Options for Using Music in Your Videos

In this video, we’ll walk you through how copyright and music work on KZbin for long-form videos, and some different options you have for using music in your content. All creators have access to the KZbin Audio library, and if you're in YPP, you'll have access to Creator Music- which is where you can find KZbin Audio Library tracks in addition to recognizable songs for use in your videos.
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For more information on Creator Music, check out our full video:
• Creator Music
00:00 Intro
00:11 Copyright & Music on KZbin
01:12 Common Misconceptions about Copyright
03:07 KZbin Audio Library
04:18 Creator Music
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[@youtubecreators]

All creators have access to the KZbin Audio Library. Creator Music is available to all YPP creators in the U.S.! With Creator Music, you'll have access to everything in the KZbin Audio Library, AND recognizable songs for use in your videos. We’re constantly expanding the catalog, so check back periodically to see what new tracks are available.

[@plushtimetv]

Hello KZbin

[@HariTube]

❤سلام عليكم

[@mehranbhutto896]

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[@Adithyan__2005]

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[@santo.gee.official]

I appreciate this information now I know all I have to do is use it thru the library to avoid this 🙏

[@AyyyyyyyyyLmao]

This would be a great video if you fixed the companies making FALSE COPYWRIGHT CLAIMS.

[@Angelo18772]

Agree

[@TayajohMusic]

This!

[@CastBlastCamp]

Just happened to me, on my best preforming long from vid! I disputed the claim. I used a completely different song than Adrev is claiming I used.

[@asdfassfs]

Amen

[@kawaii_xD137]

Fr- a content creator took down one of my videos and got me a strike

[@AvitalShtap]

Unfortunately, the restrictions on music use are getting unbearable. I'm finding that Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok are WAY easier for an artist to create short music-themed animations. In a world where I can use nearly any song on Spotify (instagram and tiktok), why would I go to a world where my channel gets a threat and strike (youtube)? PLEASE evolve to become more like IG and Tiktok by providing regular music on KZbin Shorts. Part of culture involves using music that others make. That's how art evolves, grows, and changes over time (look at folk music for an example).

[@sauravfx]

Or just take some cut for god's sake. KZbin is extremely annoying for this

[@Toby-88]

but other social networks don't pay like KZbin

[@UshkaOfficial]

Seriously! thank you for this comment, It is so FRUSTRATING dealing with this outdated music library, come on KZbin.

[@karenscritters-8191]

Absolutely

[@chipcook5346]

Why would you deal with copyright restrictions on YT? I suppose it would depend on who your target audience is.

[@SiimKuusik]

Okay anybody want to take any guesses how many years it is going to take for Creator Music to expand to KZbin partners outside of the US?

[@ExplainingComputers]

Yes, no mention that not all of us in the YPP can use it . . .

[@rameshpandey8022]

​@@ExplainingComputersHey, I want to upload a lyric video for a song and don't need any profit off of it. How do I upload the video and add credits?

[@PennyMartinPhotography]

Please expand the music in your Audio Library! Thank you for the tips

[@Lulu5239]

What if music from the audio library gets removed from the library then the music becomes copyrighted?

[@RealTechnoPanda]

Then you get hit with a copyright take down. It has happened to me more than once. That's why I don't trust KZbin library

[@Gene_Bond]

Already happened to me many times. So better use own music, or no music. All those “free libraries” are not reliable

[@AHSANHABIBMUAZ]

Nice question

[@techrighthub2024]

Just learning. I once used a song, not from the library, 3 months later I received a mail for copyright claim. I was shocked 😲!

[@lognomodeimeme]

​@@RealTechnoPanda wow, that's great -_-

[@MrCreatorCC]

KZbin, you should have shared revenue with the owner of the music, and don’t take it down because is free advertising for any content creators to promote their music.

[@UpNextBeatz]

KZbin content I d

[@UshkaOfficial]

Well said!!

