How to upload copyrighted videos on YouTube

YouTube is world’s most popular videos streaming platform and every day thousands of videos have been uploaded on YouTube.   Almost 5 billion videos are watched on YouTube every single day. The total number of people who use YouTube – 1,300,000,000. 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute!

These are few stats about YouTube, nowadays thousands of peoples are making handsome amount of money by using YouTube. In fact, they work full-time as YouTuber.  They create unique and interesting videos and upload it on YouTube.

YouTube has become a source of income for several million peoples.  Because anyone can post any type of video on YouTube but it should be original. Originality is only criteria for uploading a video on YouTube.

If you have knowledge of videography and you are a creative person with original ideas then YouTube can be the greatest source of income for you.

Best way for uploading copyrighted videos, First and Foremost is the permission of the original owner of the content, that you are trying to upload. Trust me, I have got 2 notices on my account just for uploading 2 secs from a copyrighted video. So yeah, you “NEED TO OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THE CONCERNED AUTHORITIES BEFORE UPLOADING ANY SUCH COPYRIGHTED CONTENT”.

Now, this usually involves paying money to a lot of people. You have to pay the distributor, the uploader, the music director, the singer, the lyricist (considering your video has a music, which is copyrighted stuff), etc..and this involves a lot of money. So, get ready to burn a hole in your pocket.

After payment, each of them will provide you with a NOC (No Objection Certificate), wherein, they will grant you permission to use their stuff.

After this tedious process is done, you are ready to upload it. Now considering that everything goes good, your video would not be taken down. If however, it does, Youtube always provides a ‘counter-claim’ option, wherein you can challenge the action and provide relevant documents (i.e., The NOC’s) to the concerned authorities. 

So here I am giving some tips to post copyrighted videos on YouTube that can be monetized as well.

 1 Use creative commons licensed videos

 2 Cropped video

1) Use creative commons licensed videos:  YouTube videos have two type of license

    i) YouTube standard license: Used for copyrighted videos which can’t be           used by other.

     ii) Creative Commons license: This type of videos can be used by other users.

Videos with creative commons are allowed to reproduce and monetize.  You can upload these videos on your channel.

Now problem is that how to find relevant videos with the creative commons license?

It is very easy, search for a topic on YouTube then click on the filter and click on creative commons.

Let’s understand it with an example, suppose I want to find video of Kapil Sharma “Kapil Sharma Comedy” which have creative commons license. To do Follow this Step.

Steps :-

Step1: Type “Kapil Sharma Comedy” in YouTube search bar and hit enter, you will get some results based on your search query.

Step2: Now Click on “Filter” (At desktop you can find filter option at right corner)

Check “Features” section and click on “Creative Commons”.

Step3: Now, all videos which are shown in YouTube result will have creative commons licensed and you can upload these videos to your channel.

2) Cropped Video:

If you really want to upload a copyrighted video on YouTube then crop it before uploading.  Several YouTuber has been using this method quite successfully, But want to warn you that this is an illegal method.

Cropping refers to the removal of the outer parts of an image. So it removes something from left, right, top and/or bottom of the image. Usually, with videos cropping is used to change aspect ratio by cutting something out.

There are several third-party video cropping software is available, you can use any of them.

So, these manipulation can bypass YouTube algorithm but still if any owner of video come to know about it. You may get strike. And Three continous strike, you channel will shutdown.

Alternative solution is just goto create option in YouTube. You will get video editor option. There you will get icon CC. You will get tons of video there. You can use that video in your channel without problem. But you should edit that video in YouTube editor itself.

Conclusion:  These are the two methods which can be used to post copyrighted videos on YouTube without getting a strike. But, these methods do not provide 100% surety. So if you want to make a name on YouTube then it’s better to create your own original videos. Otherwise, there will always be a possibility that your channel may get suspended.

So above are the Two methods to upload copyrighted videos on YouTube.  Don’t forget to share this cool post with your friend. And like and Follow my blog to read more such post. 😊😊😊

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