@anthony-chiappette Since it's not notice of a take-down demand and you don't monetize your videos on YouTube, you don't need to do anything. What I'm not clear on is whether the Magix-supplied music library itself wants to be able to get paid by YouTube... if they own the copyright, they would be entitled to be the claimant. I didn't buy that Magix bundle myself, and I don't know if the license it grants relinquishes their right to get YouTube revenue instead of you. But I don't think YouTube would be inclined to pay you if they were not required to by the copyright law.

I've had copyright notices for Smartsound music. I've always contested them and won by supplying the necessary information. The music from the HUB is gotten from Storyblocks.

Read this LINK from Gary Rebholz. The LINK to the PDF EULA

Thanks.

@Reyfox I just read the EULA you linked and it says absolutely nothing about assigning to a user the right to collect copyright royalties from anyone or monitization from YouTube in lieu of copyright royalties. This is not legal advice, just my literal reading of the text.

My channel is not monetized, I problem didn't look for specifics if you have a monetized YT channel or are using the music in a commercial video.

I know with Storyblocks if the you have an account, your YT channel is added to your account to stop any claims. I don't know about if you include the music in a commercial venture.

But reading point A., I think it does cover copyright claims on commercial usage, including video games. All those make money.

Things are vague on the Vegas usage of the HUB for sure.

This POST was from a couple of years ago.

This is from @set in his POST marked as the solution.

@Reyfox Here's the relevant text from point A:

A. Your Rights. We (Footage Firm, Inc., the operator of storyblocks.com, videoblocks.com, graphicstock.com, and audioblocks.com) grant you a perpetual, worldwide, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to incorporate the Stock Files you obtain from us into a work you create. You may incorporate our Stock Files into any project, including feature films, broadcast, commercial, educational, print, multimedia, games, merchandise, and the internet.

Note that it says nothing about transferring the copyright to you. Or your right to compel 3rd parties to pay you copyright royalties on the incorporated compositions rather than to the copyright owner. It only talks about your limited right to incorporate the Stock Files into your own work product. As a point of information, most of the libraries and recording companies I deal with want the copyrights transferred to them so they can collect the copyright-owner royalties. But the composers who originally owned the copyrights always retain their composer status and can collect their composer-share from performing rights organizations like ASCAP and BMI, no matter who the copyright gets transferred to. That's how the music business works.

@Howard-Vigorita but the OP is talking about a copyright strike on the video.

This is what I read, from the EULA in VP19,

"You may incorporate our Stock Files into any project, including feature films, broadcast, commercial, educational, print, multimedia, games, merchandise, and the internet. Once you incorporate a Stock File into your project, you can share your finished project freely, but you may not share the underlying individual Stock File as a standalone file with a third party."

"3. For our audio Stock Files, your license does not restrict your right of public performance, but a cue sheet may be required to satisfy the requirements of Performance Rights Organizations . Also, this License allowed you to use our audio clips in YouTube videos, but since we are not associated with YouTube, we cannot prevent other people from incorrectly claiming that your video violates a copyright. If you get such a claim, let us know, and we will make our best efforts to help you resolve the problem. Still, platforms like YouTube could block your content for reasons beyond our control."

I do not read anything that restricts usage in a Youtube video. I've had copyright notices on music from Smartsound. I contest each one, provided the necessary information, and have had the copyright notices removed. I see no difference between Smartsound and Storyblocks in this instance.

@Reyfox Your right to use something without extra cost to you is not the same as the copyright owner's right to their own payment from anyone besides you. I see you also quoted the proviso that YouTube might block your video anyway. I could see that happening if a recalcitrant copyright owner was unwilling to accept YouTube's payment in lieu of royalties and asserted their rights under the US DMCA. Or your video might be blocked in a foreign country due to that country's copyright laws. If no one is pressing a claim against you and YouTube isn't giving you a strike, there's no reason for you to even challenge someone else's claim against YouTube.

In my case, the copyright claim came from the author of the piece, and was listed as owner allows use, or something along those lines. But I just re-uploaded the video without that audio. I don't want any copyright hits on my videos, whether allowed or not. This was from the extra music tracks pack I purchased with VP23, not from the Hub.

@Howard-Vigorita I am naive on the subject, but if someone (for instance) Smartsound license a musical piece for royalty free usage, then isn't the user of the music entitled by the contract the composer has with Smartsound that allows the music to be used? Otherwise, there will claims everywhere. As I wrote, each copyright claim was removed with Smartsound, and I've had a lot of them since it is my main source of music in my videos. I would imagine that if a recalcitrant copyright owner would push for something like that might be in violation of their own contract with music company they've signed the contract with that allows royalty free usage.

Youtube's spam bots searching for music will do what they are supposed to do, find the music without regard of whether you have permission or not. It is like you are guilty and have to prove your innocence.

@Reyfox I'm not familiar with Smartsound and don't know if they're related to the hub library. But if they're connected, their business model might be to license usage to you but still press YouTube for payment as the copyright owner or their agent. That's the way most music libraries operate. I'm not clear, however, if the hub library operates that way.

The copyrighted music I post is generally live recordings performed by the composers. I don't dispute those when flagged by YouTube even though I have permission. Because I want the composers to get the payments they're entitled to. I also encourage composers to release sound recordings on CDBaby who will act as their agent and split the money they get from YouTube. I generally only dispute claims on my live performance recordings of public domain compositions.

@Howard-Vigorita I have no idea of how this whole music copyright thing works, or even how the composers get paid. You are saying that there is different amounts of payment? If you get the copyright strike removed, the composer will get less, than if you let it remain, and are still allowed to use the music without penalty?

@Reyfox A copyright strike on YouTube is generally the result of a take-down demand made by copyright holders who do not accept YouTube commissions in lieu of royalties. Very few do that nowadays. The more common occurrence is YouTube notifying you that your video may remain on YouTube because the copyright holder consents but that your video is ineligible for monetization by you. That's because YouTube is paying the copyright holder commissions instead of you. If that's the case, the YouTube notification also says there's no strike against your account. So there's no reason to dispute it unless you are the copyright owner or it's a public domain composition. Here's an example about a video I put together once upon a time for performers doing a cover which I uploaded with permission but did not dispute... it says in 2 places that there's no copyright strike:

... If you get the copyright strike removed, the composer will get less, than if you let it remain, and are still allowed to use the music without penalty?

@Reyfox To the point of that question, I believe the copyright flag in your account's video list is an indication that someone other than you will get paid commissions. If you get it removed, I assume no one is getting paid and that you can then monetize your video. That can happen if the copyright holder does not respond to YouTube or perhaps wants to allow you to get the money.