[@AI_Image_Master]

Because Music Publishers and the big "Music" producers are the most short sited business' around. Right now they have an agreement with YT to take all of your ad money on a video and to pool a percentage of YT shorts money. All which actually discourages the use of their music. So in their greed they are actually minimizing their potential profits. In stead they should come to a fair and equitable system between the content creators, YT and the Publishers so that everyone can maximize their profit. This will actually spare the legitimate use of the music and everyone will be richer.

[@xjet]

Don't forget third-party audio libraries as well. There are a whole bunch of sites that will give you access to thousands of tracks for a simple monthly or annual fee and you can then use those tracks on your videos (usually in perpetuity) without further fees or charges and without risk of a copyright claim/strike.

[@BikingChap]

Are there any you’d recommend? I’ve always wondered what happens if you stop subscribing to those sites, do you then have to remove the previously uploaded videos?

[@xjet]

@@BikingChap Most of them grant a perpetual license for videos you've made while subscribing so if you stop subscribing you're still okay. Be careful though because I believe some do only offer temporary licenses and will claim videos if you unsub. I chose Audiio because they have a great deal for the first year and do offer perpetual licenses.

[@BikingChap]

@@xjet thanks so much for replying, it’s a minefield isn’t it?!

[@xjet]

@@BikingChap That's for sure... tread carefully 🙂

[@nguyenvanthi77]

❤❤

[@Tutorius]

I have had a copyright-problem some month ago. I used a self created song in the background of a tutorial. The notes were taken from Beethoven, it was the 5th symphony. I created the music by taking my software-synthesizers. The music was taken to a very low volume, so my voice in the tutorial is the thing that should be heard. KZbin named a guy or company named "Latin Author perf" that had the rights for this music, but the notes are public domain cause old german componists are long dead and there are no living people who can have the rights. It took some weeks, and latin Author did not react on the mails he got from youtube. But it should be taken into the listening algorythm to be nice to people using very low volume in backgrounds, and much more nice to people using old masters compositions.

[@software3582]

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[@software3582]

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[@software3582]

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[@prodigiousprogramming]

I had the same notice while uploading a video with classical music in the background. I wondered how Mozart was still getting royalties on his music after so long. I thought that the person who recorded it was the one to claim rights on their rendition. However, if you made your own redition, then the problem is deeper. Maybe their algorithm had a hard time making a difference between yours and some copyrighted rendition.

[@LoveMTA2andCountryhumans]

You would need to be a ypp creator for that

[@worldsforpaper]

KZbin deals a deathblow to companies that monopolize music, a deathblow to game companies, anime, etc... And a decisive deathblow to the content creator who reuses such. We're done and KZbin is done.

[@AvitalShtap]

unfortunately, (I have been posting cartoons on youtube since 2006 and was very loyal) I agree with you. I have since transferred to Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter because these platforms, imperfect as they are, usually provide way more creative freedom than YT does. They're losing us in favor of pleasing enormous companies, and I find that sad but inevitable. UNLESS they change their ways and allow culture to flow freely without punishing creators.

[@worldsforpaper]

@@AvitalShtap Well said

[@MajeedaArt]

I've used short shelf music on previous videos within the KZbin app, no third party, and still received copyright claims, also the audio library isn't updated very often as far as I've been noticing the same audio for months hence it's a bit difficult to find fresh tracks in the audio library, I appreciate the clarification and the current options available but sometimes it can still be difficult to find fresh music and or shorts music that won't get a content ID claim regardless of following instructions, I hope adjustments are made so that the system doesn't falsely flag or claim audio via upload as it's quite nerve rattling not knowing what will happen upon upload and or having even you're speaking voice flagged zero profanity spoken yet this still occurred due to sensitive ID scanning systems etc.

[@sahuriira7841]

MantAbbb

[@DarckAngel11]

That's how they are getting money, corruption, not only from the claimers but from this platform.

[@kavinaderrow3269]

NoCopyrightSounds and Kevin Macleod provide amazing royalty-free music. I'd recommend them any time.

