OK I'll go with that; but what I am just trying to get across in simple terms, is that if you send out a letter of intent to put up a song you are giving the copyright holder, either publisher, or writer, or record company a chance to say no! you can't so that. Then you just move on to another song. But, if they send you an email saying go ahead then you can do it. If they don't get into contact with you about it just assume that it's OK. If they later decide to tell you to take it down, you take it down. I just had a Michael Jackson song removed without any notice I am not going to protest it, throw a fit about it, or re-post it because it is their property and with something like this you just don't want to tempt fate. They were kind enough not to sue so don't give them a reason to. I also got permission from a songwriter named "Jason Blume" that wrote a song called "Change My Mind" he gave me permission to record, and post his song on YouTube. He gets any ad revenue off of this, he said it was OK and he even thanked me for recording it, and posting it. I had a YouTube strike one time because I recorded and posted the song by "Supertramp" "Take The Long Way Home" I got this strike one time for 15 months, OK they did not want their song redone by anyone. But, I know that you are really taking your chances when you do this, but most of the time they will usually have you take it down or they will take it down because it is a lot of money to sue someone and they probably don't want the headache. As far as that other poster if you post anything tell him to take it down and don't complain about it because then you are opening yourself up to a possible law suit and maybe even getting your you-tube channel taken down, YouTube takes things a little more serious than people may think because like you said they have their own rules and they can do what they want. I know people that have posted cover songs and their entire channel decimated over night. As far as posting the song's I only do that because I am becoming better, and better with "BIAB" and I like to show off my skill and talent. I will keep in mind though not to post my links to the songwriters forum unless it is original. I will post it in the to the other forums that are dedicated to that, Thanks for that bit of wisdom!

Last edited by trapper456; 05/01/20 07:04 PM. Reason: Made some changes.
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