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I always try to bring interesting stuff to others, not always on topic, but I keep having problems with youtube and copyright claims for totally different songs to the music featured in my vids.

I try to stick to public domain, royalty free or ancient stuff, but more often, I am getting stuff blocked for songs that are not even in the vid!!?!?!?!


Go on, check out below and tell me I am not going mad (well, madder than I am already that is).











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Perhaps a claim can be made if the notes are the same but not necessarily in the right order

This sort of thing is why you should have your own server and website. It costs very little and you post and share whatever you want. I really don't know why more people aren't doing it.

Simon, unfortunately Youtube copyright issues are administered by computers without human intervention and once they've picked up one so-called infringement, you are on a block list. To test it out, try applying a garage Band music file and see if that also gets blocked. As Youtube is an American company it applies US copyright law on a worldwide basis (as they used to say in WW2 'the Americans are over paid, over sexed and over here') and that takes precedence over our own Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Try emailing Youtube CEO Ms Susan Wojcicki [email protected] and let her know that you are being treated unfairly.

What does your "view claim details" tell you? As also a (cof) musician, I have to be aware of copyright issues. English law sets the precedence for international copyright law since it is oldest on the subject (Stature of Anne 1710) although the concept is much older (6th century). Hence it supersedes US law when originating in England/UK.

There are currently moves afoot to alter international and european copyright laws, not necessarily for the better, more to line corporate pockets.



YouTube can pick up on the wording in the details of a video, "Total Tossers" may be the name of a band or a song. It may not be the music.

I've had occasions where it has tried to tell me I didn't have the rights to a song/music I composed and performed, doh. I objected and asserted my copyright, sorted.

Did you tick the "I own the copyright" box when posting to YouTube?

How are you, posting to YouTube, by what method?