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1. YouTube Refuses to Honor DMCA Counter-Notices (Other/Articles)

... deny disputes, leaving users with no further recourse to have non-infringing videos restored. YouTube established a new “appeals” process, which once again gave users whose videos are blocked by Content ...

2. YouTube's New Content ID Appeals Process: Not as Useful as You Might Think (Other/Articles)

... around the country--all of which are now apparently blocked by Content ID. I remember Lawrence Lessig used this as an example of remix in his talks for a while (I wonder if any of his videos have been ...

3. Victory! YouTube Reforms Content ID Dispute Process (Other/Articles)

... whose videos are blocked or monetized by false Content ID matches recourse to the counter-notice process under the DMCA. The new appeals process is described in greater detail here. As I said in ...

4. Does Content ID abuse infringe copyright? (Other/Articles)

... featuring President Obama singing two lines of a copyrighted song, and then subsequently used the Content ID system to block all other copies of the original video of President Obama singing that song ...

5. SOPA, Private Copyright Enforcement Systems, & Free Speech (Other/Articles)

... copyrights, it is important to keep in mind the ways in which copyright is abused under existing laws, and the potential for even greater abuses should these bills pass. Now that outright DNS blocking ...

6. YouTube Copyfraud & Abuse of the Content ID System (Other/Articles)

... to falsely claim and monetize videos the claimant has no right to, and to block videos with no recourse for the user, even if they are likely fair use. All of this is done with YouTube's direct knowledge ...

7. Open Letter to YouTube Regarding Content ID (Other/Articles)

Dear YouTube, Over the last few months, I have become increasingly aware of a fatal flaw in YouTube’s copyright enforcement regime, which frequently leaves non-infringing videos blocked for supposed ...

8. Falling Through the Cracks in YouTube's Copyright System (Other/Articles)

Over the last few months, I have become increasingly aware of a fatal flaw in YouTube’s copyright enforcement regime, which frequently leaves non-infringing videos blocked for supposed copyright reasons ...

9. Book Review: "Reclaiming Fair Use" by Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi (Other/Articles)

... can be blocked with truly no recourse, and copyright continues to be a huge obstacle to online video creators, regardless of the existence of a code of best practices (which most online video creators ...

10. Disputing Copyright Notifications (Guides/Guide to YouTube Removals (Updated Nov 2012))

... differently depending on how your video was blocked. Disputing a Content ID Match - View video tutorial If your video was blocked by YouTube's automatic Content ID system, you will need to dispute ...

11. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Guides/Guide to YouTube Removals (Updated Nov 2012))

Step 2: Decide if your video is fair use If your video was blocked for copyright reasons, either by an automated Content ID match or by a DMCA notice, you will have to decide if your video falls under ...

12. Determining How Your Video Was Blocked (Guides/Guide to YouTube Removals (Updated Nov 2012))

Step 1: Determine how and why your video was blocked First you need to figure out how and why your video was blocked, which is important to know in deciding what to do about it. YouTube generally removes ...

13. My Experiences with the DMCA on YouTube (Other/Articles)

... was released in glorious high definition, I uploaded the video in full HD to YouTube, which I think may have been the reason the video immediately triggered YouTube’s copyright filters, which blocked ...

14. It Pays to Know your Rights under Copyright Law (Other/Articles)

... 100 views a day to around 400. This just happens to coincide with when Warner had a licensing fallout with YouTube and demanded that YouTube block all videos using songs it owned the rights to. At ...

15. About This Site ('Uncategorised Content')

... first-hand in early 2009 when YouTube blocked all videos using music from Warner Music Group during a licensing dispute. After successfully disputing copyright blocks on his own videos by arguing that ...

16. Guide to YouTube Removals (Updated Nov 2012) (Category)

To download this complete guide in PDF format, click here. This guide describes the three primary ways in which videos are blocked or removed on YouTube and what to do to get your content restored. It ...

17. Determining How Your Video Was Blocked (Comments)

John - I'm afraid I don't have any solid answers for your questions. DMCA strikes and content ID strikes from global blocks are tracked differently, and there really isn't any public information from YouTube ...

18. Determining How Your Video Was Blocked (Comments)

... strikes disappear. First question, If I have one copyright strike and in a period of 6 months I did not receive another copyright strike but I did get my video blocked world wide, will my copyright-strike ...

19. Determining How Your Video Was Blocked (Comments)

... strikes disappear. First question, If I have one copyright strike and in a period of 6 months I did not receive another copyright strike but I did get my video blocked world wide, will my copyright-strike ...

20. Determining How Your Video Was Blocked (Comments)

... the group Westlife (I'll See You Again), which made this a very touching and personal video for my family and friends, some of whom reside in other states and overseas. The video was only blocked in Germany ...