FORMAT FILE

Music channels: the policy names your format twice

Two of the policy's not-allowed examples are music formats, verbatim: "Collections of songs from different artists (even if you have their permission)" and "Songs modified to change the pitch or speed, but are otherwise identical." Nightcore-style edits, lyric-video compilations, and playlist channels are the named patterns — no amount of licensing language changes the reused-content analysis.

Where this format gets rejected

• Collections and playlists of other artists' songs as the channel's core product.
• Pitch- or speed-shifted versions presented as new content.
• Confusing a Content ID claim (a money setting) with monetization eligibility (an authorship judgment) — they are different systems.

The fixes that move the score

• ✓ Make the core yours: your performances, your productions, your remixes with substantive original work.
• ✓ Commentary-led formats — breakdowns, history, analysis — put your authorship in the foreground.
• ✓ Use the claim-vs-strike decoder to keep the money side straight while you rebuild the eligibility side.

Score your own channel free on the risk checker — eight questions, a band, and your ranked fixes with the policy lines attached.