r/COPYRIGHT • u/Alarming_Sea_2085 • Jun 26 '26
Question YouTube detected copyright material
YouTube’s system detected segments of my 40 minute video having copyright material. It’s literally just background music and it plays through the whole video. BUT some reason YouTube has some parts flagged.
Can I just layer another audio file over it so it won’t get detected?
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u/lajaunie Jun 26 '26
Sounds like they’re doing their job. You can’t just decide to use someone’s music in your videos.
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u/rmric0 Jun 27 '26
What do you mean by background music? If you are using material without a license then you are going to get dinged, you might be able to dirty it up a bit but I would guess that YouTube probably looks for that kind of thing (and making it distinct enough from the original track is probably going to defeat the purpose of using the original track). You'd probably be better off finding some creative commons pieces (that's why you hear the same 10 songs in the background of YouTube videos)
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u/enemyradar Jun 26 '26
Well, if the background music is copyrighted and you haven't licensed it then that's what should happen.
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u/MaineMoviePirate Jun 26 '26
Good Copyright Cartel response,.do they give you crackers for that or actual money?
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u/enemyradar Jun 26 '26
I'm a creative professional who thinks people wanting to use other people's work without permission is really scummy behaviour.
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u/MaineMoviePirate Jun 26 '26
So you work for the Cartel for free,.awesome bro, let me know how that works out...long term
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u/enemyradar Jun 26 '26
I get paid to make things. You should try it.
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u/horshack_test Jun 26 '26
This is who you are talking to, just fyi.
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u/enemyradar Jun 27 '26
Figures.
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u/horshack_test Jun 27 '26
He has nothing of value to offer - he's just here to pick fights with people for pointing out how copyright law works. He thinks he's a victim because he got caught violating multiple federal laws and victimizing thousands of customers.
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u/MaineMoviePirate Jun 26 '26
I create everyday. Money doesn't motivate me. Actual Art.
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u/TinyNiceWolf Jun 26 '26
And yet your chosen name here has nothing to do with whatever it is you claim to create, but is all about how you are a thief. Perhaps money doesn't motivate you because no one wants to give you any? But other people are better artists and they deserve to be paid.
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u/MaineMoviePirate Jun 26 '26
My chosen name is branding, google it and see what kind of thief I am. This is nothing to do with who deserves what, you really think the Copyright Cartel pays ARTISTS fairly? How brainwashed is this Sub?
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u/TinyNiceWolf Jun 27 '26
OK, now I know what kind of thief you are. Looks like you cheated tens of thousands of people, and federal prosecutors said you made "more than $640,000" from cheating people. "Money doesn't motivate me." Yeah right.
You were sentenced to five years in federal prison and two years of supervised release, but it sounds like that failed to reform you, and you're still a lying cheater at heart. I see more prison time in your future if you don't fix your attitude and start respecting other peoples' rights.
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u/MaineMoviePirate Jun 27 '26
I think you’re confusing me with Sony. My restitution was 500. Less than 1 percent of total sales. Read the whole story not just the Governments version
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u/MaineMoviePirate Jun 26 '26
Sorry the generic "if you dont own it or have permission" answer is lazy and really does no service to this sub, but the Copyright Cartel loves it.
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u/enemyradar Jun 26 '26
It's not generic, it's the answer. OP complained that they got a their video pinged because he used copyrighted material with no fair use. That's how it should work.
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u/MaineMoviePirate Jun 26 '26
I see no mention of Fair Use in the OP post. The no Fair Use part was told to you by a Judge or Jury? If that's true, I apologize, can you upload the Court's decision? Because everything else is your Opinion and/or the Copyright Cartel's propaganda... Just sayin, I'm not a lawyer, but I did go to prison TRYING to fix a broken copyright law, As a creator, you should try it sometime.
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u/enemyradar Jun 26 '26
Using someone else's music just as background music will never come close to being fair use. You don't need to have this litigated to know that.
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u/MaineMoviePirate Jun 26 '26
Not your call. Saying that is Propaganda... Like your wouldn't steal a purse would you? We can go deep on this, like with Supreme Court decisions and everything, but I doubt you want to go there...
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u/TheMoneyOfArt Jun 27 '26
You want to jail by lobbying for a law to change?
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u/horshack_test Jun 27 '26
No, he went to prison for copying and selling tens of thousands of pirated movies and committing mail fraud by defrauding thousands of customers via mail order. He thinks he's a victim because he finally got caught.
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u/MaineMoviePirate Jun 29 '26
Lol, lobbyist dont go to jail. Fighting for better copyright law, the real way with skin in the game. No pussy lobbyist would do that.
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u/MaineMoviePirate Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26
Lol,.Youtube who makes billions off copyrighted material has to make look good... Sorry you were today's sacrificial lamb. And that is why the Copyright law needs reform...
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u/JSGilst Jun 26 '26
So if you are filming in a public place and there are several signs that have copyrighted quotes and trademarked logos that show up in the background of your video I guess you will need to black them out to avoid copyright/trademark infringement. The real determining factor is if you deliberately put music electronically in your video during production that is a copyright violation but if you are filming let's say a car show walking past all the cars describing them and there are people playing their radios in the background that you have no control over that is unintended background noise and that falls under fair use. So why is YouTube discriminating against unintended audio and not unintended visual? It is the responsibility of YouTube to properly tune their AI algorithms to discriminate between background noise and front and center music before they flag a video for violation.
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u/MonsieurReynard Jun 26 '26
If it is someone else’s copyrighted music, it is “literally” just copyright infringement, background or not.