>>7104028Actually that's a myth, I've researched this enough to know its not the time length of the clip that is debatable its the intent of why the track is being used, taken from copyright guidelines and what falls under fair use
The easiest way to avoid copyright violations is to create 100% original content. But what about using sound effects or a soundtrack in your video? The most important question to ask here is, “Am I inhibiting the original creator’s ability to earn money from this work?”. Whether or not the creator is making money from their work, you cannot inhibit their ability to do so.
Paul is enhancing his content with the intent of generating revenue from what can be argued using that audio clip, he's aware that the audio may grant him additional traffic versus someone who isn't using it and goes into adding the content creating revenue for himself and removing it from revenue that the artist could be making by having the same volume of time occupying youtube, even if its pennies
