News > Social Media Shorts To Allow Audio Sampling From Any YouTube Video TikTok-rival Shorts will let users sample audio from other YouTube videos By Rob Rich Rob Rich Twitter News Reporter College for Creative Studies Rob is a freelance tech reporter with experience writing for a variety of outlets, including IGN, Unwinnable, 148Apps, Gamezebo, Pocket Gamer, Fanbolt, Zam, and more. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on June 7, 2021 01:25PM EDT Fact checked by Rich Scherr Fact checked by Rich Scherr Twitter University of Maryland Baltimore County Rich Scherr is a seasoned technology and financial journalist who spent nearly two decades as the editor of Potomac and Bay Area Tech Wire. lifewire's fact checking process Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Social Media Mobile Phones Internet & Security Computers & Tablets Smart Life Home Theater & Entertainment Software & Apps Social Media Streaming Gaming Shorts, YouTube's short-form video creation app and rival to TikTok, will add the ability for users to sample audio from videos across the entire YouTube platform in the near future. As reported by The Verge, Shorts currently allows users to pull audio from other Shorts videos, but a recent community post has revealed that there are plans to cast a much wider net. According to TeamYouTube Community Manager Camilla, "If you’re part of the initial roll out, you’ll be able to create Shorts using audio from other videos straight from the video watch page, both for Shorts and other videos you find on YouTube." This initial rollout should be available now in the UK, Canada, India, and several Latin American countries, such as Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela. Image: YouTube. YouTube The post goes on to explain that this new feature will allow Shorts users to incorporate audio from "any eligible long-form video on YouTube." Shorts also will generate a link back to the video source for the pulled audio on the Shorts pivot page. The intention is to give creators more audio options for their videos, while also potentially expanding the audience for the source video. This news has made some YouTube creators nervous, as the platform has automatically opted all videos into the Shorts crossover by default. Several questions were brought up in the community post announcement. "Who thought it was a good idea to automatically opt everyone in?" YouTube user TwinMinds asked, "Who gets the revenue for these samples? And why is this automatic opt-in without people being given the choice? And what about non-monetized channels and demonetized or ad-disabled content? Why is their content automatically available for others to profit from?" Ed Hanley wanted to know, "Who thought it was a good idea to automatically opt everyone in? Are you opting in corporations with access to the Content ID system? or just people who would be punished for sampling work from a video registered with the Content ID system?" Image: YouTube. YouTube Users can opt out their videos one-by-one, or do so in batches by selecting several videos at once on the Content page, selecting License under Edit, selecting Shorts sampling under Add edit, and then choosing Don't Allow Sampling. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Email Address Sign up There was an error. Please try again. You're in! Thanks for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. Thank you for signing up! Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit