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

Last October, YouTube announced some much needed reforms to its Content ID copyright dispute process. Bowing to growing public pressure, YouTube ended the practice of allowing copyright claimants to unilaterally ...

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

... claimants rejecting disputes against their own claims, the arbitrary manner in which YouTube has decided to make it available for new videos but not old ones has severely reduced its usefulness in combating ...

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

In a blog post yesterday, YouTube announced a new appeals process for Content ID disputes, which should put an end to copyright claimants acting as judges of their own claims and once again give users ...

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

... claimant has absolutely no copyright interest in. And because copyright claimants are allowed to decide whether to accept or reject disputes against their own claims, there is no effective way to dispute ...

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

... result in a process similar to the existing DMCA takedown process, whereby service providers who are notified by copyright claimants that a particular site “facilitates” copyright law will immediately ...

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

... use after a Content ID claim has been reinstated by the claimant. This then forces the copyright claimant to either release the Content ID claim or file a DMCA takedown notice, and the user can then file ...

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

... qualifies, you can learn more about fair use here. Once you've filed your dispute, your video immediately goes back up on YouTube. From this point, the claimant then makes a decision ...

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

... only submit legitimate dispute claims. In other words, if the copyright claimant does not accept your dispute, they have the option of escalating to a formal DMCA takedown notice, in which case ...

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

... Content ID match is simply wrong and your video does not contain any copyrighted content or the particular claimant does not own the copyright to it, select the option that best expresses the reason for ...

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

... disputing the content ID match. The copyright claimant is then given the chance to "confirm" or "reinstate" their claim, which you can then appeal using a second dispute process. If the copyright claimant ...

11. About This Site ('Uncategorised Content')

... his time to promoting awareness of the flaws in YouTube’s Content ID system, which allows copyright claimants to judge disputes against their own claims. He has been interviewed or cited in articles by ...

12. Home Page ('Uncategorised Content')

... some much needed reforms, including a new appeals process which will put an end to copyright claimants acting as the ultimate judge of their own false claims. Both Ars Technica and Extreme Tech have published ...

13. Determining How Your Video Was Blocked (Comments)

... to deny, reject or refuse fair use allowed under the 1998 US-EU doctrine or its counterpart in other laws. YT-google fails to disclose valid contact information of copyright claimants, and often provides ...

14. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

I still think there's something wrong with YouTube's copyright system a whole. Last year,youtube having the wrong claimants. I recall one of was NFL not UMG. If that's the case then isn't Youtube could ...

15. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

Hey Patrick, I found someone odd when I filed counter notice. I believe the original claimant is EMI but I just got email today that Youtube won't honor the counter notice due to contractual argeements. ...

16. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... youtube. I disputed based on fair use before thoroughly educating myself on this and other websites. The claimant was UMG, and it seems, based on your replay to trevor, you have a particular interest in ...

17. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

Danny - It gets tricky when you believe it's simply the wrong copyright claimant and they don't actually own the copyright because for reasons beyond me YouTube doesn't have an option for that. Technically ...

18. Disputing Copyright Notifications (Comments)

i apologize for the mispronunciation of your name, What if i deleted the video and afterwards send an email counter notification manually to youtube, would they still send the notification to the claimant?.. ...

19. Disputing Copyright Notifications (Comments)

... email to Copyright@youtube manually and Youtube rejected it and won't honor my request to forward it to the claimant. i assume that we should deleted the video after getting it back or else it will be ...

20. Disputing Copyright Notifications (Comments)

Hey Patrick, I've had advice from you before which has worked out well. I received a new strike the other day and I remember you mentioned it is usually futile to reach out to the claimant and ask them ...