If you are a YouTube content creator, you may find that you can choose two types of licenses for your videos: a YouTube Standard License and a Creative Commons License. So what do these licenses mean? How does it affect your rights and responsibilities as a content creator? In this article, we will explain the key differences between these two licenses and help you decide which one best suits your needs.
What is YouTube's Standard License?
YouTube Standard License is the original license valid for all videos uploaded to YouTube. This license grants YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, edit, display, and operate with the Service and YouTube (and its successors and affiliates) business. Including the promotion and return of part or all of the Service (and its work) in a newspaper format and through a media outlet.
This means YouTube can use your video for its purposes, such as advertising, showing it on the homepage, or creating collections. But you don't have videos on YouTube; Your membership rights are reserved. You can control who can view your videos by adjusting your privacy settings.
What is a Creative Commons license?
Creative Commons license is another license you can choose for your video if you want to allow others to use your content. Creative Commons is an international nonprofit organization that provides free, easy-to-use legal tools for creators to share their work and foster a culture of creativity and innovation, hand in hand.
By choosing a Creative Commons license, you give the public permission to use your video for any purpose, as long as they give you credit and comply with the license terms. There are different types of Creative Commons licenses, each with different terms and restrictions. One of the most used on YouTube is the Creative Commons License (CC BY), which allows others to copy, distribute, reproduce, adapt, and enhance your work, even commercially, as long as they give you what you deserve.
This means other YouTube creators can use your videos in their videos, such as through mashups, parodies, or remixes. However, they must acknowledge you as the original site and link back to your video. You can see who's using your video by checking the report in YouTube Studio.
Which license will you choose?
The choice of license depends on your goals and preferences as a user. YouTube Creator. Here are some things you should consider:
- If you want to protect your videos from illegal use and only get paid for them, you should choose the YouTube Standard License. In this way, you can control how your videos are used and distributed and earn money from ads or other sources.
- If you want to share your videos with the world and encourage others to reuse them, you should choose the Creative Commons license. In this way, you can contribute to the Creative Commons community and increase your visibility and awareness because your videos can reach a wider audience and spread among other videos.
- If you use content from other sources such as music, photos, or clips in your video, you should check the license of the original content and make sure you have the right to use it. If content is licensed under Creative Commons, you must apply the Creative Commons license to your video and comply with the terms of the original license. If the content is not licensed under Creative Commons, you must use the YouTube Standard License and obtain appropriate rights from the content owner.
Conclusion
YouTube Standard License and Creative Commons License are two different types. There are many licenses to choose from for your videos on YouTube. A YouTube Standard license allows YouTube to use your video for its purposes, but you retain ownership and control of who can view your video. A Creative Commons license gives the public the right to use your video for any purpose, as long as they give you credit and comply with the license terms. The choice of license depends on your goals and interests as a YouTube creator, as well as the type of content you use in your videos. We hope this blog post helps you understand the difference between the two licenses and make an informed decision for your YouTube channel.