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Im1oftheOceanic6 · Expert Vidder Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 3705

I was watching a video on Youtube and the video maker said that Youtube only checks the first 30 seconds of your video .

Is this true?
If so,does this mean that if you leave the first 30 seconds silent or use a song not affected by copyright issues infront of one that is ,your video won't get taken down?

I was just curious if avoiding audio copyright issues on Youtube was a simple as doing some kind of silent 30 second intro (or one with an unaffected song).

Macaila

littleton_pace · Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 4:00 am Post subject:

It used to about six months ago; but they wised up to it and it doesn't anymore. They can still tell right away if it's a copyrighted song. But every time I've had my audio disabled, I just dispute the claim because under the Fair Use policy of copyright law; we're allowed to post them there.

http://lostvideo.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=18899&start=0

Follow that and you're audio should come back straight away

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Im1oftheOceanic6 · Expert Vidder Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 3705

Thanks for answering my question.

I thought it seemed to easy to just not start the song for 30 seconds.

I'll try to dispute the claim next time I have trouble with the audio on my video.

Macaila

littleton_pace · Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 4:35 am Post subject:

Yeah that's what I used to do

I'd have title cards saying "Please waiting 30 seconds" lol

and it worked for awhile; that's why people started coming up with 30 second intros

but eventually YT cottoned on :S

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Jamielost · Advanced Vidder Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 121

I've found that if you name your .WMV (or whatever) file as the song name, that's how they instantly work out you're using a copyrighted song so they disable it. But then I tried just giving it a random name (the vid character/couple for example) on a vid which previously got disabled and it allowed it. I did that on the Sony Vegas file too, just in case.

Works for me, anyway

Lostwithoutdom · Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:45 pm Post subject:

Nice tip!

I always name my files with the song name... lol I'll be sure to stop that now.

thanks!

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FaradayLinus · Expert Vidder Joined: 16 Jun 2009 Posts: 1525

i guess it still works sometimes...i uploaded something that they immediately disabled, and then i reuploaded it with like 35 secs of black and they havent touched it. but as other said, the dispute thing with fair use works as well..

Im1oftheOceanic6 · Expert Vidder Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 3705

That's an interestng tip ,to give the file a random name instead of using the song title.I usually use the song title so when I am reviewing my videoes I know what song I used.I might try that some time on a video that has been disabled and see if it works.

I'll also keep the fair use dispute in mind.

Macaila