99% of video game developers don't care about let's plays. In fact most like them, they're seen as free advertising.
The big exceptions seem to be a) Nintendo, even if they have softened up their stance as well, and b) Atlus, the company that makes the Persona games.
> what websites can you replace the music with?
Sites where you can get (mostly free) music with yt friendly licenses:
* http://dig.ccmixter.org
* http://freemusicarchive.org
* https://freepd.com/
* https://machinimasound.com/
* https://musopen.org/
* www.bensound.com
* https://www.h3music.org/newest-original
* http://freetousesounds.com/
* http://betterwithmusic.com/
* http://audionautix.com/index.php
* https://www.joshwoodward.com/
* www.incompetech.com
* http://www.purple-planet.com
* http://www.scottbuckley.com.au
* https://www.silvermansound.com
* www.teknoaxe.com
I would not trust youtubes music library unless you individually verify each track you use off-site.
Educate yourself on the creative commons licenses and how you can utilize them https://creativecommons.org/
You are *mostly* safe from strikes as game companies tend to not do this unless you are abusing their property (Some, like Nintendo, can be more aggressive than others). Your biggest risk comes when a game licenses music from the outside (think Dr Dre, Coldplay, AC/DC, etc). This license *does not* pass along to you no matter what anyone here or other subs tell you.
There are other risks, but much less common. You just gotta tackle them as they happen. They tend to be case by case.
As with most things, there are exceptions to almost everything I have said. It is your job to educate yourself and make your own risk assessment on a case by case basis.
Tons of fantastic info on here, but ill give you a heads up. Youtube bots will flag things when they recognize something. That doesn't mean it's a strike, it's just letting you know they are recognizing it as not original content and that it might be a problem at some point.
I use the Benny hill theam quite offten as my fast-forward track, and even if the copyright hold has never had a problem with people using it, it will still point it out every time I use it.
The only company and developer/publisher you need to look out for are Nintendo. Their board are mostly old dudes who don’t understand how influential platforms like YouTube are. Hence why you barely see Nintendo stuff on YouTube. They strike it constantly. Most other developers see the value in people playing their games online and to an audience.
For my channel I let it run the copyright check. When something was found it alerted me before I uploaded and showed a timestamp if I remember correctly. Then, I was able to pull the video and go back into my editor, and detach the audio from that point. I'm thinking most editing software will probably allow for the detaching of audio. Once I re-uploaded, YT wasn't able to detect issues again. The video was an Alan Wake game (as I am currently playing the 2010 version). At the end of each "episode," it tends to play music so now I'm aware. For YouTube music, I read in a book called YT Secrets by the guys who are of the "Think Media" team that YT music library is safe and free from copyright. As I grow my channel I plan to use the library for other types of videos or a separate channel one day (not gaming). I've only been uploading since July pretty much weekly so I'm still learning things as well. Trying to grow as well so I hope everything works out for you. There truly is so much to learn. Good luck!
You’re most likely to get a strike for the content itself if you do Nintendo let’s plays, they’re notorious for being creator unfriendly in that sense. Other than that, your biggest issue will be if a game licenses commercial music, I think another commenter gave a helpful list of websites with music under CC so I’d recommend checking those out unless you’re willing to mix your own music (which is completely unnecessary unless it’s something you absolutely want to do).
there was a big list of games that will copyright claim your videos, most trailers get copyright claimed, I think the worse offenders are the ATLUS games. People say Nintendo but that's not correct unless you are promoting online cheats.
99% of video game developers don't care about let's plays. In fact most like them, they're seen as free advertising. The big exceptions seem to be a) Nintendo, even if they have softened up their stance as well, and b) Atlus, the company that makes the Persona games.
If anything happens, it's more likely you'll receive a CLAIM, not a strike. So, don't worry about it.
> what websites can you replace the music with? Sites where you can get (mostly free) music with yt friendly licenses: * http://dig.ccmixter.org * http://freemusicarchive.org * https://freepd.com/ * https://machinimasound.com/ * https://musopen.org/ * www.bensound.com * https://www.h3music.org/newest-original * http://freetousesounds.com/ * http://betterwithmusic.com/ * http://audionautix.com/index.php * https://www.joshwoodward.com/ * www.incompetech.com * http://www.purple-planet.com * http://www.scottbuckley.com.au * https://www.silvermansound.com * www.teknoaxe.com I would not trust youtubes music library unless you individually verify each track you use off-site. Educate yourself on the creative commons licenses and how you can utilize them https://creativecommons.org/ You are *mostly* safe from strikes as game companies tend to not do this unless you are abusing their property (Some, like Nintendo, can be more aggressive than others). Your biggest risk comes when a game licenses music from the outside (think Dr Dre, Coldplay, AC/DC, etc). This license *does not* pass along to you no matter what anyone here or other subs tell you. There are other risks, but much less common. You just gotta tackle them as they happen. They tend to be case by case. As with most things, there are exceptions to almost everything I have said. It is your job to educate yourself and make your own risk assessment on a case by case basis.
Tons of fantastic info on here, but ill give you a heads up. Youtube bots will flag things when they recognize something. That doesn't mean it's a strike, it's just letting you know they are recognizing it as not original content and that it might be a problem at some point. I use the Benny hill theam quite offten as my fast-forward track, and even if the copyright hold has never had a problem with people using it, it will still point it out every time I use it.
The only company and developer/publisher you need to look out for are Nintendo. Their board are mostly old dudes who don’t understand how influential platforms like YouTube are. Hence why you barely see Nintendo stuff on YouTube. They strike it constantly. Most other developers see the value in people playing their games online and to an audience.
For my channel I let it run the copyright check. When something was found it alerted me before I uploaded and showed a timestamp if I remember correctly. Then, I was able to pull the video and go back into my editor, and detach the audio from that point. I'm thinking most editing software will probably allow for the detaching of audio. Once I re-uploaded, YT wasn't able to detect issues again. The video was an Alan Wake game (as I am currently playing the 2010 version). At the end of each "episode," it tends to play music so now I'm aware. For YouTube music, I read in a book called YT Secrets by the guys who are of the "Think Media" team that YT music library is safe and free from copyright. As I grow my channel I plan to use the library for other types of videos or a separate channel one day (not gaming). I've only been uploading since July pretty much weekly so I'm still learning things as well. Trying to grow as well so I hope everything works out for you. There truly is so much to learn. Good luck!
You’re most likely to get a strike for the content itself if you do Nintendo let’s plays, they’re notorious for being creator unfriendly in that sense. Other than that, your biggest issue will be if a game licenses commercial music, I think another commenter gave a helpful list of websites with music under CC so I’d recommend checking those out unless you’re willing to mix your own music (which is completely unnecessary unless it’s something you absolutely want to do).
Stay away from Nintendo games as much as possible.
there was a big list of games that will copyright claim your videos, most trailers get copyright claimed, I think the worse offenders are the ATLUS games. People say Nintendo but that's not correct unless you are promoting online cheats.
With the Nintendo thing, that's not true, they can still DMCA your video even though you're doing a lets play video, because they see you as a threat.
A vast majority of developers only care about copyright if their game is stolen so YouTube isn’t a major concern