Originally Posted By: Janice & Bud
I just wish YouTube would be a more pleasant venue for us casual users who upload primarily to share with family and friends.

J&B


A couple of ways to do this. One is simple, just use one of the cloud sharing services that allows larger file sizes than email and just send your stuff directly to family and friends. The other is understanding how YT works. Yes they know if anything you put up is copyrighted but it's not all taken down. It's up to the rights holder. Tons of big name covers of classic songs are still up and have been for years. If the owner is ok with it being up you're good or it gets monetized but the money goes to them and they're ok with that then no problem either. It's only the ones who don't allow any covers of their material at all on YT that you'll have a problem with. An easy check of that is search YT for the song you want to upload. If you see several covers that have been up for a while you're probably ok with doing another one.

When certain creators who are making a living off YT complain about this they're not saying they can't post copywritten stuff, they're complaining they get demonetized because of a 10 second clip out of a 20 minute video that caused YT to do that. That has nothing to with you posting a cover if you don't care if you're making any money off it or not.

Bob

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