How to Use Copyright Music on YouTube [Working Method]

YouTube has some strict Terms and Conditions in the videos. Managing music without permission is a violation of YouTube’s policy. If you incorrectly use copyright music on your YouTube video, your video will be deleted from YouTube, you could not monetize the video and so. But luckily, you could use copyright music on YouTube by doing any workaround things.

What will happen when you use Copyright music on YouTube?

YouTube has the Content ID system to following track of how copyrighted music is being used. With that, YouTube could easily find copyright music that is managing without permission.

 

YouTube will mute your video, your video would be still access with no audio.

You can’t monetize the video by some means.

In the worst case, YouTube would block your video and would penalize your channel.

For your understanding, YouTube would notify you about the copyright problem, when your video is uploaded. If you uploaded your video with copyrighted music, the consequences are based on the owner of the copyrighted content.

 

How to Use Copyright Music on YouTube?

Step(1) visit the YouTube website and sign in with your YouTube credentials if asked.

 

Step(2) pick the Profile icon at the top and choose YouTube Studio (Beta).

 

Step(3) On the left pane, select the Audio Library option.

 

Step(4) Here, you would get the list of music files that you could use on your YouTube video.

 

Step(5) pick on the music file that you want to use. A small description of the copyright information would appear.

 

Step(6) For a better search, you could use filter options like Genre, Mood, Instrument, Duration, and Attribution.

 

Step(7) pick Attribution and choose Attribution required option.

 

Step(8) here, you would get the list of copyrighted music files. Pick on the music file will display the limitations and mentions that you need to do it.

 

Step(9) If you use the copyrighted music with the recommends claims, you can use the copyright music files without some policy violations. 

Alternative

There is also alternative way to use copyright files on YouTube. You wanted to get permission from the owner of the music file. Yet this is a time-consuming process. The studio or owner who owns the music file could not be contacted easily. If you want a quick route, the above steps are the only methods. If you want a long term process, you could try contacting the studio to get permission.

 

These are the two methods that you could use to add copyrighted music on YouTube. Use the copyrighted videos and create your channel a legal one.