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summary
- YouTube's updated AI erasure tool helps creators remove copyrighted music from their videos.
- This does not affect other audio, such as dialogue or sound effects, that may be present in the segment.
- YouTube notes that this feature doesn't always work.
For content creators, spending hours on a YouTube video only to have it flagged for unknowingly using a copyrighted track in a clip can be frustrating, to say the least. Until now, when this happened, creators had the option to mute all audio in the copyrighted segment or remove the copyrighted segment from the video entirely. However, neither of these two options are ideal in most cases, as trimming or muting important parts of a clip can lose the essence of the video. But YouTube's updated AI erasure tool changes that.
YouTube creators can now use the eraser tool to remove copyrighted music from their videos without affecting other audio elements like sound effects or dialogue. TechCrunchThe feature was released on July 4 and was revealed by YouTube CEO Neil Mohan in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
“Great news for creators: our updated music removal tool makes it easy to remove claimed music from your videos (while leaving the rest of the audio intact),” the post read. It also included a video listing the various options available to creators to resolve music copyright claims, as well as a demo of how to use the removal tool and where creators can find it.
The video states that YouTube had been testing the feature for a while but delayed its release because it wasn't always accurate. But the updated Eraser tool uses AI to detect copyrighted music and seamlessly remove it from videos without affecting other audio.
The feature will no doubt make it easier for YouTube creators to deal with copyright claims, but YouTube's support page states that the erase feature may not work if the song is “difficult to remove.” In this case, YouTube suggests using other editing options as a workaround, such as cutting the copyrighted portion out of the video or muting all audio in that area.
