New Deals With Publishers Will Allow YouTube To Monetize Nearly All UGC With Copyright Music

If you share a lot of videos on YouTube then odds are you’ve had your fair share of accidental copyright violations—you upload a video with a song you love in the background only to get a notification that the audio has been removed. Today YouTube has announced a whole slew of new publishing deals that will make these instances few and far between.

If you share a lot of videos on YouTube then odds are you’ve had your fair share of accidental copyright violations—you upload a video with a song you love in the background only to get a notification that the audio has been removed.  Today YouTube has announced a whole slew of new publishing deals that will make these instances few and far between.

Elizabeth Moody, head of strategic partner development for YouTube Music, writes on the YouTube blog, “Today we’re happy to share that we’ve reached publishing deals with BMG Rights Management, Christian Copyright Solutions, ABKCO Music, Inc.,

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