[@firstmedicalpainrehab]

Is he on yt audio library? Thanks!

[@xjet]

@@firstmedicalpainrehab There are quite a few tracks from Kevin in the YT audio library, most require attribution for use but they're free.

[@firstmedicalpainrehab]

Much Appreciation

[@Chillout_Music]

Yes :) ❤

[@ChasMusic]

What if we're a music creator? How do we submit our music for possible inclusion in the KZbin Audio Library?

[@davidoom]

Really good tutorial BUT KZbin has many flaws that still to this day did non resolve. Like the retroactive copyright claims on older videos. Something like this: I have a small gameplay channel and years ago I made a playthrough of Quake. At the time that I was recording and editing the run, the soundtrack that came with the game was free for everyone and so everything was monetized. Then the pandemic struck, Trent Reznor realized that "Hey, I can make a Vinyl of Quake with the whole OST". Cool, no problem with that. But when your record label starts to screw over the content creators by demonetizing everything or worse, asks the platform to take down some of the videos, that's when you realize that the amount of care, passion or hard work doesn't pay off one bit.

[@drkakfood]

Thanks for the updated information

[@krikojourney]

Thank you for great explanation

[@DjLukiLomza]

KZbin Creators thank you 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@xArifgazi9]

Thank you KZbin teem for this information.🎉

[@fantasyfootballgarage]

I’ve been wondering this for weeks!

[@RealWatch1]

the biggest problem i have with copyright is when someone claims on behalf of someone else that's not affiliated and it can become a threat to the channel if you try to dispute it. is there anything planned to help with that?

[@UshkaOfficial]

very well said

[@TheDefpom]

Why do I lose my copyright rights for the entirety of the video and give it to the music owner? I shouldn’t lose my own video rights because of some incidental music, it is unfair to lose the ENTIRE video monetisation in a 10 minute video and give it to someone else just because there is a few seconds of music in it. Shouldn’t it be divided up so if the music takes up 0.05% of the video, the music owner gets 0.05% of the earnings, that would then be FAIR.

[@EndoftheBeginning17]

There is a reason you lose monitization. The music companies have threatened to sue KZbin as well as the creators if KZbin doesn't do what they've done. Even though they're a safe harbour, the music companies are EXTREMELY litigious. If you don't want the to take away what is demanded you can always fight this in a court of law. This losing of monitization is the compromise that KZbin came up with The new system with creator music will now cost you money willingly by purchasing licences and this will come out of your revenue as you get monitization. The music companies will make bank off of this as many of these licences will auto renew

[@edgilson]

Obrigado por tudo que vocês estão fazendo por nós criadores de conteúdo...

[@videokhchannel2362]

❤❤🎉

[@riteasrain]

What exactly do they do except give people false hope? And they never reply to comments or "like" them and KZbin is too big a juggernaut for them to sort things out on channels' behalf. And they're not part of google/KZbin.

[@viienn]

​@@riteasrain false hope? You know what that word means right? I know creator music isn't available for all creators, but majority of things KZbin says in youtube updates has been added, I know youtube is here to make money, but you can't just say things that make no sense

[@BlessingAnyiam]

Thanks for this information! I hope KZbin expands the music library so we don’t have to look for music elsewhere!

[@JonToyCars]

That would be a great solution, if KZbin would actually see this ...

[@Hamook]

yup

[@Imamhasan299]

Yah

[@Eiyojer]

Terimakasih sudah banyak memberikan informasi yang menarik dan bermanfaat bagi kami

[@NitrousDiecast]

I have had two short videos in which I used music from the KZbin library which were flagged as copyright. One song was “watermelon sugar”, and the other was a techno song. Can you explain why this happened?

[@MajeedaArt]

Same the video was 14 seconds and got flagged this happened multiple times even a video with non copyrighted basic audio from a known non copyright free source was flagged, my voice was flagged during a video in which I narrated and comments removed, when previously it had not been, it's scary not knowing what to do and trying so hard to follow the rules and still have this happen, honestly it's discouraging is specially when you're at a stage of building conference.

