garryknight
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Recently I used VisualJockey and Sonic Candle to make a video for one of my tracks and I then uploaded it to YouTube. Shortly afterwards I received an email from YouTube saying that the video "may have content that is owned or licensed by PRS CS", which I assume is the Performing Rights Society here in the UK.
The audio consists of music composed by me using the A.N.A synth with patches programmed by me, drums made with sound samples that are either part of Ableton Live 9 Suite sound packs or royalty-free samples I've downloaded or bought on DVDs, and a couple of royalty-free sound effects from the same sources.
The T&Cs of VisualJockey and Sonic Candle both state that I retain copyright in anything I create with them. The video also uses a background image created from a photo that NASA made available for public use fairly recently.
I assume that anything uploaded to YouTube is scanned using some Google-created algorithm to match against previous recordings, pretty much in the way that Shazam, SoundHound, and Google's own "What's this song?" app. So I'm also assuming that the PRS claim is in respect of the audio, not the video.
As far as I can tell, I own copyright in the entire piece of work, and certainly in the audio track, so I filled out a dispute form. On submitting it, I was told that resolution might take until February 22nd. When I look at the video on my Dashboard, I see the text "Acknowledged third party content". I'm not sure how or why YouTube thinks that "disputed" is the same as "acknowledged".
So, my question is, do I need to worry about demands for royalties or being handed a take-down notice? I'm not looking for legal advice, but does anyone here have any experience with this subject?
The audio consists of music composed by me using the A.N.A synth with patches programmed by me, drums made with sound samples that are either part of Ableton Live 9 Suite sound packs or royalty-free samples I've downloaded or bought on DVDs, and a couple of royalty-free sound effects from the same sources.
The T&Cs of VisualJockey and Sonic Candle both state that I retain copyright in anything I create with them. The video also uses a background image created from a photo that NASA made available for public use fairly recently.
I assume that anything uploaded to YouTube is scanned using some Google-created algorithm to match against previous recordings, pretty much in the way that Shazam, SoundHound, and Google's own "What's this song?" app. So I'm also assuming that the PRS claim is in respect of the audio, not the video.
As far as I can tell, I own copyright in the entire piece of work, and certainly in the audio track, so I filled out a dispute form. On submitting it, I was told that resolution might take until February 22nd. When I look at the video on my Dashboard, I see the text "Acknowledged third party content". I'm not sure how or why YouTube thinks that "disputed" is the same as "acknowledged".
So, my question is, do I need to worry about demands for royalties or being handed a take-down notice? I'm not looking for legal advice, but does anyone here have any experience with this subject?