YouTube Content ID is a popular fingerprinting system that content creators can use to easily identify and manage their copyrighted content on YouTube. Videos uploaded to YouTube are compared against audio and video files registered with Content ID by content owners, searching for matches. Collect your royalties with YouTube Content ID.
Collect your royalties with YouTube Content ID
YouTube’s audio content identification is not a public music service, but an invisible tracking system. We create a reference which allows YouTube to claim all videos containing your audio. You can only activate YouTube’s audio content identification if you are the legitimate copyright owner.
Service Type
When a video’s audio matches registered Content ID content, a copyright notice will appear on the video and the content owner may choose to take certain actions, such as:
- Clarifying the claim and taking no further action.
- Tracking the video’s audience statistics.
- Monetizing the video by displaying ads on it.
- Muting the audio that matches your music.
- Or even blocking a complete video from being viewed.
As a YouTube partner platform, we utilize the audio portion of the Content ID system to manage and administer copyrighted audio content on behalf of content owners.
When you submit your audio to YouTube Audio Content ID, your audio is compared against videos containing this audio. We automatically monetize those videos and add the generated revenue to your distribution account.
Territories
YouTube’s audio content identification works worldwide, but the effectiveness of each claim depends on the territory in which you own the copyright.
Distribution Process
Your Content ID takes between 2 and 5 business days to start generating claims.
Payment Fee
When a video containing your music is played on YouTube, you are paid a proportional share of YouTube’s advertising and subscription revenue for that video per month, calculated according to the terms set out in our agreement with YouTube. Payments will fluctuate each month, depending on the amount of advertising or subscription revenue generated and how frequently your music was streamed.
