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That's no longer the case. I post a bunch of game playthrough vids and there are a lot of options to contest claims like that now. I had a recent one where th

That's no longer the case. I post a bunch of game playthrough vids and there are a lot of options to contest claims like that now. I had a recent one where the sound effect from a game released in the 1990s was claimed as being part of a song released in 2015.

donkeyd 9y ago
I had a similar thing happen with gameplay videos containing wind noise. The videos were uploaded in 2014, but I get copyright claims from a song that was released in 2017. This seems like a major oversight in Content ID, it should force the claimant to provide a release date for the song and exclude videos that were uploaded before that date.
- radicalbyte 9y ago
  You should make a copyright claim against the song that was released in 2017 because they clearly sampled your work without permission and without payment.
  - TuringNYC 9y ago
    This is exactly what I was going to say -- but it is worse! Since they (2017 song) already claim a violation, they are essentially admitting to a violation (except, on themselves!)
    - viridian 9y ago
      I would actually consider doing this if I were in the same position. You'd have to wonder what the consequences were, considering that by filing a claim against someone you are establishing that you believe there to be a violation. If the claimant then is shown to have the newer work by several years, I wonder how such a claim would be taken?
      - Navarr 9y ago
        DMCA would be establishing that you believe there to be a violation, but ContentID is just automated matching YouTube does on the behalf of artists - so no such claim exists.
        clort 9y ago
        surely, by enrolling to have ContentID match a work which you claim is yours against others, you are initiating the chain of events which leads to the automated claim of infringement being made? This implies (to me) that you are the one making the claim?
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      - radicalbyte 9y ago
        That's exactly what I was thinking: by making the claim they've admitted that both the number and your video are using the same music. Only you have proof that your video existed first, ergo they stole your work :)
  - reboog711 9y ago
    LOL! I thought that too, but I do not own the copyright on the game or the sound effect.
- wolfgke 9y ago
  > This seems like a major oversight in Content ID, it should force the claimant to provide a release date for the song and exclude videos that were uploaded before that date. The major oversight rather lies in the fact that the law does not introduce huge penalties/indemnification for false copyright claims - if these existed, copyright holders would be a lot more cautious with potentially false claims.
  - falcolas 9y ago
    The law does in the form of perjury charges for false DMCA claims; content ID is intentionally operates outside the DMCA legal framework. The perjury coverage is weak, but they at least provide something. EDIT: Perjury comes into play as part of a permanent takedown request, not the initial temporary takedown request. Just a clarification.
    - logfromblammo 9y ago
      The perjury charges are in respect to the claim that you are authorized to enforce the copyrights on the work you claim is being infringed. If you own the rights to a 2013 advertising jingle for yo-yo wax, and you assert that you own the rights to it while making a DMCA takedown claim against a birthday party video posted in 2010, there is no perjury. The claim that the work is infringing is not the part covered by the perjury threat. This is why the DMCA is broken. There is no reason whatsoever for legitimate copyright holders to avoid making frivolous claims, and the burden lies entirely on their victims to prove their innocence. (I am not a lawyer. I might be wrong about this. Don't mistake this comment for legal advice.)
      - falcolas 9y ago
        The perjury claims come into play with the permanent takedown. There's no burden of proof on the initial takedown, as there is no burden of proof for the request to have it put back up. It's after those two steps that the takedown can become permanent, which is where the legalities and associated penalties come into play, and where the claim can go to court. As I said, weak, but it's there.
kethinov 9y ago
Is it valid for a game author to claim a copyright on something like the game's music in a playthrough though? Or is that fair use?
- tripzilch 9y ago
  You mean to claim infringement. Nobody has to claim copyright because you automatically get it when creating a work. Fair use relates to what is infringing and what isn't, it doesn't make a work any "less copyrighted".
- reboog711 9y ago
  I think arguably, both options are correct. It is probably valid for a game publisher to claim copyright on the game's music--assuming they created it for the game [as opposed to licensing it]. I also believe that a playthrough video probably counts as fair use in most cases. Nintendo is known for having a 'bad' reputation with playthrough videos on YouTube.

