YouTube End to Demand Short Music Clips for Monetization ByBill Toulas-August 16, 2019.875 YouTube will not consider manual Content I d monetization claims for short audio snippets. Which means tracks which play for a few seconds are most likely not enough to take away the video gain from the producer. The new policy will be implemented by mid-September and it is recommended that rightsholders take the time to adapt. YouTube has recently been trying to make the site fairer by overhauling copyright infringement monitoring policies. The website started asking copyright owners last month to point to the exact portion of the video that will not recognize manual copyright monetization claims that apply to very short music clips or “unintended” content. Using the same stringent approach as before those who fail to comply with this new policy and find themselves regularly making false claims will have their manual claiming rights revoked. Although the policy change will now make it more difficult for content I d trolls to have financial gains from the creators the latter are advised to stay careful with music that could be playing in the background of their videos as the number of reports and take-downs will most likely increase now. Choose tracks and sound effects from the Audio Library on YouTube and you can be sure nothing bad is happening. If a track protected by copyright is playing in the background, and your microphone catches it, try using YouTube’s editor to delete it or dampen the sound level. YouTube will begin implementing the new policy by September so copyright owners are required to know what the dispute process entails and adapt accordingly to what the new rules mean. It is also important to clarify that the new policy only applies to manual content I d claims so that anything that happens with bots from YouTube can remain unchanged for now. While video creators won’t have their content removed or demonetized at the drop of a hat they will definitely face several calls for removal so there’s a debatable trade-off.