Youtube and Fraudulent Copyright Infringement Claims, Strikes Again

YouTube.

You would think that they would protect the people using their site, over random accounts claiming copyright infringement, right? Yeah, you would think.

Unfortunately, that is not the way that the page works. Any Random Joe Company, real or otherwise, can slap a claim on your video, and YouTube accepts it, blocking the video, without looking further into the issue.

At this point, the Tuber is not allowed to have any of the revenue that they made. It is now up to the Tuber to file a counterclaim, against the fraudulent party.

Sadly, YouTube does not fight the frauds for the Tuber, and after 3 such claims, they take down the Tuber's channel. Now, the Tuber loses all monetary gains, all their subscribers, etc; and if they have the wherewithal to start a new channel, it is starting from scratch.

How do I know about this Fraud acceptance on YouTube? My son received his second and third strike, on some Transformers 5 videos he posted.

Each video, that the fraudulent company struck down, was 29 seconds and adhered to the Fair Share and Public Use policies. I personally watched him make these snippets, and they were good. They had a ton of views, in the thousands, and he made some really good profit. They were his.

The first thought you might have, is well, was it Paramount Pictures? No, it was not. Not to mention, my son gave Paramount copyright shares in his description.

No, it was a company supposedly out of Siberia, called Централ Партнершип. The company wrote in their claim, that they personally made the 29-second snippets, and my son stole them from their YouTube page. They are lying outright.

My son filed his counterclaim, and I followed up, as the parent with YouTube's Copyright Department. My son is still waiting for an answer. I received one.

Their copyright department sent me a response, saying that MY channel has 3 strikes, and gave me steps to attempt a counterclaim to Централ Партнершип. Clearly, the woman never read my email, and just gave me scripted garbage.

My son and I looked further into this problem, and in our research, This YouTube copyright issue has been going on for at least 6 years. They made an adjustment to their policy, in 2012, allowing for a counterclaim, however, it is an automatic take down, if the claimant stands firm.

We also found a ton of recent Tubers, having the very same issue, from fraudulent claimants. One woman does top 10 videos, using her own voice and her anime emoji. The claimants have been saying it is their emoji and anime, and voice. Clearly, they are way off, but YouTube allowed it to happen. She won her claim, luckily.

I am not a huge tech person, and I am not versed in YouTube. However, I am a consumer, and I know that these practices are wrong.

Please take the time to make other young YouTubers, the tweens and teens out there, aware of this practice.

Look into the issues yourself, as there are a lot several more technical articles out there, as well as YouTube videos, by the Tubers that were previously affected.

Once I know whether or not this gets resolved, I will do a new blog with some helpful tips, to keep our young Tubers safe from copyright infringement strikes, while still staying profitable.