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

... for multiple reasons. It appears that YouTube is saying it essentially has a contract with UMG to ignore DMCA counter-notices sent against its copyright claims, so that even if the copyright takedown has ...

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

Last month YouTube announced a new process for appealing reinstated Content ID claims that was supposed to solve the problem of copyright owners being made the ultimate judge of disputes against their ...

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)

... and (2) there is no effective way to appeal mistaken identifications or even blatantly false and fraudulent claims. First, once an entity is accepted as a partner in YouTube’s Content ID program,YouTube ...

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

... number of Content ID claims involving content which the claimant could not possibly have any copyright interest in, indicates that either no proof of copyright ownership is required at all, or at least ...

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

... claims to some or all of its content." Here is how YouTube claims the Content ID dispute process works. According to this post on YouTube's official blog from April, 2010, http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/04/content-id-and-fair-use.html: ...

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

...  fair use, and even when informed about their right to dispute copyright claims against their videos, they are too terrified of drawing the ire of copyright owners to risk filing a DMCA counter-notice. ...

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

... be available for every video with a reinstated Content ID claim. You may not be able to appeal reinstated claims if you have outstanding DMCA copyright strikes on your account. Also, from what I have learned, ...

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

... nature, low possibility of harming the market for the original, and impossibility of licensing. Political parodies/satires are also likely to be protected against copyright claims by the higher first-amendment ...

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

... three categories: community guidelines, copyright strikes, and Content ID claims. After three "strikes" under any of these categories,your account may be terminated (though I have been unable to verify ...

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

... legal argument that Square Enix is abusing the DMCA takedown process by making bad-faith copyright claims. Specifically the timing of the notices and the fact that the DMCA takedown notice came less ...

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

... now mad at Warner, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation has been urging people whose videos are unjustly pulled from YouTube to fight it by disputing the automatic takedowns with fair use counterlclaims, ...

15. About This Site ('Uncategorised Content')

... outside of Colorado. Should litigation result from any action you may take in disputing copyright claims online, you would need to retain an attorney licensed in the jurisdiction in question. Bio ...

16. Video Tutorials ('Uncategorised Content')

See below for video tutorials on how to dispute copyright notices on YouTube. More videos coming soon. 1. How to Dispute Content ID Claims (Updated Nov 2012) -9PSaTv-Mb0 2. How to Appeal Reinstated ...

17. 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 ...

18. Electronic Frontier Foundation - Guide to YouTube Removals (Web Links / YouTube Copyright Pages)

The Electronic Frontier Foundation's excellent guide to disputing copyright notices on YouTube and filing DMCA counterclaims. ...

19. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... may be wrong. I get content matches sometimes. I usually dispute them under fair use. Some claims are released while others are not. Recently Sony ordered youtube to take down two of my videos for infringement. ...

20. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

Patrick, in post #159, you said this: "Ah it was UMG? I just received evidence this past weekend that YouTube actually has a contract with UMG not to honor DMCA counter-notices sent against copyright claims ...