What do you think about uploading tunes to youtube?

DJ Life & Community General Discussion
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What do you think about uploading tunes to youtube?

Do you guys approve of people uploading tunes that aren’t theirs onto youtube?

I say this because I just uploaded a video/song to youtube, and then afterwards thought about the legality of such a thing. I mean, it’s not my song, but it’s in low quality. Though I did find the clipart for the “video” portion, and then threw some effects on. So it “could” be considered a soundtrack.

Is this alright, or is it “against the rules” persay?

I just uploaded:

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Wooo boy here we go…

IMHO probably not the best idea. usually a soundtrack would go to a movie not really a clip slide show. though it is nice when im looking for a random song that i can usally find it on you tube. lol i would never use it in a set but nice to able to find new music this way. & since beatport only plays the main parts of tracks, i still like to hear the intro, for mixing purposes.

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Lotsa people do this on soundcloud as well. I’m staying outa this one :stuck_out_tongue:

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how do they do it on soundcloud? do u mean via dj mix? or like the example from OP?

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copies of the original tracks. get lots of ppl trying to sneak these through to our group. not cool.

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The way I work:
Browse for tunes at BeatPort and put the ones I like at hold.
Then I look up the full tracks at youtube and if I like the whole track (and not just that little piece thats up on BP) I buy it, If the track is shit (except for those short 16 bars before the BP-preview ends) I dont buy it.
In that way I dont waste my money on halfass tracks that wont get played.

So personally, I love the people that upload the tracks to youtube.

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i like it, youtube is a great tool for digging now because of it.

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Yechnically it’s against the rules and it’s possible youtube will block the video.

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Yeah I mean it’s in an entire “gray area” if you will.

Personally, I use youtube to search around and FIND a lot of stuff that I probably wouldn’t otherwise be exposed to. It’s amazing just how following links will lead you to some crazy music.

That being said, I totally understand if someone flags something for removal. I mean, it’s all fair. But until that point, innocent until proven guilty if you will?

I don’t fully agree with hosting high quality audio on youtube. I like the fact that it’s low quality, because it gives people a real reason to BUY the track rather than just rip it. Because everyone knows youtube audio quality sucks mostly.

I imagine there are some people who just rip youtube audio and don’t think anything of it. But those people? I doubt they would be buying shit anyhow, even if ripping stuff off youtube wasn’t an option.

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This mainly

I only upload my material anyway :slight_smile:

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oh, and it’s per se from the latin for “Of, in, or by itself”

</major bugbear>

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I make that mistake more often than I should. Product of typing on the internet for my own purposes rather than having to type/spell/grammar in my job/career. Amazing what knowledge fails after disuse.

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I don’t upload anything to youtube, but I use the uploads quite a bit and find that labels are starting to put some stuff up because they realize what a tool it is. I had one this morning that had a beatport link in the video description, very handy.

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Just found out someone uploaded one of my releases (within 6 months of the release)… bah.. admittedly, I was a bit flattered. It’s not like I was hoping to buy a summer house with the song’s earnings or anything.

I appreciate that this community is so diligent with maintaining artist’s rights, but I’m afraid that the many shades of Internet piracy are something of a rampaging juggernaut… and there simply isn’t enough resources to enforce this. Welcome to the Wild West.

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this is how it “should” be done. having one of your tracks uploaded within 2 days of it’s release with a link to rapidshare in youtube and over 30 mirrors in google kinda sucks (flattering in a way but still sucks)

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I personally like it, I have discovered a lot of music this way and it’s incredibly convenient when sharing music with friends.

That being said, it all depends on the artist, label, and how new the track is. Obviously as there is tons of music on YouTube, the majority of artists and labels don’t care. YouTube has a “three strikes” rule where if your videos are reported by content owners three times, you lose your account. The only time I got in trouble was when I uploaded a Wolfgang Gartner track before it was released.