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Originally Posted by BookCat
Thank you for clearing that up for me. I'm not sure how Brexit might affect Fair Use (something I know a tiny bit about because of my youtube vids sometimes being challenged on copyright grounds when I've used a small amount of music).
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British copyright law does not have any concept of "fair use". As has been said, what it has instead is what's called "fair dealing", but this allows you to use copyrighted material without the copyright holder's permission in only three very specific situations:
- For private study or research.
- For academic criticism or review.
- For news reporting of current events.
Unless your Youtube videos are using copyrighted music for one of these three purposes, I'm afraid it's very likely that you are breaking the law.
The government has a page of advice on the matter at:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exceptions-to-copyright