Will this loop survive
24/7 on YouTube?
Five questions about your footage and audio, and a straight verdict with the exact fix for each answer.
Nothing you enter leaves your browser — the rules run locally in this page. This is general guidance to help you ask better questions, not legal advice.
Verdict
Looks clear
No items need attention
Go ahead — keep your proof of ownership somewhere you can find it in a hurry.
What we found
01
safe
None expected
You own the footage.
Do this
Keep the project files or camera originals — they are your proof if a false claim ever lands.
02
safe
None expected
No music track to match.
Do this
Nothing to do here.
Because this runs 24/7
An unattended 24/7 loop multiplies the exposure: nobody is watching when a claim lands, so a claimed or blocked stream can keep running for hours before you notice.
This checklist is general guidance to help you spot obvious problems before an unattended stream starts. It is not legal advice, and it cannot tell you whether a specific use is lawful where you live.
How this is calculated
The worst answer wins
Your verdict is the single riskiest thing in the mix, not an average. Enforcement works the same way: nine cleared tracks and one matched one still produces a claim.
Content and audio are scored separately
Most 24/7 problems are audio. A video you shot yourself with a released song underneath is a claim waiting to happen, so the picture and the sound get their own findings.
Permission has to be provable
A dispute is a form, and a form needs evidence. Verbal permission scores worse than written permission because you cannot attach a phone call to a counter-notification.
Unattended time is the multiplier
A 10-minute upload gets reviewed once. A loop running for weeks gets matched every cycle, at 4 a.m., with nobody watching the dashboard — which is why the same footage is riskier as a 24/7 stream.
Questions about this tool
Is a Content ID claim the same as a copyright strike?
No. A claim usually redirects the money or blocks the video in some countries and does not by itself endanger your channel. A strike is a formal legal removal request, and three of them can end a channel. This tool tells you which one you are risking.
My footage is mine but the music is a released song. Am I safe?
No. The audio is matched independently of the picture. That combination is the single most common reason a 24/7 loop gets claimed, and the fix is to replace or mute the track.
Does buying a music licence make a 24/7 loop safe?
Only if the licence covers continuous broadcast. Many licences cover one upload or one video, not unlimited rebroadcast, so read it for the words "broadcast", "streaming" and "unlimited" before you loop it for a month.
Devotional or public-domain content is free to use, isn't it?
The underlying work may be, but the specific recording is not. A modern studio recording of an ancient text is owned by whoever produced it, and remasters and restorations of public-domain films carry fresh rights of their own.
What this tool cannot tell you
Every calculator on the internet hides its assumptions. Here are ours, in the open.
This is general information, not legal advice, and it does not create a lawyer-client relationship. For a decision with money or a channel riding on it, talk to a lawyer in your jurisdiction.
Copyright rules differ by country, and platform enforcement differs from the law. Something legal where you live can still be blocked by an automated system.
A "looks clear" result is not a guarantee. Automated matching produces false positives, and you can be claimed on content you own — which is exactly why the tool keeps telling you to hold on to your proof.
We deliberately do not score fair use, fair dealing, or transformative use. Those are arguments made after a claim lands, not settings you can check beforehand.
Rights change hands. A licence that covered you last year may sit with a different company today, so re-check anything long-running.
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