That was a legitimate reason to have his channel reinstated, because the copyright takedown /DMCA was being abused . Abuse can lead to that persons/company’s CVP account to be terminated as well as any channels that he/they may have.

If you dispute a claim without a valid reason, the content owner may choose to take down your video. If this happens, your account will get a copyright strike.

But before if a content creator disputed a claim, they could gain a strike for doing so.

and yes I do hate the limit, but understand why there is a limit.

Now if only they could figure out a way to PUNISH the people making false claims,

Also, if for some reason all 3 disputes will not be solved in your favor you’ll get 3 strikes, which instantly kills your account.

I just asked on YouTube’s Help form this question, on their pinned thread about his announcement. Hopefully will get a reply.

and you would be right if you weren’t wrong.

BAM! Found the explanation of “Can’t monetize video” or “Cannot be monetized!”

you know that’s not how ads work right? everybody sees ads, even the person who uploaded the video.

oddly, it finds in favor of the uploader often. Often times, Content ID owners just releases the claim in their Content ID CMS.

Agreed. My complaint in the “dispute” process is that there is no “Wrong Song/Content identified” option. All the choices in the “dispute” acts as if the right song/content was identified.

one complaint on the YouTube help forums was that a person had composed his own song, performed it himself, and he posted his video…

So if a creator like Jim Sterling chooses not to monetise, but someone else disputes the ownership and wants to monetise it, they’ll still end up with ads on the video?

Yes there could be actually 30 claims against such videos.

he had nothing to do with this change in policy (its been in discussion for several months and actually popped up as a topic in the YouTube Help forums)

There’s a huge difference between Content Id/Copyright Claim and a Copyright Strike

Currently, if the uploader loses his/her dispute, the content ID/copyright claim remains, but it doest not affect the uploader’s account status

Jim Sterling’s method wasn’t a hack. as I explained in a comment on that article.

^^^ This

so again are you saying he can’t simply watch the flagged videos to see if ads are running?

so are you saying he doesn’t know if ads are running on his videos?