I can't remember who, but someone else said there upload speed was slow too. What browser do you use? I uploaded something to the MBU channel the day before yesterday and it was fine, though it was only a 30 second, 50-something MB video. I'll see if I can remember who else was having trouble and point them in your direction.

And thanks

"Nothing goes down 'less I'm involved. No nuggets. No onion rings. No nothin'. A cheeseburger gets sold in the park, I want in! You got fat while we starved on the streets...now it's my turn!" -Harley Morenstein

Just hit 1,000 views on my YouTube channel.

My THACumentary  was blocked in Germany because of copyrighted music... I'm probably get a terrible reputation with YouTube. I keep getting copyright claims and stuff. From now on I guess I'll just use Royalty free tracks.

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Yeah, a lot of my old films are  banned in both Germany and France. The thing is, sometimes you can use copyrighted content without any complications, but it is almost impossible to know whether or not the piece of music you use will be okay. I think a lot of the problems with copyrighted content on youtube videos is how strict the owner is about the use of their music. Also, if the owner dies and the rights are inherited to someone else, that too can cause complications. Anyway, I do generally avoid using copyright content now, however, although royalty free music is really good, you'll find that several Brickfilmers will use the same pieces of music over and over again to the point where you think, "oh no, not this again!" For this reason, I am considering getting a member of BIM to compose music for me, that might be my next move.

Making the leap to not using copyrighted content in my films, especially music, was difficult, but I'm very glad I started doing it in high school; it definitely gave me a leg up in college, where most kids couldn't make anything that was safe to submit to a festival since they were reliant on violating copyrights for their films.

Normally I use Royalty free stuff but I tried some Beethoven and that's how it got banned.

Certain copyrights on classical music are maintained, but many others are not. That is why musopen.org is a good place to find royalty-free classical music.

The thing about classical music is that even if the piece itself isn't protected, that doesn't necessarily mean you're free to use a specific performance of it. You always have to check what license the recording was released under.

Edit: Greenshirt beat me to it

I've tried to use Musopen before, but it seems like you need to pay for membership in order to properly use it.