[@EndoftheBeginning17]

I just searched for the watermelon sugar song and it doesn't show in the Audio Library at all. As it is I am wondering if it was a song you had to attribute. In the Audio Library there are songs that have the KZbin symbol and require no attribution and others that say "CC" - the non attribution songs seem to have a higher level of restriction and the one's that need attribution don't. I'm also wondering if I create shorts on my alt, that if I should use more recent music as opposed to stuff from 10 years ago

[@shanyeshi_28]

Thanks for your information sister ❤️

[@SHLOKYTchannel]

Thanks for your valuable words regarding the subject for creator's.

[@LottoScratchin]

Thanks for this clear explanation!! 🤞😊✌🍀

[@Zip_Zipster]

Thanks, and I give people credit for their music 🎼

[@khairulBashar75]

Can you tell me how you give credit the creators 🤔

[@Zip_Zipster]

Sure, you can say credit to song artist in the description and in a video

[@atenaflower]

I loved the explanation, I'm learning a lot from KZbin every day. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks.🙏🏻🌸💝

[@cheerfulcleaninghanne]

Thanks for the info! 😀

[@govindbhandari7978]

Thank you so much KZbin team for providing me such a beautiful information ,, such a great information about copyright.....

[@oussamaoso]

شكرا جزيلا يوتيوب علي معلمومات المفيدة ❤

[@AT.94]

ماذا عن استخدام موسيقى قنوات أخرى عن طريق البحث اثناء رفع فيديو قصير؟ هل يخالف ام ان الارباح تتقاسم معه؟ طبعا اقصد البحث بالموسيقى الرائجة اثناء رفع فيديو الشورتس وليس تحميل هذه الموسيقى مسبقا ووضعها بالفيديو عبر برنامج مونتاج ثم رفعها لليوتيوب...

[@mr_mateam]

Thank you for your amazing information, your describtion is too clear ...❤🌹🌹

[@Mohamad_Joseline]

Thank you very much, you are an amazing person❤

[@ozzstars_cars]

Excellent info to know, thanks!

[@earth_talks]

Helpful and clears misconceptions!

[@SamKitchenStudioVlogs]

Thanks for valuable information 🙏

[@RogerLaude]

Thank you for sharing this video it help a lot to my channel background music. Once again thank you KZbin Creators...

[@GhaimiNacer1982]

Thank you you are doing a great job.......Respect From Algeria🌹

[@C4punk2011]

Thanks for this one 🥰🥰🥰

[@DreamsOfDiary]

Thank you so much for this helpful information 👍👍❤❤

[@InfinitetravelUK]

Love the music 🎶 options.

[@statuszoon0.5]

Very nice video and copyright problem solved

[@DrSeaDevil]

Me: wow this song sounds nice, I'm going to use it Copyright:

[@cassandrajackson1724]

😊

[@neozoid7009]

Perfect timing thanks YT👍

[@ramswaroopghante5001]

There are channels which provide no copyrights songs, what's your view on that?

[@edobigaunty]

Can you show us pls 😊

[@ColorizedPublicDomain]

This is very helpful specially to us small channels, thank you KZbin! Love from Philippines🥰

[@TCamshorts]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge about KZbin❤

[@EasyPeasyQuiz]

I always used the music in the audio library. It really helps in my videos. Thanks a lot.

[@SalviaPalthMusicOfficial]

This is good for newest KZbinrs! 😊❤

[@davzkieph]

Thank you for sharing this KZbin creators i will not have any problems again on copyright music and i can find some free music for my content godbless you more for helping us

[@Man_Jr._Studios]

So hyped for Creator music man. Can’t wait to become a YTP

[@amithya]

Terima kasih banyak buat informasinya yang jelas dan mudah dipahami.

