FleaIsStupid
Super Poster
So I started noticing a lot of the people I follow on Twitter last night- even large people like NerdCubed- start getting Content-ID Claims in some of the most ridiculous way. Claims from websites that made no sense, claims that we're just ridiculous from places that have already stated Youtube content of their games was fine. Ubisoft, Blizzard, you name it. This morning & today it's fizzled down to a plethora of content claims on random content. I was poking around YTTalk only to see that a few different genre's of channels are dealing with this crazy stuff. Decided to type a little something up for everyone.
Apparently- and this is after just a little research- Google did something to the Content-ID claims that really messed some of us up. A lot of it seems to be purely automated. Luckily I don't have anything on my new channel as of yet, so I am not dealing with the mess some others are. Stuff like this is really making me rethink whether or not I want to start gaming on YT again. But all I can do is help others out until everything is settled and I can make a proper choice.
Be noted that there is two stages of Content-ID claiming. I need to put this in bold. If your content was claimed, stay calm. Make sure the claiming party is the actual copyright holder, (I've seen some crazy stuff today) and feel free to dispute it. At this stage, you will not get a copyright strike against your account if you dispute it. Even if the outcome is negative towards your content, the worst that'll happen is you will not be able to monetize that video- instead the revenue will go to the people who claimed the video.
At this point, if it wasn't in your favor, you will get another chance to appeal. This claim goes to- get this- a real person! But this one is a bit more risky. You WILL get a copyright strike if the material is deemed as not yours. I suggest not doing this if you aren't really sure about the content. On the other hand, if you are sure you have fair-use of the content, and you have a strong case, go for it. I've personally never gone this far into the procedure, but if you have a legitimate case, it should go in your favor.
On an end note, I wish everyone luck, and I have my fingers crossed that in the New Year, we get some peace of mind when we upload.
(PS: I got some of the information from a lovely redditor (JonPaula) on the lets play subreddit and wished to share it with YTTalk. )
Apparently- and this is after just a little research- Google did something to the Content-ID claims that really messed some of us up. A lot of it seems to be purely automated. Luckily I don't have anything on my new channel as of yet, so I am not dealing with the mess some others are. Stuff like this is really making me rethink whether or not I want to start gaming on YT again. But all I can do is help others out until everything is settled and I can make a proper choice.
Be noted that there is two stages of Content-ID claiming. I need to put this in bold. If your content was claimed, stay calm. Make sure the claiming party is the actual copyright holder, (I've seen some crazy stuff today) and feel free to dispute it. At this stage, you will not get a copyright strike against your account if you dispute it. Even if the outcome is negative towards your content, the worst that'll happen is you will not be able to monetize that video- instead the revenue will go to the people who claimed the video.
At this point, if it wasn't in your favor, you will get another chance to appeal. This claim goes to- get this- a real person! But this one is a bit more risky. You WILL get a copyright strike if the material is deemed as not yours. I suggest not doing this if you aren't really sure about the content. On the other hand, if you are sure you have fair-use of the content, and you have a strong case, go for it. I've personally never gone this far into the procedure, but if you have a legitimate case, it should go in your favor.
On an end note, I wish everyone luck, and I have my fingers crossed that in the New Year, we get some peace of mind when we upload.
(PS: I got some of the information from a lovely redditor (JonPaula) on the lets play subreddit and wished to share it with YTTalk. )