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Originally Posted by Chipotle
A question for all on YouTube and copyrights. Do you only post originals? If you post covers, how do you get past the YouTube filters that will flag everything for copyright violation?
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Copyright seems dependent on the owner of the copyright. If they have a strict copyright policy against using it without permission your video will be taken down, especially if the actual version is used. I had a motorcycle charity ride that used several songs including a Metallica song that got yanked.
That said, every acoustic video cover we've posted has been left up. We clearly name the song title, original artist and the word 'cover' in the title and we've never had one yanked. Then again we've never covered Metallica! I always just assumed that any revenue your cover generates (little to none unless you're a Boyce Avenue type) would just go to the owner of the copyright.