Hi Rachel, I'm so excited and at the same time nervous about posting this question! I wanted to make a video since I was in middle school, and wow, it's been over ten years that I haven't achieved my dream. Finally, I got my motivation to make something about Portland, where I live after you visited the town π But now I ran into this question about creative common, which I'm not familiar. There is a song I really wanted to use for my first video in Soundcloud but not sure if I can use it by crediting them on video and linking on the description box. Can you give me some advice on how to use songs from Soundcloud or any other source w/o any problem? Thank you! Michelle
Hi Rachel,
I'm so excited and at the same time nervous about posting this question! I wanted to make a video since I was in middle school, and wow, it's been over ten years that I haven't achieved my dream. Finally, I got my motivation to make something about Portland, where I live after you visited the town π But now I ran into this question about creative common, which I'm not familiar. There is a song I really wanted to use for my first video in Soundcloud but not sure if I can use it by crediting them on video and linking on the description box. Can you give me some advice on how to use songs from Soundcloud or any other source w/o any problem?
Thank you!
Michelle
Admin Reply by: Rachel
You should be fine! YouTubers just get all up in arms about using the right songs because they make their living from the adsense. And if a song is 'flagged', then they can no longer make money from YouTube on that particular video. But honestly, unless you're like getting over a million views each month, you're not really making noticeable money, so getting 'flagged' shouldn't matter. Artists/musicians will really only freak out if they see you're CLEARLY monetizing from their work and they're not getting a cut. So unless someone paid you, you're advertising, or you're making BANK off their music and they're not getting any of it, you should be fine.