Did you know you can use other people's videos to create your own video without getting a
copyright strike or a copyright claim?
This is possible with Creative Commons videos.
Today, you'll learn what Creative Commons videos are, how to find them and how to use
them in your videos so you don't get a copyright strike.
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What are Creative Commons Videos?
According to YouTube, Creative Commons licenses provide a standard way for content creators
to grant someone else permission to use their work.
YouTube allows users to mark their videos with a Creative Commons CC BY license.
If you've marked your video with a CC BY license, you retain your copyright and other users
get to reuse your work subject to the terms of the license.
By marking your original video with a Creative Commons license, you are granting the entire
YouTube community, the right to reuse and edit that video.
Basically, you can edit and reuse a Creative Commons video in your own video.
You might ask the question, how can you use a Creative Commons video without getting a
copyright strike?
If you use a CC BY license, you're free to copy and redistribute the material and any
medium or format.
You can remix, transform and build upon material for any purpose even commercially.
It says the licensor, that means a person that has created the Creative Commons video,
cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
The terms mean you must give attribution.
This means you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license and indicate
if any changes were made.
Here's a good example of the kind of attribution you want to add to the description of your
video.
You also want to make sure that the content in your video adds value, is unique and relevant.
You don't want to just upload the entire Creative Commons video, you want to add your own commentary
and narrative to the video so it won't be flagged by YouTube for duplicate content,
or reuse content.
If you want to learn more about reuse content, click the link in the card, you will see answers
to frequently asked questions about reused or duplicate content.
Here's how to find Creative Commons videos on YouTube.
Enter main topic in YouTube search bar.
I'm going to enter big waves, click the search icon, filter, click Creative Commons.
Now, see listed all the Creative Commons videos for the term big waves.
I'm going to select this video, biggest waves ever surfed in history.
[music] If I click show more, then I can see the license
is Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed?
Notice he's also using Creative Commons music.
Here's an important thing to keep in mind, sometimes a personal download a copyrighted
video, then change the video to a Creative Commons video to use it for commercial purposes.
Therefore, make sure you identify the original copyright holder of the Creative Commons video
before you use that in your video, and give attribution to them in the description of
the video.
Another way to find creative commons videos, images or music is to go to oldsearch.creativecommons.org
and enter big waves.
Make sure you have the boxes checked use for commercial purposes, modify, adapt, or build
upon.
I'm going to select YouTube and notice in the search bar, I've got the topic big waves,
Creative Commons.
If you want to quickly find Creative Commons videos for a particular topic, replace big
waves with your own topic, add a comma after it then put Creative Commons.
You can see I've got the same Creative Commons videos listed here as I searched before on
YouTube.
If you want to search for Creative Commons images, use the new search bar by clicking
here.
Then just enter your topic in there, click the search icon and I've got cats here, got
the image attribution right on the image DSCF3306 by Ralph, is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Click on info then you can see the title, the creator, license, source, and dimensions.
There are three ways to use Creative Commons videos in your own videos.
Number one, you can save time by using other people's videos.
Instead of wasting time recording and editing your own videos, why don't you use other people's
videos to get across your message?
Just make sure you give attribution to the original creator in the description of your
video.
Number two, spice up your videos with B-roll footage.
Need a quick video clip of a dog jumping for your dog training video?
Just enter dog jumping, Creative Commons in the YouTube search bar to find a Creative
Commons video of a dog jumping.
Number three, make money.
You can simply grab some CC video footage to create a review video of an affiliate product.
At the end of the video, tell viewers to click the affiliate link in the description below
your video so you get a commission for selling the product.
Let me ask you a question, have you ever used Creative Commons video clips in your own videos?
Post your answer in the comments below.
There's one big thing you need to know about when using Creative Commons videos.
You must not use duplicate or reuse content.
Watch my next video to learn how to avoid duplicate or reuse content.
You'll also learn about the best practices so you don't get a copyright strike.
Thanks for watching.
I will see you in the next video.