Galantis - No Money does not actually have your everyday copyright - ©. This is because the loops used in the melodies of most if not all of their songs are very similar and remixed to make various sounds. Meaning I am free to download and use the song and use it as i wish. However, it does have a sound recording copyright - ℗. This means that only the sound of the song is unavailable.
Conclusively, this means i will be able to use the song freely. But, I cannot make my own song using any musical work expressible in musical notation and written lyrics from No Money. Since March 2019, there have been complications between YouTube and Warner Music Group who owned the ℗ to No Money. They now own © to the song and have been in dispute with YouTube after removing random videos of whom had no personal gain from the song. This was in breach of the Copyright Act 1976.
Since November, Warner Music Group and YouTube have appeared to solve the dispute. The two have now come to a middle ground allowing 'Fair use'. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational and or personal use but not gain tips the balance in favour of fair use.
This allows me greater chance of being able to use the song for my own educational use. The following screenshot of the Warner Music Group website help page shows that their guidelines specify that as long as it is not used for personal gain, and that WMG is contacted once the video is uploaded, there is no breach of copyright.
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