It's nuts! All of my videos were disabled for revenue sharing at once, all asking for proof to rights of music and one for video as well.
One video uses royalty free stock music from videocopilot.net. I provided them with the PDF license agreement file from the stock set and they said it's not good enough for commercial use. This is what it says:
That's not good enough??? They want a custom contract from them with the YouTube video's URL.
Another video uses music from Stock20.com. This one they're asking for the Song's Artist's name which is not anywhere on their site. They don't care about the artist name from the other stock music site though?
Finally, one video is COMPLETELY ORIGINAL. I had to have the composer write and sign a letter granting rights specifically to play on YouTube at the YouTube video URL (on top of a general "you have the rights to make as much money as you want off the music in your short" letter). He did, and it may or may not be good enough (their customer support isn't very clear) and now they're asking me to get a contract with the video owner to play it on YT. I AM THE OWNER! All rights an all that jazz.. I have to sign a contract with myself??
It's ridiculous. It happened all at once for every video on our channel.
One positive I can say, after I do send in proof they are really quick at writing a personal response.. of course it's denying it.
One video uses royalty free stock music from videocopilot.net. I provided them with the PDF license agreement file from the stock set and they said it's not good enough for commercial use. This is what it says:
That's not good enough??? They want a custom contract from them with the YouTube video's URL.
Another video uses music from Stock20.com. This one they're asking for the Song's Artist's name which is not anywhere on their site. They don't care about the artist name from the other stock music site though?
Finally, one video is COMPLETELY ORIGINAL. I had to have the composer write and sign a letter granting rights specifically to play on YouTube at the YouTube video URL (on top of a general "you have the rights to make as much money as you want off the music in your short" letter). He did, and it may or may not be good enough (their customer support isn't very clear) and now they're asking me to get a contract with the video owner to play it on YT. I AM THE OWNER! All rights an all that jazz.. I have to sign a contract with myself??
It's ridiculous. It happened all at once for every video on our channel.
One positive I can say, after I do send in proof they are really quick at writing a personal response.. of course it's denying it.
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