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Am I licensed to use music from iMovie on You Tube?

I made a video on iMovie with all original content. The only thing I used that was not mine was the (I thought) royalty free music and sound effects that iMovie supplies. I publised it on You Tube. I just recieved an email from YouTube mthat says:


Your video "Oregon Coast Ocean View Home for Sale - Port Orford", may have content that is owned or licensed by rumblefish, but it’s still available on YouTube! In some cases, ads may appear next to it.


This claim is not penalizing your account status. Visit your Copyright Notice page for more details on the policy applied to your video."


And my video now has ads playing next to it! You ube does this without any prior notification, nor any way to contact the supposed owners of the license/copyright.


Is this correct? Can they do this? If not, why is Apple allowing these guys to hijack our videos for profit?


Thanks for any insight.


Judy

IMac, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on May 26, 2012 6:33 PM

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Posted on May 27, 2012 2:53 AM

This question comes up from time to time. YouTube and Facebook are both wrong.


Have a look here:


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2240458?answerId=10620134022#10620134022&messageID=10620134#10620134?messa geID=10620134


and


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2240458?start=0&tstart=0


There are a number of con-men who think that they can earn a quick buck from claiming that they own the copyright to Apple’s royalty-free jingles and sound effects included with the iLife applications. These are all free to use.

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May 27, 2012 2:53 AM in response to JT Data

This question comes up from time to time. YouTube and Facebook are both wrong.


Have a look here:


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2240458?answerId=10620134022#10620134022&messageID=10620134#10620134?messa geID=10620134


and


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2240458?start=0&tstart=0


There are a number of con-men who think that they can earn a quick buck from claiming that they own the copyright to Apple’s royalty-free jingles and sound effects included with the iLife applications. These are all free to use.

May 27, 2012 3:12 PM in response to Klaus1

Thank you @Klaus1! This helped. They have currently removed the ads and are reviewing the dispute.


In following the above links I found that the imovie sound clips are royalty free for use in my videos (as I suspected).


To speed the process for anyone finding this post, I'll quickly recap what worked for me.


Follow this link to ge the Apple pdf documenting usage of audio from Apple Software. (It is section 2C.)

http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/ilife09.pdf


On YouTube, follow the dispute process (it appears to be different than in prior discussions, so I assume it changes from time to time.) In your explanation, make sure you reference the link to and section of the above pdf.


Good luck all.

Am I licensed to use music from iMovie on You Tube?

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