- If YouTube detects a copyright match on your content,
it will alert you before you even publish the video.
Now, isn't that just a a brilliant idea?
(upbeat music)
Here's an annoying question for you,
have YouTube ever hit you with a copyright claim smackdown
on one of your videos after it's gone live?
If yes, share your horror stories in the comments below.
Hello, I'm Rob, welcome back to vidIQ,
and in this video, I'm going to show you how this
is never ever going to happen again, yes.
You should be used to the YouTube upload process by now.
Your internet speed determines how fast the video uploads,
and the video processing is usually pretty much done
a few minutes later.
But what you should now start to see
are multiple further checks
that YouTube automatically conducts on your videos,
and you can view what those checks are
from this step in the upload process.
That's right, folks, YouTube will now automatically check
whether your video contains copyrighted content,
and it will even tell you how long it's going to take.
If YouTube pings a copyright match, it will let you know
before you even have a chance to publish your video.
Now, isn't that just a brilliant idea?
From this same screen, you can view the impact
this copyright claim has had on your channel.
In pretty much all circumstances,
a copyright claim doesn't impact the channel
in terms of strikes, however,
the video may be blocked in some countries
and will almost certainly not be monetized,
at least for you anyway.
The copyright holder, at least in YouTube's current setup,
is well within their rights to monetize this video
for their financial gain.
That's the price of using someone else's content
to be honest, I would just be thankful at this point
that it's not a copyright strike,
which is a lot more serious.
Now, if you decide that you want
to continue uploading this video,
you can take the following actions
to remove the copyright claim, which are to replace a song,
mute it, or dispute it.
If you want to learn more about any of these actions,
I highly recommend watching this video,
where we uploaded a video and added a copyright song
on purpose, just to show you what happens.
Also, bear in mind that while you do have some flexibility
with copyright music, when it comes
to copyright video footage, then you're just gonna have
to remove that entire section of a video.
And it's probably best if you just reupload
the video from scratch, but at least you know that
before you publish the video.
Now, if you monetize your video,
YouTube will perform a second check to ensure
that it follows all of the ad-friendly guidelines.
You can also self-certify your content
by answering the questions on the ad suitability section
of the upload process.
As you might've guessed,
we've done a full tutorial of this screen as well.
YouTube will run the checks for ad suitabilities
and it may take a little longer than the copyright checks,
but again, it will let you know what's happened
before you unleash that video to the public.
And so here we have yet nother reason why you
should never publish your YouTube videos
as soon as you upload them.
First of all, you want to give a YouTube the time
to process your videos so that your viewers can enjoy them
in the highest quality possible.
You should always give yourself time to optimize a video,
especially the thumbnail, especially the title.
Yes, the description, also those interactive cards
and end screens.
And now YouTube can check your videos
for copyright claims as well as any issues
of ad-friendly guidelines so that your revenue is not hit
when the video goes live.
With all of that being said then,
our general recommendation is that unless your video
is super time-sensitive and you need to release it now,
you should give yourself at least two hours
between upload and publishing.
Now I do want to give YouTube credit
for an excellent explainer video on this topic,
check it out over here.
If you want to learn more about the difference
between a copyright claim and a copyright strike,
we've got a video down there.
Thank you very much for watching,
and hopefully this will help you with your YouTube day.