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Posting Cover Songs on YouTube: Music Licensing Law Explained | DIY Musician

If you try to monetize your videos on YouTube, you’ve probably received an email from them with the subject “More information needed to consider your video monetization request”.  The content will include:

Thanks for submitting your video(s) for monetization.

At this time, we are unable to approve your video(s) for monetization because we do not have sufficient information regarding your commercial use rights. We may consider your video(s) for review provided you verify that you are authorized to commercially use all of the elements of your content. This includes video, images, music, video game footage, and any other audio or visual element. Learn more about what kind of content you can monetize on YouTube. If you have used third party content in your video(s), please review this article with suggestions on how to claim commercial use rights.

If you can provide information confirming commercial use rights to your video(s), submit information below:

We’ve provided replies after looking at various legal forms, etc., but had been struggling to find good information about proper copyright permissions for posts of Jon’s cover songs to YouTube. This article was the most helpful (so far) in providing some answers –

Posting Cover Songs on YouTube: Music Licensing Law Explained | DIY Musician:

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