No matter what point you are at in your creator journey, you are probably aware of how much YouTube takes copyright claims very seriously. When we are talking about copyright laws, the first thing you need to know is that YouTube has a copyright-management system called Content ID and Content ID claims are different from copyright strikes.
How come, you ask? When Content ID detects a copyright violation in a video, the copyright owner has two options. They make a takedown request or they can claim their product and regulate your video – which is what a Content ID claim is.
In the case that you get a Content ID claim, the copyright owner can restrict your video’s visibility from certain regions or block it completely, track your video’s analytics but leave it be, and monetize your video by running ads.
Even though there is no limit to how many times you can get a Content ID claim, getting a copyright strike more than three times causes you to lose your channel for good. A copyright claim means risking getting all of your videos deleted from YouTube and being banned from creating a new YouTube channel.
Keep in mind that using copyrighted songs in your videos will result in a copyright strike as it goes against YouTube Community Guidelines. The good news is that we have a comprehensive guide about how to buy songs right to help you avoid copyright strikes so make sure to check that out!
To avoid copyright claims on YouTube, your content should be original and you need to make sure to use copyright-free songs in your videos or subscribe to a royalty-free music platform like Snapmuse.
You can check out our high-quality royalty-free music and sound effects library and browse non-copyrighted songs across all genres, moods, and usage areas. Our dynamic royalty-free music library is updated with new nocopyright beats each month for you to keep creating original and fresh content every single time!
