> There is no other to safely check whether a music is safe except testing it directly on youtube. But this way is too troublesome when you have multiple music in a video. Since it’s the 2nd most popular site on the internet and the most popular video site, the first place you need to check to know if a song is copyrighted is YouTube. The best way to find out if a song is copyrighted is by uploading it to YouTube and letting the Copyright Checker check if there are any copyright issues. Here’s how to do it: 1. Log in to your YouTube account and then go to the YouTube Creator Studio 2. Click **CREATE** in the top right corner of the page and then **Upload videos** 3. Upload a video with the song whose copyright you want to check 4. When YouTube has finished processing your video, click on **Checks** 5. If a song is copyright-free, you’ll see “No issues found” under Copyright with a green checkmark on the right 6. If the song is copyrighted, you’ll see a red exclamation mark near the Checks section 7. When you click **Check**, you’ll see the copyright details To learn more about music for YouTube, check out our post on [how to find music for YouTube videos](https://artlist.io/blog/finding-music-for-your-youtube-videos/). ## Getting royalty-free music 1. [Royalty Free Music - No Copyright Music - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@RFM_NCM/videos) 2. [Vlog No Copyright Music - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@VlogNoCopyrightMusic/videos) 3. [MANIA - Reason (feat. Remy Night) | Liquid DnB | NCS - Copyright Free Music (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5_TBfHYaNw&ab_channel=NoCopyrightSounds)