[b]This post is not throwing shade or slander toward Bungie/Sony. I am asking a legitimate question about things concerning the recent copyright takedowns on YouTube.[/b]
Will my project be taken down, or will it be allowed to stay on YouTube?
For context, I am working on a project with a few other people, turning all of Destiny 1 into a TV-like, episodic series. Episodes are roughly 23-25 minutes long (with a few exceptions), and [i]there will be copyrighted music in it.[/i] This series is roughly 24 episodes long, and there is quite a bit of work completed so far (and a lot left to be done). Our goal is to have this premiere [b]after[/b] all the episodes are fully recorded, edited, and finished, so we can release these episodes weekly without any downtime between them.
I am concerned with all the recent takedowns and strikes that we would upload these episodes only for them to be removed. [b]I want to make it clear, no one is making money off of this, the videos & episodes are not being monetized, and all credit is being given to the song creators & artists, both in the video and the video description explicitly.[/b] I expect if any episodes were to be monetized, it would be due to the song copyright holders claiming monetization. That is fine. I just want to make it clear, I and the others working on this project are not out to make money from this.
Will our project still be okay? I am hoping for a reply from someone here at Bungie, even if it takes a week or so. We have made great progress on making this project, but I would hate for us to finish this, only to see it taken down because of copyright issues. I am willing to follow any guidelines provided by Bungie to make sure our series is released properly and smoothly.
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Please review the following page: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Legal/IntellectualPropertyTrademarks