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Post by themrleoniasty on Mar 10, 2018 9:35:12 GMT
Hello there I have a problem and I don't know where to get help. I'm a small YouTuber (18K subs) from Poland and 8 months ago made a video that went a bit viral about a month ago getting over a milion views. A popular reaction video YouTuber stole my content and put it on his channel "reacting to it" and I did not like that so I reported his video and it got taken down. Today I have recieved an e-mail from YouTube and it goes as follows:
"We received the attached counter notification in response to a complaint you filed with us.
We're providing you with the counter notification and await evidence (in not more than 10 business days) that you've filed an action seeking a court order against the counter notifier to restrain the allegedly infringing activity. In most cases, such evidence would include a lawsuit against the uploader who filed the counter notification, which names the specific YouTube URL(s) at issue.
If we don't receive notice from you, we may reinstate the material to YouTube."
What am I supposed to do now? I don't want a reaction YouTuber getting money/views for the content I made plus my video is now fully demonetized with an age restriction and stopped getting any (I don't know why) and I cant even do anything about it... Is there anyone that can help me with the copyright problem? I would be really thankfull.
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Post by bigmonmulgrew on Mar 10, 2018 10:19:17 GMT
Why not negotiate a positive outcome for both parties. Ask the person who uploaded it to include a link to your original video in a card at the beginning of his video and in his description. That way you both benefit.
Enforcing a copyright issue can be difficult, and expensive. You need ot consider if you are likely to win and if so how much do you actually stand to gain. If it is less than the cost of taking legal action then it would probbaly be best to work out a mutual arrangement. It gives you more ammo later too if he breaks the arrangement.
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Post by maximgunn on Mar 11, 2018 1:07:51 GMT
Compromise is for the weak.
If you're working for someone else without pay, that makes you a slave and there's no honor in that.
I don't know the rules, but if someone is showing your video- you should have the rights to it. Just send a short message to them asking them for a reason why you shouldn't run their stupid kleptocracy through all the bureaucratic bullshit YT has to offer before you get their video anyway?
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Post by bigmonmulgrew on Mar 11, 2018 15:41:34 GMT
Compromise is for the weak. If you're working for someone else without pay, that makes you a slave and there's no honor in that. I don't know the rules, but if someone is showing your video- you should have the rights to it. Just send a short message to them asking them for a reason why you shouldn't run their stupid kleptocracy through all the bureaucratic bullshit YT has to offer before you get their video anyway? Threatening someone is never a good move to open with. Compromise is not for the weak, compromise is for people smart enough to realise that sometimes the cost of winning is higher than the cost of losing. |
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Post by maximgunn on Mar 12, 2018 4:20:08 GMT
So by that logic: If someone snatched your bag and you managed to chase them down, you'd let them keep your phone if you got your wallet back?
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Post by bigmonmulgrew on Mar 12, 2018 9:53:38 GMT
So by that logic: If someone snatched your bag and you managed to chase them down, you'd let them keep your phone if you got your wallet back? No I would demand he returned my phone. I woudl escalate the situation after he says no. Gotta give him a chance to do it the easy way though. I think youtube will be stubborn on a lot of things we want, but its still best to try the easy way first, as long as they know we are also prepared to do it the hard way. |
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Post by maximgunn on Mar 13, 2018 0:56:18 GMT
![]() Running is for the weak.  |
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Post by Joerg Sprave on Mar 22, 2018 17:21:16 GMT
Truth be told there is no alternative to what YouTube is currently doing. They can't be judges in copyright issues as such cases can be very complicated. What if BOTH of you don't own the video, but downloaded it from another platform?
If you sue the guy, then they will keep the video off the platform. Then a judge will eventually decide. If you don't sue, then they will bring it back.
Now think about it. What if someone claims that YOU stole one of his videos? Do you want YouTube to remove your video just because the guy says so, without even filing a law suit?
YouTube isn't a copyright broker, just a platform.
What you can do is you can sign up with a MCN, as those guys usually have ContentID. This means they file a copy of every video you upload to the CID servers, and YouTube immediately notices copies. Then you can decide what will happen. Take it down, monetize it for you, whatever.
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