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What’s the rule with regards to using images/clips from websites or other companies in a vid? Am I allowed to do so provided I credit them either in the description, on the vid itself or both? Or really not at all? I assume the latter, but lately have seen lots of creators doing this, so presumably they’re all getting actual permission first?

Copyright is copyright. IANAL.

You just get demonetised and the ad revenue goes straight to the people who own the original clip.

Depends on your use of the clip.

There’s two answers to this: the proper legal answer and how Youtube and the lawyers acting on behalf of the copyright owner will treat it. The 2 aren’t often the same and YouTube themselves are massively inconsistent.

Cheers. I'm basically creating clips using screen recorders of one or two used cars on the BMW website, and also putting up COVID-19 notices taken from dealer websites. Not actually using other people's vids from YT or anything. Still, the place the clips are created off isn't my own hence the question.

There's a good video by Tom Scott on YouTube copyright issues, might be worth a look.

Cheers will have a look