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Youtube is some kind of madman playground. I have created YT channel for my daughter's cello teacher, where I uploaded Dmitri Shostakovich "Prelude" played by t

Youtube is some kind of madman playground. I have created YT channel for my daughter's cello teacher, where I uploaded Dmitri Shostakovich "Prelude" played by them. A few moments later I've received information that this piece is "demonetized" (I wasn't even trying to monetize it) because part of this "song" is a copy of some other "song" owned by someone else. That other "song" was in no way related to the Prelude besides it was also played on two cellos. I've started some "dispute" process not because I am planning to earn money on this channel, but to somehow stop that idiocy that YT keeps pushing. If Google is using the same "AI" that was used to compare those movies for the purpose of matching ads with those who does not use ad block, I am really sorry for advertisers, who are paying money for this.

Natanael_L 6y ago
Their copyright bots have no understanding of what public domain is, all it understands is resemblance to copies of work that somebody else has uploaded and claimed copyright ownership of. Zero regards to the possibility of many people being able to legally create independent works that are derivatives of the same public domain work, without any one of them preventing others from creating new independent copies.
- koheripbal 6y ago
  Paired with that is that they simply don't care about small time uploaders of personal works. The system is designed to let major uploaders fight via a complicated process that they are familiar with and have somewhat automated participation in - ie Disney vs WB, etc... The system isn't designed to allow John Smith to appeal successfully.