YouTube Content ID

About YouTube Content ID

YouTube Content ID is a fingerprinting system designed for creators like you, making it easy to track how your music is being used in videos across the YouTube platform, even when a license hasn't been purchased. When you submit your tracks for YouTube Content ID through Jamendo, they are sent to YouTube, where each track is analyzed and assigned a unique fingerprint—a digital identifier that allows YouTube to recognize your music whenever it's used in a video, regardless of when it was uploaded.

When a match is found, the video creator receives a Copyright Infringement Notification, or claim, and YouTube places advertisements on the video. The revenue from these ads, typically around $0.00087 per monetizable view, goes directly to you.

To learn more about YouTube Content ID, check out the video below, or read this article from YouTube's Help Center.

Monetizable Views

Monetizable Views are to video views that generate revenue, through ads or YouTube Premium subscriptions.

1. Ad Revenue If ads are placed on a video that contains your music, you earn a share of the revenue from those ads. This is the most common source of YouTube Content ID earnings. The type of ad (pre-roll, banner, etc.) and the viewer’s location can impact how much revenue is generated.
2. YouTube Premium Revenue Some users pay a monthly subscription to watch YouTube without ads (YouTube Premium). When these users watch a video containing your music, you earn a share of the subscription revenue, based on how much of your content they consumed.

Rights enforced by YouTube Content ID

YouTube Content ID enforces your sound recording right, the rights to the actual audio recording you've uploaded.

If you also own the composition rights, the rights to the underlying music and lyrics, YouTube can enforce those as well, helping ensure you’re paid when your copyrighted work is used without permission.

Eligibility Criteria

Before submitting your track for Content ID on Jamendo,  make sure that it meets YouTube eligibility criteria:

• You're submitting only one version of your track. We recommend submitting an original.
• The track is registered under:
  • All Rights Reserved license
  • Creative Commons license, with the following terms: Attribution - Non Commercial - Non Derivatives 4.0 International.
• The track isn't a cover, medley, sample, or remix of another artist's song.
• The track isn't a live performance, speech recording or podcasts.
• The track isn't in public domain.
• The track isn't an alternate version of a track already distributed for CID.
• The track isn't distributed for Content ID by another distributor, for example Jamendo, Haawk, Tunecore, RouteNote, Believe,..
• The track's duration is longer than one minute.
• The track doesn't contain audio made available for free from Garage Band, Logic, Fruity Loops, Abelton, and other Digital Audio Workstations
• The track hasn't been generated by AI.

Each track that fails to meet the requirements outlined below will be declined and consequently excluded from consideration for YouTube Content ID.

If you're still unsure about whether your track meets the eligibility criteria for Content ID, please feel free to reach out to us or visit this article from YouTube Help Center.

Revenue Share

If you choose submit your tracks to the Content ID program, you will receive 80% of net revenues collected using. This revenue share will be ingested to your Artist Account in the My Transactions tab quarterly, with a with a waiting period of up to four (4) months, as follows:

Submit your Tracks to YouTube Content ID

You first need to upload and publish the tracks that you’d like to submit to the YouTube Content ID program.

Once that is done, navigate to your artist dashboard and follow those steps:

1. From the menu, choose the YouTube Monetization tab.
2. Read & accept the Distribution Agreement.
3. Next, click on the Upload/Manage My Music tab.
4. Each of your tracks will have the YouTube icon, as shown below. Click on it.
   
5. A pop-up window will appear. Select Activate this track for YouTube monetization and click OK:
   

If you want to submit all your future uploads to YouTube Content ID, make sure to tick the Save the selected option for each track I upload. 

Your track(s) will then be sent to our moderation team for review.

YouTube Ownership Conflicts

A YouTube Ownership Conflict occurs when two or more parties claim rights to the same piece of content within YouTube’s Content ID system. This type of conflicts occur when more than one Content ID provider submit claims for the same track. YouTube sees this as duplicate ownership and flags it as an ownership conflict.

As a result, monetization will be paused temporarily until the conflict is resolved.

Conflict Resolution

When an ownership conflict arises, you will receive an email from Jamendo, asking you to provide us with a written confirmation that:

• You will remain exclusively with Jamendo for Content ID services.
• You will cancel any agreements with other Content ID providers you may have registered with.

Once we receive your confirmation, we can request the release of your payments.

Whitelist your Own Channel

If you have an existing YouTube Channel featuring your music, we suggest contacting our support team through the form below. This will allow us to whitelist your channel, ensuring you won't face a Copyright Claim for using your own music on your own platform.

Make sure to select Youtube Content ID in the category field, and selecting Whitelisting your Channel in the subcategory field.