Does “no copyright intended” protect you?

Why the caption changes nothing

Copyright is not a claim someone has to assert against you. It exists from the moment the work is fixed.

So intent is beside the point. Infringement does not require you to intend it, and saying otherwise is not a defence.

A disclaimer is a sentence you wrote about yourself. Permission is something the owner grants.

Credit is not a licence

Naming the original creator is polite and sometimes required. It is never sufficient on its own.

The one case where credit carries weight is CC-BY. There, attribution is the condition the owner set in advance.

Outside a licence that asks for it, credit only tells the rights holder exactly whose video you took.

Neither is tagging, nor a link in the caption

Linking to the source does not transfer permission. Nor does a watermark, nor leaving the original handle on screen.

Automated matching is what actually finds the clip. It reads the audio and video, not your caption.

What to write instead

Write down the source, the basis and the date, and keep it. That record is what answers a dispute.

Every ViralFoundry Clip Sheet ships with a Rights Slip: source, basis, attribution line and timestamp.

For a campaign submission, that slip is the difference between getting paid and getting disqualified.