Questions

Ryan likes a bassline from a popular artist’s song and wants to use it in his own video. He’s unsure of whether he has the rights to use it. What should he do first?

 

Consult a lawyer.
Upload the video to YouTube and see what happens.
Ask his YouTube partner representative.
Upload the video and tag the artist in the comments.

 

Lin uploads her cover of John’s song to YouTube, but then Content ID claims it and the video is blocked. What should Lin have done before uploading the video?

 

She should have gotten permission from John to record his song.
She should have given credit to John in the video description.
She should have altered the song so that Content ID couldn’t match it.
None of the above. Content ID automatically blocks cover songs from YouTube.

 

Using music from which of the following sources will help you avoid copyright infringement on YouTube?

The YouTube Audio Library
Creative Commons
Public Domain
All of the above

Lin produces a video of herself singing a song that John wrote, and uploads it to YouTube. Which of the following is true?

Lin owns the rights to the music video and sound recording, but John owns the rights to the underlying musical composition.
Lin owns the rights to all of the content in the video because it’s a derivative work.
John owns the rights to all of the content in the video because it wouldn’t exist without the song he wrote.
Lin owns the rights to the sound recording only. John owns the rights to the musical composition and the video.

John is feeling inspired, so he writes down some chords and lyrics for a new song. Which type of copyright protects his work?

Sound recording
Musical composition
Music video
None of the above. Copyright law only protects his song once it’s uploaded to YouTube.

How could you best describe the relationship between copyright law and content on YouTube?

 

Copyright doesn’t matter on YouTube.
YouTube’s lawyers handle copyright infringement on YouTube so users don’t have to.
YouTube’s tools and policies are designed to protect rightsholders’ copyrights, and users who don’t respect our tools and policies are subject to consequences.
Everything uploaded to YouTube is considered an original work and therefore does not violate any copyright laws.