Copyrights

[Verma ji]

I am starting a new channel on youtube and i dont know about the copyrights of music content like videos and songs,so i would like to know that the details of copyright about music content.Who do I have to contact for the copyright legal to get permission about the music content.And the penalty if violated   

[Volbet]

Who you have to contact depends on who holds the rights to the music. It could be either the artist, a record lable, a rights management company or whoever has bought the rights.

Getting the rights to use a song can also be very expensive.

 

I would advice you to just stick with copyright free music. A lot of which can be found in the YouTube Audio Library.  

[Verma ji]

i was talking about making a top 10 list of every month of best song on youtube, so what should i do

[Volbet]

Just now, Rishah said:

i was talking about making a top 10 list of every month of best song on youtube, so what should i do

If you plan on doing commentary on each song, then that would fall under fair use, which means you don't have to get anyones permission to use the song. 

But be aware that fair use on YouTube is a nightmare of strikes eventhough it's legal. 

 

If you just plan on doing a top 10 with only the songs, then you either take the risk of getting strikes on yout channel or you just don't do it. 

[Verma ji]

can i play the songs for 15 sec per song would that come under fair use

[Volbet]

3 minutes ago, Rishah said:

can i play the songs for 15 sec per song would that come under fair use

Not if it isn't transformatory in nature. 

[Verma ji]

if i show the video in its original form

[Volbet]

6 hours ago, Rishah said:

if i show the video in its original form

Then that isn't transformatory in nature and will be against the rightholder's copyright.

 

As I said, if you don't plan on doing commentary or critic you either have to risk strikes on your channel or you have to not do it. 

[Verma ji]

so if i do comments on my video with video song then there would be no issue right

[Volbet]

1 minute ago, Rishah said:

so if i do comments on my video with video song then there would be no issue right

Depends on what type of comments and how they're implamented. 

You can't just talk before the songs starts and then play the song in full. Your commentary has to transforme the song.

That means that you have to play short clips of the song and then cut to yourself talking and/or lowering the volume of the song so much it pretty much becomes muzak.

 

I have also heard some people argue that the commentary (or the transformatory action in general) has to relate to the copyrighted material, but I have no idea how that legally holds up. 

[Verma ji]

thanks for all the help man i really appreciate it