Creative Commons is a new motive for copyrighting content and it made sharing and reusing more legalize. Now you have a broader idea about the usage of Creative Commons license for your work on your site. But would you think you can apply Creative Commons license for your videos at YouTube?Yes, of course. As a popular video sharing site, YouTube provides you the ability of embedding Creative Commons license for your videos and other YouTube members will be allowed to edit and reuse your video while crediting you. YouTube supports only the Creative Commons Attribution License and in order to apply Creative Commons license, your account status should have good standing.
Note: You should apply Creative Commons license for the videos uploaded by you and should have the entire authority to license the video. In addition, the other videos with Creative Commons Attribution license or videos in public domain will be eligible to apply Creative Commons license.
Apply Creative Commons License while Uploading a VideoHere you can find how to apply Creative Commons license for your videos while uploading them.i. Go to YouTube and sign in.ii. Click on Upload link.iii. Now click on Upload Video button.iv. While upload in progress you can find the option License below and select Creative Commons - Attribution (CC-BY - reuse allowed) option.v. Save Changes after the video has been uploaded and been added related information.Apply Creative Commons License on Uploaded VideosEven after uploading the videos, you can mark your videos with Creative Commons license and enable reusing.i. Go and sign in to YouTube.ii. Click on your username on top right corner.
iii. Now click on Videos link you find in the drop down menu.
iv. Select or check videos you wanna grant permissions and select Creative Commons (CC BY) option you find in the menu after clicking Actions button.
Note: Alternatively you can use Edit Info button correspond to each video to set other options and Creative Commons license.
