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

... indicates users are seeing the appeal option on videos posted no earlier than this past summer), YouTube has essentially granted copyright fraudsters a carte blanch to make and reinstate blatantly false ...

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)

... right to make unauthorized use of copyrighted material under the fair use doctrine, the idea that copyright and free speech do not conflict is demonstrably false. At its heart, copyright law is ...

5. 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 ...

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

... to be terminated upon the third strike. If your video makes fair use of the copyrighted content in question or the claim is false, you can file a DMCA counter-notification (also specified by law), and ...

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

... that your video is not infringing their copyright. While it is yet another hoop to jump through to fight a false copyright claim, it is an improvement over the old system, which gave users essentially ...

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

... to a counterclaim of sending a false takedown notice in bad faith and abusing the DMCA takedown process. Like I said, interesting… UPDATE 10/27/09: VICTORY!!! Last Friday night, October 23, I received ...

9. About This Site ('Uncategorised Content')

... to dispute false copyright claims, automated copyright enforcement poses a significant danger to free speech online. Contact Information Patrick McKay - Attorney at Law Colorado Bar Registration ...

10. 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 ...

11. Determining How Your Video Was Blocked (Comments)

In June/July 2012, I have managed to get YT-google to stop making false allegations of copyright infringements on each fair use video clip YT and content owners blocked or removed. In my emails to copyright@youtube.com, ...

12. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... reasons I have stated. I have not knowingly made any false statements, nor am I intentionally abusing this dispute process in order to interfere with the rights of others. I understand that filing fraudulent ...

13. Disputing Copyright Notifications (Comments)

... the individuals fighting back. Making that many false claims should be illegal. ...

14. Falling Through the Cracks in YouTube's Copyright System (Comments)

... i already disputed this so called false claim by umpg it might take a Lawsuit to wake them up from randomizing certain titles with knowing the Content ...

15. Falling Through the Cracks in YouTube's Copyright System (Comments)

... I ask this because as you are well aware, it's too easily abused and now that the DMCA counter-notice seems to no longer be an option to rectify false flagging of videos, users essentially have no Fair ...

16. Open Letter to YouTube Regarding Content ID (Comments)

As it stands now, I'll try the DMCA counter-notice first and then seek legal action if/when that fails. The German companies now are using my videos to market the music they falsely claim is used in them, ...

17. Open Letter to YouTube Regarding Content ID (Comments)

... the law in the USA is on this exactly, but if there is a flaw in the content ID system that is known and that is causing legal damage to original copyright owners (ie. false copyright ownership claims ...

18. YouTube Copyfraud & Abuse of the Content ID System (Comments)

... claim "IMMORTALITY" is not in my video at all. It's falsely identified. Also there is no way to verify the song they claim as content ID'ed. They just put the name of the song. There absolutely should ...

19. YouTube Copyfraud & Abuse of the Content ID System (Comments)

Yes YouTube has no Penalties for reporting false claims. They only warn us about how filing a "dispute" may get our account banned! ...

20. YouTube Copyfraud & Abuse of the Content ID System (Comments)

... problems. As for the incompetence and false claims, this is not new news as you know having 800+ videos! I too have disputed and always won, but I deal either with my own content or public domain. Thanks ...