geekonthemoon t1_izeifqs wrote
Reply to comment by pulus in The Smithsonian's open access library, containing millions of digital assets under a creative commons license (you can even use them for commercial work)! by Rishloos
Nope, it's all completely free to use, even for commercial use. Some few exceptions, like if the item itself is something related to a brand and is already under Copyright by someone else. But otherwise you can literally do anything you want with their assets.
pulus t1_izekgal wrote
I was talking about how even if it’s free to use, if you use it on youtube you could get your channel cancelled by copyright leeches.
https://reddit.com/r/videos/comments/zeoywi/copyright_leeches_falsely_claim_twosetviolins_4m/
Thatextremedanksmell t1_izemimu wrote
Exactly copyright pirates are killing youtube
throwawater t1_izepur5 wrote
That can happen even to things you create yourself. The days of being a small creator are nearing an end. Even if you manage to rise above the noise and get a bit of recognition, anyone, anywhere can claim you made a sound they have copyright for. They get all the money for the video you made and it's wayyyy more difficult to prove your case than it was for them to prove theirs. Google, apparently, doesn't give a shit.
geekonthemoon t1_izg2orw wrote
Yeah I mean fraudulent copyright takedowns are gonna happen regardless. YouTube sucks when it comes to protecting their creators fairly.
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