What is a Content ID claim?

If you lot upload a video that contains copyright-protected content, your video could go a Content ID claim. These claims are automatically generated when an uploaded video matches another video (or part of another video) in our Content ID system.

Copyright owners can ready Content ID to block uploads that match a copyrighted piece of work they own the rights to. They tin can likewise allow the claimed content to remain on YouTube with ads. In these cases, the advertising revenue goes to the copyright owners of the claimed content.

How do I know if my video has a Content ID claim?

When a Content ID claims your video, you'll get an e-mail from YouTube. To find more details nigh the claims on your videos:

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left card, click Content.
  3. In the Restrictions cavalcade, if a video has a claim on it, information technology volition be labeled Copyright merits.
  4. Hover over Copyright claim in the Restrictions column and click SEE DETAILS.
  5. Click the Downwards pointerMinimize to expand the claim details.
  6. Under the Content institute during section, click the timestamp to play the segment claimed by Content ID.

You can also filter to go a list of videos that have claims on them by clicking Filter and thenCopyright claims.

Am I in trouble if my video has a Content ID merits?

Probably not. Content ID claims normally mean we constitute content on your YouTube channel that someone else owns.

Copyright owners are the ones who decide whether other people can reuse their copyrighted content. They frequently allow their content to exist used in YouTube videos in exchange for having ads run on those videos. Ads might play before the video or during it (if the video is longer than 8 minutes).

If copyright owners don't want their content reused, they tin can:

  • Cake a video: Copyright owners may choose to block your video, which means people tin't scout it. Your video could exist blocked worldwide or just in sure countries/regions.

  • Restrict certain platforms: Copyright owners may choose to restrict the apps or websites where their content appears. These restrictions won't change the availability of your video on YouTube.

What can I do if my video has a Content ID claim?

Depending on the situation, you have a few options to cull from if you lot get a Content ID claim:

If you lot agree with a claim:

  • Practise nothing: If y'all believe a merits is valid, you can get out it as is. You can too alter your mind afterward.

  • Remove the claimed content: If you lot believe a claim is valid, you tin remove the claimed content without having to upload a new video. If washed successfully, any of the three options below will automatically release the associated claim:

    1. Trim out a segment: This option removes just the claimed segment from your video. Acquire more.
    2. Supplant the vocal (sound claims simply): If the music in your video is claimed, you may be able to replace your sound rail with other music from the YouTube Audio Library. Learn more.
    3. Mute a song (audio claims only): If the music in your video is claimed, you lot may be able to mute the claimed song. Yous can choose whether to mute merely the song or all audio in the video. Larn more.
  • Share revenue: If you're in the YouTube Partner Program and your video's music is claimed, you may be able to share acquirement with the music publisher. Acquire more.

If you disagree with a claim:

  • Dispute the merits: If you lot believe a claim fabricated on your video is invalid, you lot can dispute it. Learn how to dispute a Content ID claim.

If you dispute a claim without a valid reason, the content owner may request a takedown of your video. If we become a valid takedown request for your video, your account volition get a copyright strike. Acquire more than about copyright strikes.

More info

  • How Content ID works
  • Copyright strike nuts
  • Changes to account standing
  • Who claimed my video?
  • Dispute a Content ID claim
  • Copyright issues with live streams

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