‘I want to release my video without sharing monetization revenue. But I came up with an incredible description for the video and don’t want to ruin it with author accreditations for the track I’ve used.’ Do you recall being in the same situation? Probably yes.
However, we all know what’s going to happen if you don’t do it. You will get a copyright claim.
So is it possible to use music in YouTube videos but yet not accredit a composer in the description? Let’s see how we accomplish it at Tunetank.
What is whitelisting?
You’ve probably heard this word plenty of times before. However, most companies use it in a different way. The overall meaning of whitelisting is next:
Whitelisting is the practice of explicitly allowing some identified entities access to a particular privilege, service, mobility, access or recognition. It is the opposite of blacklisting. © Wikipedia.
In a nutshell, whitelisting is when one party is allowing you to use services of another party.
How does whitelisting work at Tunetank?
Whitelisting is an automatic system that releases all copyright claims from your YouTube video or a channel. It works on our website because all the music we have in the library is exclusively written for Tunetank. Therefore, we have full copyright rights to the soundtracks.
Sometimes it still happens that YouTube is flagging users’ videos that correctly used one of our soundtracks. Why? We don’t really know. But what we know is how to release your videos out of this situation without spending a penny.
It’s fair to notice that our whitelisting process differs for free and Pro accounts. However, it doesn’t mean you have to get a monthly subscription. We will show you how to release your video in any way.
1. If you have our free account, you can remove copyright claims manually from each of your projects. For that, you need to add a link to your video on our website in the ‘Whitelisitng’ section. You can watch next video for more information:
2. In case you don’t want to spend your time removing copyright claims manually all the time, we have a solution for you! Tunetank Pro account releases your videos automatically. All you have to do is to add your channel’s link to our system.
How does it work? Whenever you receive a copyright claim, our support team releases it for you straight away! Sometimes our users don’t even notice that they had any problems with claims. Watch this video to learn more about Pro account ‘Whitelisting’:
3. Sometimes people are still a bit suspicious of the ‘Whitelisting’ section and want to do things the old ways. It’s completely fine and we appreciate your cautity. If you’re one of these users, you can still release your video from a claim by attributing Tunetank author in the right way.
How to do so? Whenever you download a soundtrack from our website, you will notice a pop-up window with track information. All you have to do is copy these credits and place them in your video description. Watch the next video to make sure it really is that easy!
However, sometimes it can occur that you did follow all these rules that we mentioned in this article but still received a claim or can’t get rid of it. In that case, make sure that the track you used is from a well-known platform with a support team. Because each service has its own rules on how to release videos of claims.
At Tunetank we always improve our services so as to make sure our users have no problems at all when it comes to royalty free music and copyright claims. Therefore, these videos are usually enough to help our customers. Can’t believe it’s that easy? Check our website!
Tunetank is a royalty-free music library for content creators.