What’s the difference between “eligible” sound recordings that I can monetize and “ineligible” sound recordings that I can not monetize on YouTube, through RouteNote YouTube Content ID service?

Eligible: You can submit specific tracks to YouTube for revenue collection that:

Use only your own material for which you have exclusive rights.

Use third-party material for which you have exclusive rights.

Ineligible: You can not submit tracks to YouTube for revenue collection that:

Contain public domain clips or speeches

Contain any audio library samples, sound effects, or production loops (such as GarageBand loops)

Contain any third party content that you do not have exclusively licensed (such as samples you do not have exclusively licensed)

Are karaoke versions or sound-a-like cover versions

Are part of a compilation/various artists’ albums

(Violations of these guidelines may lead to permanent blocking of your account from RouteNote Content ID.)

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