Anyone even remotely involved in the YouTube creator community knows that the platform’s copyright system needs a major overhaul. Not only are false copyright claims rampant, it’s nearly impossible to resolve them thanks to YouTube’s current policies (e.g., a creator must reach out to a claimant to request the claim be removed; it’s then pretty much up to their sole discretion to do so or not).
Just like copyright strikes on SoundCloud have affected a number of producers in the past, so too does YouTube’s copyright system. Getter just shared on Twitter yesterday that he has to delete all of his vlogs because they’re all getting claimed.
“[L]iterally getting copyright strikes on every video where I’m at a festival and music is being played by someone in the background,” he writes.
i gotta delete all my vlogs cuz they all are getting copyright strikes and i donβt wanna lose my youtube. sorry
— π²πππππ (@GetterOfficial) January 26, 2019
literally getting copyright strikes on every video where im at a festival and music is being played by someone in the background.
— π²πππππ (@GetterOfficial) January 26, 2019
i love doing vlogs and videos n shit but youtube is really making it hard and if i get one more copyright strike my shits gone π
— π²πππππ (@GetterOfficial) January 26, 2019
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