For unlisted videos posted on YouTube would you be slapped with copyright violations for using 'royalty-free' jingle tunes from FCPX's library?

Hello Dr. Somanna,

You should not catch any trouble from an unlisted or private video on YouTube. Unfortunately, I can't guarantee that for you.

The best way to avoid any copyright violation notices is to provide a credit in your video and a copyright notice for your video (the video work is yours no matter what other source materials you may use as long as you have secured permission to use those materials; including photography, stock footage, typefaces, music, special effects, etc.). If you're using Apple Loop "jingles" there is practically a 100% chance that somebody else has already posted a video using the jingle and that's where the problem lies: that the music is associated with somebody else's copyright video. You have a clear right to use the music. YouTube knows about Apple Loops and the licensing, but if you don't apply *your* copyright (and the music credit) they have problems with *their* legal standing. You can place the copyright and credit at the very end if you like on a "black screen" last frames (I'd use at least 2 seconds.) If you always do this for your videos, you may go public and monetize without violating copyright rules. (I prefer to put my copyright and credit notices on the front end of my videos before the actual "start" of the video. It's more efficient, and since I monetize, I get approved for monetization almost as quickly as my videos are uploaded and processed.)

The free audio files at the YouTube Content Audio Library (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music) do not require any kind of notice. You are encouraged by YouTube to use their music, free of charge, and no requirements for crediting. There is a fairly nice selection of quite usable music available there.

For the Apple jingles (and most other audio files), if you select the music in the FCPX Event Browser OR the storyline and select the Info inspector and select Audio from the drop down list at the bottom right corner of the inspector, you should be able to find who has the copyright for the jingle in use. Chances are, in the case of Apple jingles, it will simply be "Apple Inc."

HTH

Fox

YouTube complaining about copyright infringement with sound included with Final Cut Pro - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4573536

Put them on Vimeo, a more tasteful though less popular site.

To the best of my knowledge they do not check copyright at all.

@Ian,

Actually, I believe that Vimeo adopted a new policy – perhaps a year ago – that does restrict usage of protected music to private videos.

On YT, I have had a few issues in the past with their Content ID system and Apple content , although the worst thing that ever happened was the attachment of an obnoxious ad.

Russ

I get the same problem every time with unlisted or private video; a warning etc. (never by apple loops or something) But I can't believe that a credit in the beginning or end of film will be the solution; it presumes that each film will be personally read bij YT? That's impossible imo with an upload of thousands movies a day.

Normally the most things that happens (since short ago?) is a warning that a advert. can be placed or the movie is forbidden in X-country.

(Remarkable that the sounddisk of the -German- Magix, especially ment for video-background, is forbidden in Germany...)

So, I discovered this days a new policy by YT, more clear than before and more user-friendly. I hope the complain on a wrong claim either...

And it must be possible to repair your movie to clean your record from "bad behavior".

Back to my doubt:

Q 1: does a credit in the film really work?

Q 2: does YT discover old sound/musik as from vinyl-records, private records from radio etc. ?

Q 3: hoe does YT recognize the owner of same music but performed by thousand particulars or choirs, orchest etc?

YYes to the first two. YT bases copyright on the ASCAP or BMI rights holders. There's a standard boilerplate response when you get a music rights violation warning from YT for using Apple licensed loops or jingles.