donkeyd 9y ago

I had a similar thing happen with gameplay videos containing wind noise. The videos were uploaded in 2014, but I get copyright claims from a song that was released in 2017. This seems like a major oversight in Content ID, it should force the claimant to provide a release date for the song and exclude videos that were uploaded before that date.

radicalbyte 9y ago
You should make a copyright claim against the song that was released in 2017 because they clearly sampled your work without permission and without payment.
- TuringNYC 9y ago
  This is exactly what I was going to say -- but it is worse! Since they (2017 song) already claim a violation, they are essentially admitting to a violation (except, on themselves!)
  - viridian 9y ago
    I would actually consider doing this if I were in the same position. You'd have to wonder what the consequences were, considering that by filing a claim against someone you are establishing that you believe there to be a violation. If the claimant then is shown to have the newer work by several years, I wonder how such a claim would be taken?
    - Navarr 9y ago
      DMCA would be establishing that you believe there to be a violation, but ContentID is just automated matching YouTube does on the behalf of artists - so no such claim exists.
      - clort 9y ago
        surely, by enrolling to have ContentID match a work which you claim is yours against others, you are initiating the chain of events which leads to the automated claim of infringement being made? This implies (to me) that you are the one making the claim?
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    - radicalbyte 9y ago
      That's exactly what I was thinking: by making the claim they've admitted that both the number and your video are using the same music. Only you have proof that your video existed first, ergo they stole your work :)
- reboog711 9y ago
  LOL! I thought that too, but I do not own the copyright on the game or the sound effect.
wolfgke 9y ago
> This seems like a major oversight in Content ID, it should force the claimant to provide a release date for the song and exclude videos that were uploaded before that date. The major oversight rather lies in the fact that the law does not introduce huge penalties/indemnification for false copyright claims - if these existed, copyright holders would be a lot more cautious with potentially false claims.
- falcolas 9y ago
  The law does in the form of perjury charges for false DMCA claims; content ID is intentionally operates outside the DMCA legal framework. The perjury coverage is weak, but they at least provide something. EDIT: Perjury comes into play as part of a permanent takedown request, not the initial temporary takedown request. Just a clarification.
  - logfromblammo 9y ago
    The perjury charges are in respect to the claim that you are authorized to enforce the copyrights on the work you claim is being infringed. If you own the rights to a 2013 advertising jingle for yo-yo wax, and you assert that you own the rights to it while making a DMCA takedown claim against a birthday party video posted in 2010, there is no perjury. The claim that the work is infringing is not the part covered by the perjury threat. This is why the DMCA is broken. There is no reason whatsoever for legitimate copyright holders to avoid making frivolous claims, and the burden lies entirely on their victims to prove their innocence. (I am not a lawyer. I might be wrong about this. Don't mistake this comment for legal advice.)
    - falcolas 9y ago
      The perjury claims come into play with the permanent takedown. There's no burden of proof on the initial takedown, as there is no burden of proof for the request to have it put back up. It's after those two steps that the takedown can become permanent, which is where the legalities and associated penalties come into play, and where the claim can go to court. As I said, weak, but it's there.

kethinov 9y ago

Is it valid for a game author to claim a copyright on something like the game's music in a playthrough though? Or is that fair use?

tripzilch 9y ago
You mean to claim infringement. Nobody has to claim copyright because you automatically get it when creating a work. Fair use relates to what is infringing and what isn't, it doesn't make a work any "less copyrighted".
reboog711 9y ago
I think arguably, both options are correct. It is probably valid for a game publisher to claim copyright on the game's music--assuming they created it for the game [as opposed to licensing it]. I also believe that a playthrough video probably counts as fair use in most cases. Nintendo is known for having a 'bad' reputation with playthrough videos on YouTube.