YouTube opens all public videos on the platform in YouTube Shorts remixes – with one exception.
YouTube says videos across the platform are selected by default for mixing. If creators do not want their available videos to mix, they should opt out of YouTube Studio. Only music videos uploaded by YouTube music partners are not suitable for remixing YouTube Shorts by default. YouTube Shorts content itself cannot be excluded from mixing. This means that if you start creating YouTube Shorts, you consent to the remixing of your videos by others. This works differently from how TikTok handles remixes. TikTok allows users to prevent others from sampling videos on an individual basis in TikTok video privacy settings. You can also set default video permissions in the app’s main privacy settings.
At this point, TikTok gives users more control over remixes than the competing platform offered by YouTube Shorts.
Shorts creators who want to limit the use of their content really have no way of doing so. They can delete the original short that would remove the sound, but it will also delete other Shorts that sample this sound. Remixed Shorts are more likely to disappear if the original content creator deletes his video. So the question arises, why mix anything and risk deleting the project without permission? Automatically selecting YouTube videos over the life of the platform may not be such a good move. The lack of detailed controls on who can remix and how these remixes can be used seems like a disregard on YouTube. If you want to create your own YouTube Shorts remixes, see how it works.
How to create YouTube Shorts remixes
How to Restrict YouTube Videos from Shorts Remixes
Don’t want your YouTube videos to be remixable? Here’s the steps you need to follow to opt out. YouTube says you can also change your shorts sampling preferences en masse on your computer. Once a video has been removed from the remix pool, it can not be remixed with its sound.
