I don’t think you understand the ins and outs of YouTube. Had Playboy denied the contested claim via YouTube, the channel could receive a strike, and that could result in them not being able to monetize any videos, including 100% original talking head videos. And 3 strikes is deletion of a YouTube channel.…

I totally agree. I do a lot of work on youtube and have content I want to protect, but the idea of letting software accidentally screw over some hard-working artist on my behalf is a terrible idea to me. Some companies have really abused the system too, where they’ll refuse to look at proof of licensing so they can…

I know this because a big part of my job is Youtube work. Our company NEVER checks that box on any of our content that uses stock music or anything that might be legally used in someone else’s video. We sometime check it on videos that are 100% our content. But some videos we don’t mind distributing in the public, so…

When Playboy or any YouTube creator uploads a video, there is a box they can check claiming they own the audio and visual copyrights to the video. And if they check that box, YouTube will start hunting for any video facsimiles. But you don’t even have to check that box to run ads on your videos. You only check that…