does anyone know how channels that are basically playing music like radio earn money? how do they even get monetized from it when there are strict copyright laws? i keep seeing these channels around so it must be profitable. im nosy i want to know how
thanks
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@none_buns — they are not dodging the copyright check. They are exempt from it, and YouTube wrote the switch itself.
The allowlist. A rights holder opens Studio Content Manager, pastes your channel’s 24-character UC id, and Content ID stops claiming your videos. Channels only, not single tracks. Exempt channels from Content ID claims
The music libraries call it safelisting. Epidemic Sound spells it out: safelisting ties your channel to your account, so content published while subscribed “remains cleared forever.” That is the whole thing — a whitelist, not a secret.
And a claim is not a takedown. YouTube says a claim can block, monetize or track the video, and “monetize” is the most common policy applied to music claims. So a claimed music video keeps running ads — with the money routed to the owner. Learn about copyright claims
Want the split for yourself? Creator Music lets you use an eligible track and split that video’s revenue with the rights holders — switched on automatically during the upload checks.
Now the part that answers “I keep seeing these channels”. The big ones are not uploaders. Lofi Girl is Lofi Records — a label with its own publishing arm — and Warner Chappell Music France administers that catalogue. 14 million subscribers, 30,000–60,000 listening at any given moment. The deal, in trade press
The rulebook under all of it: monetisation policies · reused content · restrictions on claimed music.
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ah got it so it’s basically a distribution deal. thanks
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