How safelisting can help you avoid copyright claims

TL;DR: Safelisting connects your channels to your Epidemic Sound account. This proves that you’re allowed to use our music, ensuring content published during an active subscription remains cleared forever. By safelisting your channels, you can avoid copyright claims, fees, and takedowns.

How safelisting can help you avoid copyright claims

Music makes your content sing, literally, but licensing music isn’t always hassle-free. If you’re a creator or brand who wants to use music in your content, it’s crucial you do it right to avoid legal headaches. Learn how to do that below. If you have a proper music license which allows you to use music in your content, like one from Epidemic Sound, you’re almost good to go. But there’s one more thing to keep in mind: safelisting.

Safelisting is the process of connecting your videos and channels to an Epidemic Sound account. This lets the world know you’re licensed to use the music and sound effects in your content.

Safelisting, whitelisting, clearing…what does it mean?

We call it safelisting. Others might call it whitelisting, clearing, clearlisting, permissionlisting, or allowlisting. Whatever you call it, it’s the best way to keep your content safe from copyright claims and other hassles. To do this, you need an active subscription or license at the time of publishing your content. How do I safelist my content to avoid copyright infringement?

You can safelist your content by logging in to your Epidemic Sound account, then heading to the Safelisting section. From there, you can connect your channels. For information about safelisting your channels, check out this guide.

What happens to my content if I cancel my subscription?

All content you publish during an active subscription will stay cleared forever. However, if your subscription expires, you can no longer publish new content featuring Epidemic Sound’s music. This applies even if you’ve already downloaded the track. If you’d like to reactivate your subscription and continue soundtracking, you can do so at any time by heading to your account.

What happens if I get a copyright claim?

There are different types of copyright claims, strikes, and takedowns. You can read more about the different types of copyright claims on YouTube here. The best way to avoid copyright claims is to make sure your channel/s or video/s are correctly safelisted before you publish your content.

How do I remove copyright claims on YouTube?

If you’ve received a copyright claim on your video and you think there’s been a mistake, you can dispute the claim. However, before you do this, make sure you’ve got the below covered:

• You have an active Epidemic Sound subscription, or your subscription was active when you published your content
• You have properly safelisted your channels
• You’ve followed all of the terms and conditions If you’ve got these points covered and want to dispute a claim, you can follow this guide. If you’d like to learn how music copyright works for specific platforms, you can check out our guides on podcast copyright rules, licensing music for YouTube, and safelisting tracks for Instagram. Got more questions on safelisting you need answered? Get in touch with our support team.