Copyright claim on Youtube?

I regret to inform you that any music which is not your creation

and used as part of your video is indeed copyright infringement.

Companies like UMG, Warner and Viacom not only "own" their

music, they also "own" the rights to them, which includes how

and where the music can be publicly presented and performed.

Thus they would be 100% within their rights to claim the music

in your video as their own -- especially if you didn't seek written

permission or a licence to use it and "broadcast" it on YouTube.

They could easily force YouTube to take your video "off the air"

(potentially banning you) for any number of reasons:

1) If you used "their music", it's considered part of that famous

sentence "unauthorized duplication, whether in whole or in part,

without the expressed written consent of...." Their fear wouldn't

just be about you, but also other people who could conceivably

download, copy or listen to the music without having bought it.

2) You are potentially lessening the value of "their property" by

presenting and "broadcasting" it in a bad-quality, tiny 4x3-inch,

bad-resolution, monophonic-sounding and possibly amateurish

setting.

3) They may think your video makes "their property" look either

bad, cheap or unappealing to somebody who may otherwise be

considering purchasing "their music".

4) They could also be thinking that anyone's memory or mental

image of "their music" could forever be "haunted" by images of

your video or your YouTube channel if they feel it's in bad taste.

Even if you were to give credit on your video to the music label,

the artist or the music itself, that should never be construed as

a validation, excuse or justification for you (and really YouTube)

to "break the law". You can always claim that your video is "for

personal use only", but then a very intriguing question might be

why did you put your video on YouTube? And how/why did you

steal "their music"?

As for the other people who may be uploading the same music,

either YouTube will get to them eventually or somebody who is

jealous will "flag" their video. If you're willing to take the chance

and reupload your video with the same music, avoid writing the

name of the song or the artist in either your title, description or

tags. Also, don’t use sentences like "no copyright infringement

intended", "I do not own the song" or "I don't take any credit for

the music". YouTube's computers search for phrases like that.

Also, please bear in mind that the music industry is beginning

to use hidden or inaudible "digital watermarks" or "fingerprints"

to uncover and identify the illicit use of their music. As such, it

is possible that no matter how often you try to upload your vid,

it will always be rejected for reasons of copyright infringement.

You might have to find a different recording of the music which

you want to use.

I hope my info has been helpful to you.

who made the music? Unless you have a recording studio in your basement and recorded the song by yourself and created the beat with MIDI or electronic instruments, then the song is not yours.