About Shorts Origin
Shorts Origin is an independent site for new creators on YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and TikTok. It reads the rules so you do not have to, and shows you where each answer came from.
What the site is for
New creators hit the same questions in their first weeks, and the answers are scattered across help centres, licence pages and hours of video. Shorts Origin collects them in one place. Music is the first topic:where to get it and how to keep copyright claims off your videos. If you only read one page, read the safest music list.
How facts are checked
Every fact on a page comes from the provider's own licence, help or pricing page, or from the platform's own help and policy pages. The page lists those sources at the bottom and shows the date they were last read. Licences and prices change, so a page is read against its sources again at least every 90 days.
Search-engine summaries are never used as a source, because they are often wrong. While building the site, summaries misstated a YouTube claim rule, a channel limit and the maximum length of an Instagram Reel. Each was caught by opening the real page.
When a provider does not say something, the page says that the provider does not state it. It does not fill the gap with a guess.
How sources are judged
A music source is on the safest list only if the platform itself licenses the music, or a subscription covers all three platforms, clears YouTube claims automatically and keeps published videos cleared after you cancel. Every other source page says plainly that its music can still get a copyright claim. Ranked lists explain their method at the top.
Advice from YouTubers
Advice from a YouTuber carries their name and the video where they said it, starting at the moment they say it. Videos play through YouTube's own player. The site stores no audio, video or thumbnails.
Independence
No provider paid to be listed or ranked, and no link on the site earns a commission. If that ever changes, the page will say so next to the link.
Shorts Origin is not affiliated with YouTube, Google, Meta, TikTok or any music provider.
Not legal advice
The guides are general information about what platforms and providers say in their own terms. They are not legal advice. If a lot of money or a client contract depends on a licence, read the provider's terms yourself, or ask a lawyer. All music belongs to its owners.