I made a video with lyrics and pictures to one of the hellogoodbye songs. Is it copyright? bc some one on youtube says it is. by the way, in the details of the video i said that i do not claim any of the media involved. Another question is should i go ahead and dispute it?

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yes it is. doesnt matter if you put its not yours. if you upload it your claming it yours. dont dispute you will lose horribly

I regret to inform you that any music which is not your creation and used as part of your video is indeed copyright infringement. Companies like UMG, Warner and Viacom not only "own" their music, they also "own" the rights to them, which includes how and where their music can be publicly presented. Thus they would be 100% within their rights to claim the music in your video as their own -- especially if you didn't seek written permission or licence to use it and "broadcast" it over YouTube. They could easily and legally force YouTube to take your video "off the air" (potentially banning you) for any number of reasons: 1) If you used "their music", it is considered part of the famous sentence "unauthorized duplication, whether in whole or in part, without the expressed written consent of...." Their fear wouldn't just be about you, but also other people who could conceivably download, copy or listen to that music without having bought it. 2) You are potentially lessening the value of "their property" by presenting and "broadcasting" it within a poor-quality, smallish 5x3½-inch, bad-resolution, monophonic-sounding and possibly amateurish video. 3) They may believe that your video makes "their property" look either bad, cheap or unappealing to people who may otherwise be considering purchasing "their music". 4) They could also be thinking that people's memory or mental image of "their music" could be forever "haunted" by your video or channel page -- especially if they feel that either or them are in bad taste or not reflective of the song/artist. You may not be aware of it, but you could be involuntarily defaming the artist or the music. Thus, they have every right to object to the way you are using "their music". Even if your video gives credit to the song, the artist, the music, and/or the record producers, that should not be construed as a validation, excuse or justification for you and really YouTube to "break the law". You could always try to claim your video is for personal use only, but the corporations involved might ask you some tough questions like: A) why did you upload the video to YouTube, B) why did you "steal" "their music", and C) how did you acquire their music? Even if you got it legally, that doesn't entitle you to use it willy-nilly -- like distributing it unlawfully for free or (if you're a real big fan) pretending as if you're the agent or commercial representative of the artist. If you have seen other videos also using the exact same music, either YouTube will get to them eventually or somebody who is jealous will "flag" their video. If you're willing to take the chance and reupload your video with the same music, avoid writing the name of the song or the artist in either your title, description or tags. Also, don’t use sentences like "no copyright infringement intended", "I do not own the song" or "I don't take any credit for this music". YouTube's computers search for phrases like that. You should also bear in mind that the music-recording industry is beginning to implement the use of inaudible "watermarks" or "fingerprints" hidden inside their music, in order to uncover and identify their illicit use. As such, it's conceivable that no matter how many times you upload your video, it'll always be rejected because of copyright reasons. You'd thus probably have to find a different recording of the music you would want to use. If you noticed other videos using the same music, they were probably uploaded before this new technology started coming into being. The only possible exception to everything I've just written is for you to use music that is less than 30 seconds in length. If you listen carefully to any talk-show on radio or TV, they never play or use music longer than 30 secs when introducing a guest, or when going into/out of commercials. Guess what the reason is. I hope my info has been helpful to you.