Originally posted by CookeiMonztah
I know the basics of applying for a youtube partnership.
But im planning on getting a new camera that records 720p
A new guitar and start doing tutorials on youtube, for example:
"How to play green day 21 guns on guitar"
Is that copyright? Since im showing how to play a song thats not mine. I've asked some people that have Youtube Partnership and osme have said no....and some have said yes.
So anybody wanna give me some help?
As far as I know you should be fine. That technically should follow under Fair use: "Fair use is a limitation and exception to the exclusive right granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. In United States copyright law, fair use is a doctrine that permits limited use of copyrighted material without acquiring permission from the rights holders. Examples of fair use include commentary, search engines, criticism, news reporting, research,
teaching, library archiving and scholarship. It provides for the legal, unlicensed citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author's work under a four-factor balancing test."
Although, I'm not sure if you can actually get away with monetizing the videos because since you're then technically making money off of someone else's work it gets a little tricky.