Quick summary
This demo walks you through the key steps to prevent copyright issues on YouTube by using licensed music, rights-cleared footage, and YouTube's built-in copyright check tool before publishing. Following these practices helps protect your channel from Content ID claims and keeps your videos monetizable.
Steps
- Go to studio.youtube.com and click Audio Library in the left sidebar to access royalty-free music.
- Use only tracks from the Audio Library or your own original music in all videos to eliminate the most common source of copyright claims.
- Source video footage from a rights-cleared stock library to avoid third-party visual content claims.
- Use only content you have filmed yourself and avoid screen recordings that include copyrighted media playing in the background.
- Before publishing, run a copyright check during the upload process and review any flags before setting the video to public.
