How to properly give music credit in a youtube video?

[Maverick2002]

I'm about to upload a video with background music from a song I like. How do I properly credit it to the artist so I can use it in my video (and so youtube doesn't block it)?

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

If you don't know, then you can't use it.

Simply "giving credit" is not sufficient enough to use it. Especially if you will be making money from this video.
You have to obtain permission from owner of the work. The actual owner who may give permission might not even be the musician who created it. Especially with large corporate record labels, it could be anybody.
Safest bet is to have a partnership, that have the contacts to get the appropriate permissions of use for you.

I'm planning on using instrumentals in my videos the more my channel grows, however, permissions & costs to use, are the only setbacks.

 

[dullard]

I'm about to steal a man's wallet. How do I properly thank him for having it sitting there in his back pocket?

 

[mizzou]

I'm about to take a picture of a man's wallet. How do I properly thank him for having a picture of it?

fixed that for you

 

[mizzou]

could maybe do this , "Music pending approval of creator (such and such)"

 

[Dumac]

I'm about to copya man's self-made wallet. How do I properly thank him for having it sitting there in his back pocket?

Steal isn't the right word

 

[Leros]

There's nothing you can do that technically makes it ok to use.

There are a few things that can happen when YouTube system detects the music:
1) Ads will be placed on your video with proceeds going toward the copyright holders
2) Your video gets taken down
3) Your video has the audio stripped out.

It seems like the first is the most common these days.

 

[Jeff7]

There's nothing you can do that technically makes it ok to use.

There are a few things that can happen when YouTube system detects the music:
1) Ads will be placed on your video with proceeds going toward the copyright holders
2) Your video gets taken down
3) Your video has the audio stripped out.

It seems like the first is the most common these days.

The part that amuses me about these is that there are several songs that I purchased at Amazon because I heard them used in something on Youtube, quite possibly without permission.

 

[lxskllr]

I'd avoid the hassle, and use CC or public domain music. If your video gets flagged, you're gonna get pissed, so it's better to avoid it altogether.

 

[mizzou]

when all else fails, use this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7YB_K-njNw

 

[BladeVenom]

I'd avoid the hassle, and use CC or public domain music. If your video gets flagged, you're gonna get pissed, so it's better to avoid it altogether.

+1.

 

[HeXen]

Steal isn't the right word

How about....."i am about to copy a man's Credit Card. How do i properly thank him for the opportunity i took without his prior knowledge?"

i like that better.

I'd avoid the hassle, and use CC or public domain music. If your video gets flagged, you're gonna get pissed, so it's better to avoid it altogether.

agree. i wonder if one could get away with using some obscure or mixed music from which few would ever hear of to begin with? I wonder how they would flag a song if they could not otherwise know if the video uploader created it himself or not?

 

[lxskllr]

How about....."i am about to photocopy a chapter from a book, and pin it to the bulletin board at school. How do i properly thank him for the opportunity i took without his prior knowledge?"

i like that better.

ftfy

Edit:

agree. i wonder if one could get away with using some obscure or mixed music from which few would ever hear of to begin with? I wonder how they would flag a song if they could not otherwise know if the video uploader created it himself or not?

Obscure small label music should be safe. Most real artists would be happy to have their music heard. It's the big labels with their overzealous algorithms that are the issue. If someone really wanted to use copyrighted music from a big label, adjusting the speed or pitch may throw off the software. That sounds like too much work to me though. I'd rather use music from an artist that respects me, and my artistic contributions.

Of course if you make money, it would be a dick move not cutting the artist in. I'm not sure how you'd go about doing that. Jamendo has a free level, and an uber expensive level for licensing music. There's nothing in between where you're only making a couple bucks from ad views. I haven't seen a tip jar type thing either. I've wanted to give artists money, but couldn't find anything aside from a full blown license :^/

Edit2:
To properly answer the question... I'd list the artist and track name, with a link to their website in the description.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

ftfy
Obscure small label music should be safe. Most real artists would be happy to have their music heard. I'd rather use music from an artist that respects me, and my artistic contributions.

This is your best safe bet to getting permissions on using music without catching shit for it.

Edit2:
To properly answer the question... I'd list the artist and track name, with a link to their website in the description.

This is still not enough without permissions.

 

[mizzou]

if you haven't noticed, youtube makes it so difficult for you to do this with approval because they don't want to get sued...ever

 

[lxskllr]

This is still not enough without permissions.

I'm talking about any music. It's exactly enough for CC, and more than enough for public domain. It's also reasonable for any non-commercial use, and most artists on their own wouldn't have a problem with it. It's the greedy labels that act in the artist's names, but don't give them money that have the issues with using music.

 

[Maverick2002]

Thanks for the info, apparently it's a lot simpler than this though. Once youtube scans your video it will ask you to acknowledge 3rd party content, which will then automatically link in your video (and sometimes play ads). Still ok to use. Apparently youtube automatically did this for me on some older videos I put up a few years back (which had songs in them as well).

So the answer is you CAN use it.

 

[Leros]

Thanks for the info, apparently it's a lot simpler than this though. Once youtube scans your video it will ask you to acknowledge 3rd party content, which will then automatically link in your video (and sometimes play ads). Still ok to use. Apparently youtube automatically did this for me on some older videos I put up a few years back (which had songs in them as well).

So the answer is you CAN use it.

I think the copyright holder sets its up however they want to. They can set it up to include ads, pull the video, etc.

 

[Red Squirrel]

You need to slightly slow down or speed up the music. Still give credit, but as far as copyright law is concerned they don't care if you give credit they still will try to block it. There is no such thing as fair use anymore. Even background music from a radio will get a video blocked. It's gotten pretty bad. It seems to be hit and miss though. There are entire movies on youtube sometimes. While other times a small clip gets removed. They're really inconsistent.

 

[Leros]

You need to slightly slow down or speed up the music. Still give credit, but as far as copyright law is concerned they don't care. There is no such thing as fair use anymore. Even background music from a radio will get a video blocked. It's gotten pretty bad. It seems to be hit and miss though. There are entire movies on youtube sometimes. While other times a small clip gets removed. They're really inconsistent.

NASA's original clips of the Curiosity landing got removed off NASA's youtube account because a news site used it in their coverage. An Obama video got pulled from the Obama campaign's youtube account because a news site used it in their coverage. Youtube's automatic copyright detection is hilariously broken.

 

[lxskllr]

They've slightly improved the appeal process, but it still isn't great. You can get your account deleted for multiple bogus hits, but the MAFIAA faces no sanction for frivolous/wrongful claims.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...offers-a-meaningful-contentid-appeal-process/

 

[sportage]

I could never understand the attitude within the music companies.
Exposure of a song or a group only makes people want to go out and buy it.
When napster was going, I discovered more artists that I never knew existed.
And I ran out to buy CD's because I wanted the best recording quality.
If napster had never existed, I would have never known of so many artist which
led to many many CD purchases.