Video and YouTube Content ID

Matching audio is not a paycheck yet.

Content ID is YouTube's system for finding your recording inside videos. A match can create a claim. A claim can affect ad money. MYDistribution stores your choice. YouTube decides the claim.

What you are agreeing to look at

1
Content ID watches YouTube for your audio
YouTube can match a recording inside someone else's video. A match can put a claim on that video.
2
A claim can change who gets the ad money
If ads run on that video, YouTube pays the claimant under YouTube's rules. That pile is separate from Spotify streams and from the $10 release credit.
3
Your yes or no is saved on the release
The release builder stores the choice and can pass it to the delivery rail. A saved yes is not proof YouTube opened a claim.
4
A conflict form asks a person to look
Use it when a claim looks wrong or someone else claimed your recording. Filing does not remove the claim and does not move money.

What happens next

Make the video in the video department if you need a picture. Set Content ID in the release builder before you submit. If a claim looks wrong, save a conflict below and keep YouTube's own dispute tools open too. This form does not replace YouTube's dispute button.

Video department Release builder

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