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So just like in Fran story you decided to lie down and take it? 8 digit views equals ~$30-60K payout, plenty to pay for a lawyer and keep fighting.
by rasz 4y ago
So just like in Fran story you decided to lie down and take it? 8 digit views equals ~$30-60K payout, plenty to pay for a lawyer and keep fighting.
- geoffeg 4y agoBut you didn't get the 30-60k payout to pay the lawyer.
- rasz 4y agoIs it really that hard to find a lawyer willing to write couple of letters for 50% of ~$50K windfall?
- 2muchcoffeeman 4y agoAll the money goes to the person making the infringement claim.
- rasz 4y agoYT claims they will reverse the transfer if its counter claimed. https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/28/11532734/youtube-complaint-takedown-copyright-monetization-reversal https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/28/11532734/youtube-complain... "When both a creator and someone making a claim choose to monetize a video, we will continue to run ads on that video and hold the resulting revenue separately," the company said. "Once the Content ID claim or dispute is resolved, we'll pay out that revenue to the appropriate party."
- pjc50 4y agoThe more serious problem is that during that process they'd be banned from Google. Bus I suppose that might be worth the weeks of work to migrate all the accounts that use it as an email address.