[@nu_noss]

It's something important for me, thank a lot yt❤

[@TastyMuse]

Thanks, great video, great help!👍

[@aaronbazil]

Why can't you just allow for copyrighted content to earn a percentage of the content creator's monetization so we won't have to deal with all this. We appreciate the free effects and music, (since a lot of third party platforms are charging for those services). But PLEASE arrange for split monetization of copyrighted content, AND active systems that allow for us to petition false claims.

[@LifeWithCandis]

This was VERY easy to understand and very helpful, thanks!

[@infospecgadget]

Thanks you KZbin creator, atas penjelasannya tentang creator music dan hak cipta , , 👍👌👏

[@satyamrajdarshan]

Thank you for clearing every single doubt for using music in KZbin videos.

[@riteasrain]

Lol if you read the comments on this video you might change your mind 🤣

[@satyamrajdarshan]

@@riteasrain why ?

[@alainportant6412]

@@satyamrajdarshan Indian people are ruining the internet.

[@ojoy84]

Ini sangat penting khususnya bagi pemula seperti saya, terimakasih informasinya. Dan ojoy84 mengucapkan selamat hari raya idul Fitri mohon maaf lahir dan batin buat semua yang merayakannya🙏🙏

[@LeoLynxAndTiger]

I'm so proud of you doing videos like this keep it up with the good work my friends

[@justcallmemoses]

This clarity was really needed. Especially for musicians like me

[@leanonsfishingadventures]

Thanks, its very informative for new creators like me. More power and God bless

[@Flowstatecaptain]

What if I want to use songs that aren’t in the library for creating music videos where the song is an essential part? I would let the music owners take all the profit if that’s what it took to have artistic freedom, although 50/50 for sonic/visual would seem fair to me. So far NONE of the songs I want are available. I really want to share these amazing songs and my visions with people. :/ What can I do to get permission from artists/labels and permission recognition from KZbin? Is there any streamlined process or do I have to research and cold call/email artists and labels for every single track? P.s. I wish I could just share a link to a massive Spotify playlist and KZbin creator music app could just scan it and pull up all available songs. I don’t have time for one by one search. P.s. Would it be legal to upload a silent video and just tell people to play the song on a separate device at the same time? 👀

[@AvitalShtap]

This idea is so amazing! I would love this. I would be happy to give up my profits too for creative freedom. Because I don't care about $20, I care about making a funny cartoon that fits what I imagine. I don't think permissions and stuff matters, in my experience (have been on YT since 2006). I have even received strikes on my own music and I obviously have permission on myself. It's the record labels that are the issue and they're notoriously difficult to manage. Sad as it may sound, I have found my solution in posting on Twitter and Instagram and TikTok...which allow that creative freedom much more.

[@hakimaqachiri6]

Bonsoir à tous le monde merci beaucoup pour ses informations 🙏

[@mikekoy4259]

Firstly, thank you for a detailed explanation on audio and music use for YT. Can you please clarify, are we allowed to download the "attribution not required" tracks from your audio library, incorporate them into our video in our video editor app, and tweak the track to fit the mood and feel of the content (i.e. fading in / out, reducing / increasing volume at different parts of the video, chopping the overall lenght in the middle of the track to suit the length of video, etc.)?

[@wondercapture9158]

Thanks for your informative video ❤❤❤❤🙏

[@pexiyt]

Awesome!

[@DhiasyafaChannel]

Nice info , terimakasih banyak. Sangat membantu bingits👍👍👍

[@bienletemknowchannel]

Thank you for sharing this information for the new creator like me ,thank you so much .❤❤❤

[@gianluigilaressa7744]

I'm already following your advice. Thank you for proposing it again

[@lorenzoxmp]

Thanks and very Nice youtube creators 🎉🎉🎉

[@MOSHEHTV]

Thank you for this❤, but pls why do some of my videos earn less than the others, even though they are in same nich?

[@mixtapebyx]

Can you add more jazz and cafe music to your audio library?

