Now that I have this video making program from NCH Software (VideoPad) I really enjoy creating videos to go up on YouTube. Occasionally I do one for other Members too, and when Bev Harrison entered Nightbirds in the May Challenge I thought I would do a video to go with that. I looked on pexels.com for birds flying around at night .. but had the wrong type of birds! She told me the story is about flying from place A to place B and attending night clubs at place B.
OK. Looked easy enough to find some suitable clips from pexels.com. I use this site (as well as pixabay.com) as they advertise the clips on their website as being Royalty Free, and can be used for any purpose (including Commercial use).
So I was looking for boarding an aeroplane; taking off; flying over the city; landing; and ending up at a night club.
Went well, and to me the video I had put together looked great. So late last night I uploaded it to YouTube. The Copyright checks were completed and then YouTube came up with ...
"Video cannot be seen or monetized. Copyright holder's policy: Blocked in all territories."
They also told me this was not a 'Strike' and my YouTube status was unaffected.
I knew that the piece Bev had played was from 1982 and was originally performed by Shakatak. Usually the original performers allow you to show your video, but you cannot 'Monetize' it. Adverts are put on your video and the Copyright holder gets the revenue.
So I looked into it further and discovered that the 'blocking' of the video was nothing to do with the actual music at all! It was all to do with the clip of the aircraft 'landing' which I had got from pexels.com. Apparently this had been taken at an aircraft training centre at Hubli (officially known as Hubballi), a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. Sensitive footage of the airport then! Obviously pexels.com trust that people uploading to their website have the required permissions for what they are filming. And this person did not!
Here below is a screenshot of the message I got on my video:
So I have DELETED the upload, will remove the offending section and replace it with a different clip of an aircraft landing.
Hugh