What’s the difference between “eligible” sound recordings that I can monetize and “ineligible” sound recordings that I can’t monetize on the TuneCore YouTube Sound Recording Revenue collection service?

Eligible : You can submit specific tracks to YouTube for revenue collection that:

1. Use only your own material for which you have exclusive rights.
2. Use third-party material for which you have exclusive rights.

Ineligible : You can not submit tracks to YouTube for revenue collection that:

1. Contain instrumental content that has previously been used in other tracks, such as samples or beats, even if now exclusively licensed to you
2. Contain any ambient sound effects (like nature sounds), production loops (such as GarageBand loops) or samples from audio libraries (like Musicbed and Audiojungle)
3. Are meditation, yoga or sleep music
4. Contain 10+ consecutive seconds of spoken word material
5. Contain public domain clips or speeches
6. Are karaoke, soundalike or tribute cover versions
7. Are covers of traditional or public domain songs, including but not limited to: children’s music, classical pieces, holiday songs, religious songs/hymns
8. Are part of a compilation, Various Artists release, DJ set or continuous mix
9. You have previously licensed to a third party, on an exclusive basis
10. Are already monetized on YouTube by another distributor
11. Are video game, TV or film soundtracks (unless you are the publisher)
12. Were created solely for use in YouTube videos to exploit Content ID (e.g. music used for endcards)

Important : Violations of these guidelines may lead to permanent blocking of your account from this service.