As you may have noticed, we now offer both YouTube Music and YouTube Content ID. YouTube Music is a streaming service just like the others currently offered, while YouTube Content ID enables monetization on the video sharing platform.
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When you select YouTube Content ID in the distribution release flow your music is registered in the YouTube Content ID database. A digital fingerprint is created for the audio, meaning that YouTube can detect whether a creator has used your music in a video. If YouTube successfully identifies your music, a monetization claim will be put on the video resulting in advertisements being played either before or during the video.

When you or someone else uses your music in a video, YouTube puts a monetization claim on the video and sends you a claim email with “Claimed by: Zebralution”.

Disputing might lead to your video to be blocked, and will complicate the Content ID management by MusicHub.

Thank you for your understanding.