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Lakshya Malik, former YouTuber
actually do anything?
Updated Apr 12

Some ideal statements to add in the description of your video, in case you are using If you're making a YouTube video with
someone else's content in it can be: copyrighted music, can you give the music credit
as a link to the original video in the description of
“All the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their y...
respective owners and I or this channel does not claim any right over them. Why do some YouTubers add a copyright
disclaimer in the video description?
Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is
made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, Can I use a whole song in my YouTube video
teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by without getting copyrighted if I put the song in
copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.” the description?

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If you have copyright issued for your own content in the video then you can simply
write:

“Copyright @ {name and year}. Any reproduction or illegal distribution of the content
in any form will result in immediate action against the person concerned.”

Hope this helps,

Cheers!

Edit: Thank you very much for the 200+ upvotes! They really motivate me to write
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Shilpa Kothari
Aug 27, 2019
Here’s what I read in the youtube help center page YouTube Monetization (YPP) with Copyrighted
Clips & Fair Use

I don’t know whether the disclaimer can be of any use anymore. I too am trying to use a particular
video for promotional purposes for an education brand but the clipping in our video is ...(more)
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Lakshya Malik
Original Author · Mar 2
Yes, they probably don't accept descriptions now. But we can always try to get permission
from the creator. It sometimes may work out.
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Ayumu Chikara
Apr 13
I made a youtube video of me gaming right but i use a song from an anime what do i
write so i dont get copyrighted plz reply
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Lakshya Malik
Original Author · Apr 13
Look, the thing is you cannot just write anything that will save you from this. You
might still be bashed from the original owner. The only way that can save you is that
you somehow get the music owner’s consent for using the song. You can personally
send them an email asking for permission, and ...(more)
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Ayumu Chikara
Apr 13 · 1 upvote from Lakshya Malik

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Amz Web Solution, Amazon SEO Expert at Amz Web Solution (2012-present)
Answered Jan 9

Some ideal statements to add in the description of your video, in case you are using
someone else's content in it can be:

FAIR-USE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER :

============================

* Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is
made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, commenting, news reporting,
teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute
that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the
balance in favour of fair use.

-This video has no negative impact on the original works (It would actually be
positive for them)

-This video is also for teaching purposes.

-It is not transformative in nature.

-I only used bits and pieces of videos to get the point across where necessary.

We make these videos with the intention of educating others in a

motivational/inspirational form. We do not own the clips and music we use in most
cases. Our understanding is that it is in correlation to Fair Right Use, however given
that it is open to interpretation, if any owners of the content clips would like us to
remove the video, we have no problem with that and will do so as fast as possible.
Please message us on YouTube or Facebook if you have any concerns.

We believe these videos are fair use because:

They are Transformative in a positive sense, we take clips from various sources to
help create an atmospheric feeling that will help people in hard situations in their life.

We also do not wish to use the heart of any piece of work that would perhaps
decrease the market value of the original content, if anything we hope to promote
the content so that people can reach out and subsequently increase the market
value.

Lastly these videos are to educate people in an entertaining fashion. Given these are
very short videos, the short parts we use within them act as a catalyst to further
reading.
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Mark Nelson, Engineer at Plexus

Answered Feb 6, 2018

In most countries, including the US, a printed copyright declaration is now optional.
This brochure from the US office discussed some of the reasons you might decide to
include a declaration in your work.

https://www.copyright.gov/circs/...

That circular describes the declaration:

A notice consists of three elements that generally appear as a single continuous

statement:

• The copyright symbol © (or for phonorecords, the symbol ℗ ); the word “copyright”;
or the abbreviation “copr.”;

• The year of first publication of the work; and

• The name of the copyright owner.

Example: © 2017 John Doe

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Eric Chandler, former Fiber Network Technician at Large Telecom Company

Answered Dec 19

If you are claiming fair use I would use:

This site may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been
specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material
available in an effort to advance understanding of environmental, political, human
rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. we believe this
constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107
of the US Copyright Law.

In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed
without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included
information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: 17
U.S. Code § 107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use

If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that
go beyond ‘fair use’, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

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