Is this Copyright?

If you have written permission for both songs (and the YouTuber's who remixed those songs likewise had permission), then you should not receive any strikes against you for copyright audio content.

The video linked does not appear to have any audio/visual content that would violate Copyright.

NikeFaller,

The most common reason to receive "Matched Third Party Content" is because you have added part of a professionally-edited trailer to your video (or pieces of a trailer). Watching your video does not appear to display trailer footage, but there is no way for me to know for sure without getting that information from you.

Is the footage contained within your video recorded on your own, or did you cut it from somewhere?

Even if your account is listed in good standing, you may still be violating copyright and lose your chances to obtain Partnership or lose your current Partnership.

It appears that the musical score (the one listed as created by composer Kesper Kyd) is being claimed for copyright. You absolutely cannot use ANY of these scores in your videos. Since it may be difficult to determine, I would remove the current videos using any music from the game currently, and remove the audio from them entirely and add your own (that you have permission to use).

For future video recording, I would turn off background music in the game (if that is an option) or replace the audio track entirely when you edit.

Having adsense enabled will not hurt your chances at partnership, it will only slow the process down. If none of your videos were actually claimed with Google AdSense, then it should not delay the partnership.

NikeFaller,

Nothing appears to be out of place here, I may have to run this by a few others and see if we can figure out what precisely is being claimed. It is interesting that BroadbandTV NBA account is actually the company partnering TGN Channels--in that, when you are fully Partnered with TGN on your YouTube Channel, it is through BroadbandTV. My only other guess would be the use of NBA/Team logos used within the video. I'll see if I can figure out anything more for you concerning the video.

NikeFaller,

I spoke with George and we agree that it looks like your video is being claimed for having actual NBA content in it. This is obviously not true, as your video contains video game footage and not footage that is actually from the NBA. Dispute the video again and state that "this video does not contain any footage from any NBA television game, but rather contains captured gameplay from the video game NBA 2K12 and was uploaded in fair use."

Let me know if this helps!

1). NikeFaller,

Since it is causing you this much trouble to dispute the video, I would just let it be since it is only a Content ID Match. This will not hurt your chance at partnering nor cause you an actual copyright strike. The only downside is that you will not be able to earn ad revenue from that video.

From the TGN Copyright Handbook:

Info:Copyright Strike vs. Content ID Match
Copyright Strike: Occurs when a serious copyright violation is discovered.

Generally, your channel cannot be partnered if it has a valid copyright strike.

Content ID Match: Occurs when a long scene is matched to the company that created it. This may be avoided by using commentary during long scenes or showing less than 30 seconds of a scene.

You can be partnered with Content ID matches. The main ill effect is all revenue from that video goes to the Content ID owner, not you.

2). billingue,

Without seeing the actual thumbnail he used (it looks like it's been changed now) it is tough to tell what really happened here. The YouTuber in this video did state that he took the thumbnail he used from Replygirl's video and "tweaked" it. From what I know of Replygirl's stuff, they always use thumbnails of their own bodies (complete with push-up bras) and in this case, using a thumbnail of another person violates copyright and is already in the Handbook:

Bad:Thumbnails with People
Do not add people without permission in your video thumbnails or videos!

3). towelliee,

If the background audio can be accurately identified as a popular song or other audio, then it can be considered copyright content. It's not likely that you'll get knocked for it, but technically-speaking it's still work that somebody else owns that you are using (even if by accident) in your video.

mariocarrion,

If the Creative Commons License on the song you are trying to use allows use for "Commercial Purposes", then you are allowed to make money off your video using that song. You should not need to license the song yourself in order to do so.

Jamendo is a great resource for music in any YouTube video as long as you pay close attention to the type of Creative Commons license the artist is using. The majority of the artists license with "Attribution" and "Share Alike" which allows you to use their works commercially. Most only stipulate that you give credit to the artist in your work(s) which any YouTuber should be willing to do.

Probably_Unemployed,

The answers are in the TGN Handbook:

Bad: Cover Songs

At this time, you cannot claim cover songs.
You can sing a few versus in your video, just don't sing the whole song while playing or performing the song's music!

Bad: Remixes

Remixes are not okay!
Never use commercial songs, song clips or remixes.
Your videos cannot contain any part of the original sound recording, even 1 second.

Good: Music You Make

If you create the music as a manipulation of the original work in a creative and innovative way, so that it changes the meaning, context or intended communication of the original work, it is fair use.

Yes, you can show footage of you editing using software and reference the website in your video.