The Blackangel Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Something I've never been able to figure out. Why do so many videos have edited lyrics? Look at rap and metal videos, and the lyrics are almost always cleaned up for the video. Why though? I truly don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 YouTube stupid rules are the reason for it. It's enough to get a channel demonetized as well as it could lead to channels picking up a strike and once an account has 3 strikes, it's permanently deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZandraJoi Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 I don't understand it either. It's hard to find the real lyrics sometimes as many have edited versions. Unfortunately, it's the platform, here, Youtube, that can make the rules even if it's not fair. But to me, if they edit lyrics, isn't that against copyright laws? Youtube has gotten out of hand with their 'editing'. It's no longer about YOU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 I don’t know if YouTube is the reason. There are so many other channels up that post the song unedited in a lyric video, and they’re not getting struck down. Then there’s also reaction YouTubers that use the song with unedited lyrics. Also, I’ve seen videos before they even ended up on YouTube and they were still edited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 On 11/6/2021 at 5:18 PM, The Blackangel said: I don’t know if YouTube is the reason. There are so many other channels up that post the song unedited in a lyric video, and they’re not getting struck down. Then there’s also reaction YouTubers that use the song with unedited lyrics. Also, I’ve seen videos before they even ended up on YouTube and they were still edited. Youtube is rather inconsistent when it comes to these kinds of things so they might taken down one channel for an infringement while another may be completely ignored. YouTube policies don't make sense and it'd be foolish for me to try and and explain it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 I think lyric videos are great for super small bands who want to make a video, but don't have the funds for an actual music video. Looks better than the lyric videos you see on Youtube with a black background and a paragraph of words showing up at a time, and you get a chance to see some artwork while reading/listening to a band you've probably never heard before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted November 8, 2021 Author Share Posted November 8, 2021 14 hours ago, killamch89 said: Youtube is rather inconsistent when it comes to these kinds of things so they might taken down one channel for an infringement while another may be completely ignored. YouTube policies don't make sense and it'd be foolish for me to try and and explain it... You have a point. YouTube is pretty psychotic with their rules. They seriously don’t make any fucking sense. I think that they only pay serious attention to the channels that are trying to get monetized. This gaming channel that we’re doing, would make 3 channels that I have. None of which are monetized. Yet. Assuming I get more serious about either of the other channels, I’ll never have enough videos or subscribers to get monetized. But that’s not something I give a shit about anyway. I just do it for fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clasher Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 That's why I don't listen to music over the radio, or on MTV or even YouTube. I just go Apple music or boomplay and listen to an unedited version of the music and lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
