RE: Ineligible for monetization, I think not...

When youtube changed their rules I had to remove all my most popular videos because-- they had other people's music in them. However I have striven to compose myself, or find royalty free music instead. Whats cool about monetizing using Hive is that you can set other users as a shared beneficiary when your post, so if you are going to monetize other people's music you can pre-arrange with them what % of the author rewards they want for composing or giving you permission to use their music. That sort of agreement could be a conversation on Hive, and then the post pays out and a % of the payout reward goes to the musical artist and the curators of course share 50% also. It's a great way for creators and the audience to work together to create value for everyone. If you are trying to get monetized on YouTube you do not want to be getting flagged using normal music. It is sad but true, but you can learn to play the banjo.