Originally Posted By: rosetree
Originally Posted By: Nigel
I play in a classic rock cover band that has posted some videos on Youtube.com I did get a notification about one of those cover songs and I challenged it saying it was merely a cover band performance and was not for profit. It was then allowed to remain. The worst that could happen is that advertising is added to the clip.

I would go ahead and post on Youtube and like I did challenge it if anything is said about it.


Strictly legally, your challenge to the notification wouldn't be valid (it doesn't depend on whether it is for profit or not), but in that case, even if you had confirmed the notification, the video would in most cases remain on Youtube and they could add advertising. It is more risky to challenge the notification without a valid reason, Youtube could ban you as a user. I confirmed/accepted a notification in the case of a 1960s cover, and the video remained with advertising. I often had to challenge really wrong notifications when the compositions were from Bach (composer died over 70 years ago).



Well in the case of my band playing the Journey song "Separate Ways" the copyright holder ( I presume ) lifted their notification and the video remained on Youtube ... without advertising. Venues that have live music do have to pay an annual fee to mechanical rights organizations to allow bands to play cover songs. So I guess in the case of a video of a band playing a cover song in a venue paying this fee legally the royalty fee was paid for that performance.