**Unlimited uploads**: Vimeo allows unlimited, free uploads of videos you own or have the necessary rights to share, without worrying about copyright infringement.
**Preserving cultural heritage**: Archive.org specializes in preserving cultural heritage and allows uploading historical and educational videos for non-commercial purposes, ensuring copyright safety.
**Monetizing videos**: Vidcloud and YouTube Partner Program enable uploading and monetizing videos, provided they adhere to their specific guidelines, helping creators earn revenue without copyright issues.
**Educational and business use**: Loom and Wistia cater to educational and business users, offering unlimited video hosting with basic editing tools, ensuring copyright compliance.
**Creative Commons license**: Platforms like DailyMotion and Vimeo offer options to upload videos under a Creative Commons license, which allows for wider sharing and reuse with appropriate attribution, reducing copyright concerns.
**Derivative work right**: The derivative work right allows creating new works based on the original copyrighted work, but requires permission from the original copyright holder to avoid infringement.
**Original footage**: Creating original footage is the easiest way to avoid copyright infringement on YouTube, as it ensures the content is unique and owned by the creator.
**Fair use doctrine**: The fair use doctrine allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission, but only in specific circumstances like commentary, criticism, news reporting, and scholarship.
**YouTube Audio Library**: YouTube has a built-in library of music and sounds that can be used in videos, with some songs and sounds requiring credits to the original artists.
**Content ID claims**: Uploading a video containing copyrighted content without permission can result in a Content ID claim, preventing monetization of the video, even if only a few seconds of the copyrighted work are used.
**Automated systems limitations**: Automated systems like Content ID can't decide fair use, as it's a subjective, case-by-case decision that only courts can make.
**Verifying ownership**: Before uploading a video, it's essential to verify the licensing and ownership details to avoid potential copyright violations.
**Educational and historical content**: Platforms like Archive.org allow uploading educational and historical videos for non-commercial purposes, ensuring copyright safety.
**Private and unlisted videos**: Even private and unlisted videos on YouTube can be subject to copyright strikes if they contain copyrighted material without permission.
**Alternative video hosting sites**: Uploading personal videos to alternative video hosting sites like Vimeo, Daily Motion, or The Internet Archives can help avoid copyright infringement concerns.