Spend less time worrying about copyright strikes and more time on what actually matters — creating.
Know that feeling when you upload a video, check it later, and see that dreaded yellow dollar sign? The one that tells you YouTube’s algorithms have decided your perfectly licensed track belongs to someone else, and now your ad revenue is heading to the rights holder while you scramble to prove you actually paid for the music?
Sucks right? YouTube processed 2.2 billion Content ID claims in 2024 — that’s over 6 million claims every single day. Most creators just accept them rather than fight, even when they have legitimate licenses. It feels like so much effort — the dispute process is about as fun as doing taxes while someone screams at you.
So we built Claim Clear — a fast-track process for ensuring your tracks are cleared ahead of time — and we’ve included it in your Envato subscription at no extra cost.
The problem was never about copyright
The real issue isn’t that Content ID exists — copyright protection matters, and creators deserve to control their work. The problem is that the system creates unique digital fingerprints from reference files, allowing it to detect even partial matches, but it can’t tell the difference between theft and a legitimate license purchase.
The current system puts the burden on you — the creator who actually paid for the music — to prove your innocence. It’s backwards, time-consuming, and deeply frustrating when you’re trying to focus on making great content.
We recognize this is a huge issue for our customers so we wanted to fix it and make it easy for them.
Claim Clear: Three features, zero headaches
Claim Clear works in three ways to protect your content:
Pre-cleared Music Identification: We have a dedicated library of Claim Clear ready music — basically tracks that have been pre-cleared by YouTube — meaning you can filter and search by tracks that won’t trigger any claims in the first place.
Channel Safelisting: Add your YouTube channel to pre-clear copyright claims from Claim Clear Ready music on future videos. No more manual disputes for every single video.
Individual Video Clearing: Got a claim on a specific video? Paste the URL into Claim Clear and we’ll handle the rest.
Why this actually matters
According to YouTube’s latest Copyright Transparency Report, rightsholders chose to monetize over 90% of all Content ID claims in 2024, which means your ad revenue was getting redirected to someone else while you fought through the dispute process. For creators making a living on YouTube, that’s real money disappearing for weeks or even months.
The whole thing breaks down the trust between creators and the music they’ve legitimately licensed. You pay for a track, use it properly, then get treated like a thief by an algorithm that can’t tell the difference.
Claim Clear fixes that. It acknowledges what should be obvious: when you pay for a license, you shouldn’t have to prove it over and over again.
What this means for you
Building this required partnerships with major Content ID administrators and direct integration with YouTube’s systems. The result? While traditional dispute processes leave you waiting days for resolution, Claim Clear gets you back to creating fast.
In practical terms, this changes how you work with music. For creators using our tracks, you now have three real options instead of one frustrating dispute process. You can use pre-cleared tracks to avoid claims entirely, safelist your channels for automatic clearing, or resolve individual videos instantly.
The bigger picture
Claim Clear solves YouTube copyright claims effectively, but it does more than that. We’re building systems that respect both creators and rights holders without forcing either side through bureaucratic mazes every time they want to use licensed content.
Copyright protection matters — creators deserve control over their work. We’re determined to make it work properly: protecting creators while enabling the legitimate use of licensed content.
Now go create (and never worry about copyright claims again).
Claim Clear includes generous monthly allowances with every Envato subscription — safe list up to 3 YouTube channels and clear up to 15 individual videos per month. Need more? Teams and Enterprise plans include even higher limits to support larger operations.
