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

... ID recourse to the DMCA counter-notice process if the copyright owner insists on rejecting their dispute. At the end of the process, the user’s video would be restored unless the copyright claimant actually ...

2. 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 ...

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

Lately I've been pondering an interesting question. What is the legal effect of a false or fraudulent Content ID match on YouTube, as compared to a false or fraudulent DMCA notice? While the law provides ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

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

... copyright reasons with literally no recourse for the user and no way to dispute the copyright block. Contrary to YouTube's stated policy of requiring copyright owners to escalate to a DMCA notice to ...

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

... has not one but TWO overlapping copyright enforcement systems–it’s automated Content ID system, and the regular DMCA takedown regime that all content hosting sites are required to follow by the Digital ...

8. 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. ...

9. DVD Ripping Guide (Guides/DVD Ripping Guide)

DVD Ripping and Decryption Guide: A FairUseTube Primer In a welcome ruling to vidders and amateur remixers everywhere, the Library of Congress recently made an exception to the prohibition in the DMCA ...

10. New Copyright Rules Allow DRM Circumvention for Remix Videos (Other/Articles)

... exceptions to the anti-circumvention provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which prohibits circumventing any type of digital copy protection even if the intended use is otherwise ...

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

... under which you can file a second dispute against a reinstated claim and force the copyright claimant to either release the claim or resort to the DMCA notice and counter-notice process described below. ...

12. 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 ...

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

... videos for one of three reasons: 1. Community Guidelines Violation 2. Content ID Match 3. DMCA Takedown Notice/Copyright Strike How to tell why a video was blocked: The easiest way to tell why ...

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

Originally published as "Square Enix Abuses the DMCA Takedown Process" A few months ago I wrote a post on why anime music videos (AMVs) would likely be considered fair use under US copyright law. ...

15. Are Anime Music Videos Fair Use? (Other/Articles)

... AMV creator  had to break the copy protection on a DVD to obtain the source footage, that would be illegal as they violated the anti-circumvention provision of the DMCA, which prohibits any circumvention ...

16. Video Tutorials ('Uncategorised Content')

... Content ID Claims QFgRzJFfc1g 3. How to File a DMCA Counter-Notification KBJkrsAQdzc 4. Fair Use School: The Rest of the Copyright Story (Response to YouTube's "Copyright School" Video) sdVWW8qMwfU ...

17. YouTube Help: DMCA (Web Links / YouTube Copyright Pages)

YouTube's help page on filing DMCA counter-notices. ...

18. ChillingEffects Counter-notice Generator (Web Links / YouTube Copyright Pages)

ChillingEffects' DMCA counter-notice generator tool which you can use to write a counter-notice if your video is taken down because of a DMCA notice. ...

19. YouTube Counter Notice Form (Web Links / YouTube Copyright Pages)

YouTube's webform for submitting DMCA counter-notices which you can use to get your video restored if your video is taken down by a DMCA notice. ...

20. 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. ...