<p>It's hard to say. In my experience, copyright analysis is near real time, and my experience has been that the algorithm identifies and blocks copyrighted material in minutes. No one needs to contact YouTube. </p>

<p>Most copyright holders simply monetize your video,  meaning ads will be shown and they get the advertising revenue. Others will block it until you blank out the offending material.</p>

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pojo-guy
<p>Let's say I use a music in my video, which I upload to youtube. <strong>What are the chances</strong> (probability) that the copyrightowner will contact youtube and my video will be muted?<br>
Are there any kind of statistics on this?<br>
If there is - what are this probability depends on?  </p>

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What are the chances to get copyright claim because of using a song in a youtube video?
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# What are the chances to get copyright claim because of using a song in a youtube video?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-25)

Let's say I use a music in my video, which I upload to youtube. **What are the chances** (probability) that the copyrightowner will contact youtube and my video will be muted?  
Are there any kind of statistics on this?  
If there is - what are this probability depends on?

**Tags:** youtube, copyright

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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-11-26. Score: 1

It's hard to say. In my experience, copyright analysis is near real time, and my experience has been that the algorithm identifies and blocks copyrighted material in minutes. No one needs to contact YouTube.

Most copyright holders simply monetize your video, meaning ads will be shown and they get the advertising revenue. Others will block it until you blank out the offending material.


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