Copyrighted music or footage (Content ID claim)
The video may not earn money on YouTube.
About to post? A full check of your video looks for this in what's shown, with a plain fix.
Check a video freeWhat triggers it
Audio or video that matches a Content ID reference: commercial music, TV, film, sports broadcasts or other creators' videos.
What YouTube says
“A copyright claim may be automatically generated when an uploaded video matches another video (or segment of a video) in YouTube's Content ID system.”
How to fix it
Swap in YouTube Audio Library or licensed tracks, or trim or mute the claimed segment.
Good to know
No length is automatically safe and credits or 'no copyright intended' don't help. Music from the YouTube Audio Library is safe.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: looked at for this rule
- Speech: not for this rule
- On-screen text: not for this rule
- Caption: not for this rule
- Hashtags: not for this rule
It doesn't recognize songs or match clips against copyright catalogs, so it can't tell whether you have the rights to them.
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