This doesn't affect me so much as my channel is quite small, but I can imagine this being quite the pain in the bum for a YouTuber who makes their living creating videos. Having said that though, the right owner can then decide to do a number a things with the video, like taking all ad revenue earned on the video in question. ![]() If you do get picked up then usually your video is not deleted, which is why you can still enjoy my review today. So then, what can the average YouTuber do about this? ![]() I'm obviously no lawyer though (I'm a retro game reviewer, damn it) but there is a great website explaining it all which can be found here.ĬontentID does not discern between that and someone trying to make an illegal buck off someone else's legal property though, and it picked up my Metal Gear Solid video since I showed too much of a cutscene (while in the video I was ironically explaining how awesome they are). These videos fall under something called Fair Use, because how the hell are you going to create a good video review without showing game footage? Fair Use is a legal term, and is completely legit. When certain types of videos (like game reviews) get flagged, it's simply not fair. In theory, this is a good idea so that nobody can upload the latest Transformers lamefest and earn money off it using AdSense. Wait, what's ContentID again? ContentID is a database of files that checks all uploaded videos to see if there is anything in them owned by someone else. ![]() Unfortunately (for me, not you) my review of Metal Gear Solid which I happily reviewed not too long ago, has been deemed by ContentID as infringing copyright law.
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