How to Add Music to YouTube Video without Copyright Issues?

How to add music to YouTube video without copyright issues? It is not complicated. In this article, we will show you how to add free music to YouTube and how to avoid music copyright issues.

Updated Oct 26,2018 | by Bennie

Adding music to YouTube video is a good way to improve the quality of the video, but a lot of music cannot be added into the video because of copyright. In this article, we will show you how to add music to YouTube video without copyright issues.

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Part 1: How to Add Music to YouTube Video without Copyright Issues

If you want to add the music you like, pay attention to the music copyright restriction. You can check which type of the music copyright restriction is in YouTube Music Policy. Follow the step to find it: Creator Studio-Create-Music Policy. They include:

●Restricted in some countries. Some music can be used worldwide while other music are blocked in some countries. You can click on the entry to find which countries are not able to view the video.

●Appear Ads. This means you can use the music but some Ads will appear in your video. The music owner place some Ads to make money on your video in exchange for the right to use their music.

●Cannot be used in YouTube. Some music are not available for use in your YouTube video. If you use them, your video will be blocked or muted.

After checking it, selecting the music which can be used is simple. In this way, you can add music to YouTube video without copyright issues. If you have already uploaded a video with music, you can check it whether there is music copyright restriction in Creator Studio-Video Manager-Videos. Then you can decide to change the music or continue to use it.

Part 2: How to Add Music to YouTube Video with Video Editor Built in YouTube

There are a lot of royalty-free music built in YouTube with different genres, moods and duration and there is no copyright issues if you add this music. You can add music to YouTube video after uploading the video. Here we will introduce how to add the free music to YouTube video with YouTube Video Editor step by step.

Step 1: Sign in your YouTube and click the icon of your account in the top right corner.

Step 2: Click Creator Studio. You will find Video Manager which shows on the left side, then click it.

Step 3: All your videos are listed here. Choose the video which you want to add background music to and click the drop down button besides Edit.

Step 4: Click Audio in the drop down box.

Step 5: The music is located below the video. You can choose Top Tracks or All Tracks by clicking the drop down button. Or you can search the music you like in the Search box.

Step 6: You can select the right music by clicking the drop down box of Genre, Mood and Duration.

Step 7: After choosing the music, click Add to Video.

Step 8: The music bar shows at the bottom of the video. You can place the music at any position by dragging the music bar or adjust the music length by moving the pointer after putting it either at the end or the beginning of the music. There is an Audio Saturation on the right of the video, just drag it to choose a desired audio effect.

Step 9: Click Save Changes and the adding music work is done.

Part 3: How to Add Music to YouTube Video by the Music in Other People’s YouTube

You may be attracted by the background music in other’s YouTube video and you want to use it as your own YouTube video. If so, you need to extract the YouTube audio first. Here we recommend you a useful video converter: IOTransfer. IOTransfer converts videos to audio formats such as MP3, AAC, WAV, M4A and more easily.

Step 1: Download IOTransfer.

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Step 2: Download the YouTube video with IOTransfer. If you want to use the background music in other people’s YouTube video, you need to download the video first. IOTransfer is also a YouTube video downloader. Open it and click VIDEOS, then download the YouTube video by entering the YouTube video URL in the box.

Step 3: Click Converter and add the downloaded video into the box. Choose audio format in the output format drop down box. Then click Convert Now.

Step 4: Synthesize the audio and your video by third party software, such as Vid40.

Step 5: Upload the synthesized video to YouTube. Do not forget to check the music copyright restriction.

By the way, IOTransfer converts YouTube videos not only to audio formats but also convert YouTube video to WMV, AVI and more. With this user-friendly converter, you can always find an appropriate format for your videos.

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Bottom Line:

It is simple to add music to YouTube video without copyright issues. You can use the free music built in the YouTube music library or you can check the music copyright restriction before publishing the YouTube video, then you can avoid the copyright issues easily.

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