it. Learn how to dispute a Content ID merits.

If you dispute a claim without a valid reason, the content owner may request a takedown of your video. If we go a valid takedown request for your video, your account volition become a copyright strike. Learn more about copyright strikes.

More info

  • How Content ID works
  • Copyright strike nuts
  • Changes to account standing
  • Who claimed my video?
  • Dispute a Content ID merits
  • Copyright problems with live streams

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