Question: Breanna works at a publishing company and manages her company’s composition rights on YouTube. The company owns the composition rights to “Song XYZ” worldwide, but only has a license with YouTube in the U.S. and Canada. Where should Breanna assert ownership for “Song XYZ” on YouTube?
- Only in the U.S. and Canada.
- Everywhere except for the U.S. and Canada.
- Worldwide.
- Nowhere.
Explanation
Ownership should be asserted only where the publisher has both the underlying rights and the relevant YouTube agreement. In YouTube rights management, territorial ownership controls where a Composition asset can be claimed and monetized. Worldwide copyright ownership does not automatically mean worldwide YouTube rights can be administered in Content Manager. U.S. and Canada are the valid territories because those are the territories covered by the company’s YouTube license.
Why the other options are incorrect
Everywhere except for the U.S. and Canada is incorrect because those territories are outside the stated YouTube license.
Worldwide is incorrect because the YouTube license is not worldwide.
Nowhere is incorrect because the company can assert ownership in the licensed territories.
Source for verification
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6175220?hl=en
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/106996?hl=en
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