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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)

... in existence, from Google to YouTube to Facebook to file hosting sites like Megaupload and Rapidshare (the ostensible targets of SOPA) currently respond to takedown notices under the DMCA. But the “voluntary” ...

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)

... Millennium Copyright Act.  Videos can be blocked/taken down by either system, and each system has its own process for filing a dispute.  If a video is subject to a DMCA takedown notice (which ...

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

Step 3: Dispute the Copyright Notification Once that you have determined that your video is in fact fair use, in order to get it restored you will need to dispute the copyright notice. This will be done ...

10. 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 ...

11. 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 ...

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

... the video was blocked again, this time because of an actual DMCA takedown notice from Square Enix. Because I am fairly confident my use of Final Fantasy footage in an AMV was fair use, I decided to ...

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

... take down notices barring AMVs using their songs from animemusicvideos.org, and as I mentioned in my last post, I myself have run up against Warner Music’s YouTube embargo with my own AMVs. Unfortunately, ...

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

Today I realized I hadn’t been paying too much attention to marketing my YouTube channel of late. I had recently noticed that one of my anime music videos using the song “Hand of Sorrow” by the Dutch ...

15. 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 ...

16. Home Page ('Uncategorised Content')

... defend their videos against takedown notices. For more info, read Public Knowledge's announcement, and the TechDirt article covering the story. Nov. 24, 2010: I was interviewed about copyright issues ...

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. ...