Can I sue this company?

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pimpedpistols

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I did a dubbing of Peppa Pig (kids cartoon) in the style of a parody, which is seen as highly transformative and creative therefore permitted. I gave credit to E1 family (the company that claimed my video). The video was monetised however the video was recently removed and I received a copyright strike. I sent a counter-notification but it was denied. It's now been more than 2 weeks and the claim has stopped me earning revenue from my video.

Maybe I don't want to go as far as getting my lawyer involved but I what else can I do to get my video back?!?

Link to video /watch?v=NkMCMQGAB6Y
 
I doubt you'll be able to sue them. The company are most likely to be the people behind the animation. Even if it classes as fair use, you'd probably have no case to put forward.

All you can do is continue to contact YouTube or E1 family directly to get them to remove this.
 
You can't sue man and I'm sorry to say but if you did you'd most likely get your a**e whooped in court because these big companies employ massive defence teams :L

I wouldn't bother just keep doing what you're doing man :)
 
don't think you could take on such a big company
maybe try reason with them directly?
sorry to hear and that i cant be more help :(
 
Cameron Dubs said:
I doubt you'll be able to sue them. The company are most likely to be the people behind the animation. Even if it classes as fair use, you'd probably have no case to put forward.

All you can do is continue to contact YouTube or E1 family directly to get them to remove this.
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Okay then I'll just have to be patient and keep contacting them[DOUBLEPOST=1396177072,1396177057][/DOUBLEPOST]
Gabriel said:
Agreed, anything can go to court with a lawyer. Whether you win is another question lol ;)
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Okay thanks
 
This is a joke or something? If you search for peppa pig there are all the episodes, season uploaded many months ago etc ; and you get striked for a parody ? Wut
 
Unfortunately, the YouTube claiming system is not the best model for reaching a proper and fair conclusion. I had a situation which is the opposite of yours. I had a video which received lots of views. Someone made a copy of the video. Not a parody, a copy of the video in a lower quality format. They gave it a Spanish title and had it on their site and they claimed it as their video. YouTube sent me a notice that my video belonged to them because they claimed it when they copied it and uploaded it to their channel for ads to be inserted in the video. YouTube warned me that if I claimed the video and they thought my claim was not valid they would remove my account. I had uploaded the video about a year before they uploaded it. It was my video and of course, I claimed it and explained I was the person in the video. It belonged to me and I had the date of uploading which proved it was mine. I would not have minded them uploading the video with a Spanish title, but that option was not offered to me. I could claim the video or say I had stolen it from them and they owned the video. I claimed the video. It was not over. YouTube deleted their account where they had many videos. That company begged me to let them have the claim of my property. I kept my video and they lost an account. I would gladly have allowed them to use the video with a different title. Their video had less than ten views. I was not harmed by what they did except for the time involved. I think your case with a parody would be Fair Use, but unfortunately YouTube has a different way of sorting things out. Any court action would be risky. Copyright cases are always ruled by judges who might have had a very bad morning.
 
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