[@desertwalarj49]

Very good 👍

[@MrMotos10]

Review VIDEO . Lo mejor en la Industria del KZbin Creators Studios la Mejor al Nivel Mundial 🏍🚀🚀🚀 ❤❤❤

[@DoozyDak]

Thank you for clarifying this information so it’s easier for small “almost-creators” like me

[@yorukkizigeziyor]

Very beautiful video 😍😍

[@zoylaM]

MUCHAS GRACIAS POR TODA ESTA VALIOSA INFORMACION !

[@selfretired3025]

Much appreciated ~ 👊❤

[@TamimConstruction]

Good information thanks ❤❤

[@charlesdarwinvarietv]

Very clear 😍💙💛❤️

[@JumpyJolt]

This is s timely video for me. I am just recently looking at the YT audio library but wasn't sure how it all worked.

[@tiffanywdavis8128]

Confirming what I already do concerning music in my content. Thanks so much!! ❤❤❤

[@cleiavemcomigo]

Que legal, eu não sabia dessa opção de músicas conhecidas, vou olhar agora. Obrigada

[@PhotiniByDesign]

There is one issue that KZbin hasn't yet addressed, it would be great to hear back from KZbin so I know where I stand. I have recently started out on KZbin, my intent is to upload tutorials and shorts about 3d development. I write my own music and sound fx for all my content, but yet it seems people are free to remix my audio on KZbin shorts with absolutely no attribution regardless of copyright. Will KZbin address this glitch, are there any plans for KZbin to make it possible for me to tag my Music and FX so that my audio is respectfully attributed back to my channel?

[@AnarTheAnarchist]

It’s not a glitch. It’s a built in feature, and since it’s shorts, and you’re not a licensed artist, that’s how it will remain.

[@PhotiniByDesign]

@@AnarTheAnarchist My music has copyright attributed to it, and so I fail to understand why KZbin would allow copyright material to be remixed without attribution or consent. Regardless of policy, copyright law still remains. Maybe I am missing something, and so it would be helpful if KZbin addressed these concerns.

[@Imamhasan299]

❤❤❤

[@EndoftheBeginning17]

@@PhotiniByDesign It's the same think that happens on tikTok, the idea is that people using their smartphones to create videos will be able to use this willy nilly. Thing is it's not that great for them as the song ovrwrite and dialogue that the second creator has

[@xjet]

There is a box you can untick on the first page of the Studio when you're uploading new videos. By default it is ticked (and allows others to use your audio for shorts) but if you untick that box others can not use your audio and if they already are, their shorts are muted.

[@AM.ENTERTAINER]

I used youtub audio library on one of my video the title of the video was Madina and I tried to change the naat but that was still copyrighted

[@margaritagaona]

Awesome! Thank you for explaining this.

[@Boksaft]

Very nice

[@CM.13]

Thankyou😊

[@bustvbangla]

loved the explanation, I'm learning a lot from KZbin every day. 💐👏Thanks. 🙏🙏

[@Jarry807]

What if you but cover in the title and how do you avoid copyright © claim when doing a reaction video?

[@KatR264]

I use Lickd as it has a far wider range of music and can be used cross-platform.

[@KindOsei10]

i just subscribed to Lickd but I can't find most popular mainstream music like stereo hearts,heads in the cloud and more, in their catalogue Is there any other music licensing platform that i can get this songs

[@Rankll]

Nice video ❤

[@weljoe]

Sometime i've use songs from audio library for my content that can help my videos to solve the copy right.. thank you Audio library

[@Rose._.13.]

Thank you so much youtube this is really helpful as I’m trying to become a content creator and have gotten some copyright claims ! And I always see people have trendy music without it!

[@WholeSomeHealing00]

May Allah give long life to your creators who make videos for us with so much effort and hard work

[@AvitalShtap]

Aw I love this comment! Thank you for the positive energy! Blessings to you too for your videos!

[@angelinasevciuc7781]

Very helful for beginners of how to use music that safe.