Tired of receiving YouTube copyright claims? You may delete or even prevent them from showing on your channel by following this easy approach.

Copyright claims on YouTube are disheartening, but important. These highly common notifications notify you when you've utilized someone else's content in your video. Before the effects become severe, it's important to understand when you've overstepped your creative boundaries.

The infringements that trip up certain authors are rather prevalent. Copyright claims are probable for anything that incorporates video clips, photos, or sounds that you did not create. Fortunately, you can disable these notifications. All you have to do is swap out copyrighted stuff for your own creative content.

The last thing you want is a copyright strike, which signifies the video's copyright owner filed a formal removal request. Three strikes is a major offense. At that time, YouTube will deactivate your channel and prevent you from starting another.

Read More: What's the Difference Between a Copyright Claim and a Copyright Strike?

Copyright allegations aren't as severe as strikes, but they still feel like a stumbling block on YouTube's path. This is due to...

• Your video may lose monetization.

• YouTube may limit viewership to specific countries.

• and much more

Do you want to cut down on the amount of copyright claims on your channel? YouTube recently delivered the finest present ever to artists. It's a function that alerts you to the presence of a copyright match before you post a video.

Checking a YouTube Video for Copyright Claims

There are various processes involved in uploading a YouTube video. You'll give your material a title, thumbnail, description, keywords, and other components before it goes live to help people locate and watch it.

There is now an additional phase that occurs automatically. YouTube will examine your content to see whether it includes copyrighted material. This occurs when you reach the Checks section, as seen below.

This is game-changing. Before you push the publish button, YouTube's copyright checker shows you how long the procedure will take and reveals any copyright matches. You can then decide on the best course of action. That might mean challenging the allegation or taking efforts to get it removed.

How to Investigate a YouTube Copyright Claim

You can see the impact of a copyright claim on your channel on the same upload page. For more details, click See Details.

Here's what you could see if you enlarge the details:

In this case, YouTube chose to:

1. Restrict access to the video in specific countries.

2. Make the video monetization ineligible.

In this instance, the copyright holder can profit financially by monetizing the video. Although advertisements may show on the video, the income goes to the copyright holder, not us. That is the cost of utilizing someone else's content. Still, it's preferable than receiving copyright violations and nearly losing a channel that took years to build.

Removing or Contesting a Copyright Claim on YouTube

If you decide to proceed with the upload, you can delete or dispute the video's copyright claim.

To accomplish this:

1. Check that you are in the Checks portion of the upload procedure. Under the page's activities heading, click Select Action.

2. There will be two questions: "Remove claimed content?" and "Remove claimed content?" "Do you own the rights to this content?" You'll find choices for resolving the copyright claim beneath the first question. If your video has copyrighted music, for example, you may change it or Mute it.

3. If you own the work, go to "Do you own the rights to this content?" and click Dispute.

Do you require further assistance? For further information, please see the video below:

You have considerable leeway with copyrighted music, but you must delete copyrighted video content. Simply erase that section of your video and re-upload the updated version.

Are You Ready to Publish Your Video? Here's Why You Should Hold Off.

Consider this. You've come up with a video concept, done some keyword research, and spent hours recording. You've revised everything to be as clear as possible. The video has been requested by viewers, so you know it will do well. That gets you enthusiastic, even happy, to publish the video and begin counting views.

To achieve complete optimization, you must include everything the video requires on the upload page, including a title, thumbnail, description, and keywords. You even pass the copyright check with flying colors. Your next thought is to share the video because, well, why not?

This is why you shouldn't.

It takes time to process a YouTube video.

We understand what you're thinking. Didn't YouTube "complete" the video processing within minutes? That is what YouTube claims, but that is not the whole picture. Because things are going on in the background, you should wait two hours before releasing a video. Set the privacy setting to unlisted so that YouTube may accurately provide information about your video.

If you haven't already, you may store the most of your optimization for this waiting time. You may:

• Improve the title and thumbnail of your video.

• Include interactive cards and exit displays.

• Fill up the blanks with a description and keywords.

And there will be more time on YouTube's end to:

• Continue to look for copyright claims in the video.

• Determine what violates advertising standards (so you can make money).

• Process your video so that it plays at the maximum possible quality.

The first guideline of successful creators is to keep your channel in good status. In addition to avoiding copyright lawsuits, avoid the eight legal blunders on YouTube.