I Got a YouTube COPYRIGHT STRIKE for Fair Use!!!

I received a strike for using copyright music on a video. Except, I was the music artist, wrote and performed, recorded, mixed and mastered the song. My music distributor made the claim against YT without actually noticing that it was my channel, my video, and yes, my song - LOL. It was resolved... of course. At least I know my music distributor is looking out for me as a content creator. :)

Anyone who DMs threats like "better buckle up" simply can't be taken seriously. 🤦🏿‍♂️

Thank you for not letting it go! Thank you for standing up!

The problem is that most people wont bother to do any of the 4 things. They shout "Fair Use!" and steal to their hearts content. As a professional photographer this has been happening to us for ever. The laws really stand up for the people stealing and you have to hire an expensive attorney to win a claim as a creator who has been stole from. Buy Storyblocks (or something similar) and shoot your own content.

"protect yourself using a service like storyblocks..." Bru, I was striked once by some Chinese company because of a clip I downloaded from Envato, being myself a payer subscriber. I was also got in a copyright claim because of a music track I downloaded from Soundstripe. Funnily enough, the claimer had actually bootlegged the track I was using and claimed I had infringed his copyright. There are a lot of arseholes out there trying to make money from your content, even if you're licensed to use it.

This was an excellent topic to cover and appreciate you doing this even if it doesn't align with your "channel theme". Great attitude, brother. Stay Possessed 💪🏾

Your videos are beautiful! Also, this was educational.. I needed this!!

As someone who recently used a piece of your work in my Kondor Blue A7SIII Cage video, I'm thankful that you didn't go after me for a strike. Love your work hermano. Keep crushing it 😊

In the U.S. a person who files a false copyright claim can be liable for all damages and legal fees. If more people realized this, they'd stop filing copyright claims flippantly.

you KNOW Armando when he posted this vid was like, “Mic drop... B!tCh” LOL

Great video. I, too, won a strike on YouTube. I used some music that I bought, royalty free in one of my videos. Some WWE type website claimed copyrights to the music. I told YT that the music in question could not be found anywhere on the claimant's website or their resources. YT agreed and released my video. So, yes, fight for your rights, baby.

I've seen this happen too many times. Good to see you stand up and claim what is rightfully yours.

Now. Who’s actually messing with the wrong guy? 😏

I literally had this happen to me about a month ago. I was reviewing a projector and used an eight second clip from YouTube showing the quality of the projector. They threaten to sue me if I did not pay the licensing fee. I simply purchased a one-month subscription to story blocks, downloaded some royalty free 4K footage, re-shot the projector using that footage and re-uploaded the video. I did not contest it but I did feel it was under fair use.

Once I was banded from YouTube, for infringing a big company and their material rights. I made an iOS App. for their system, and therefore used their name in the description. The company used me in their own commercials, I had a really good relationship with them, and I was featured in their own App. It was an algorithm that found my content, and found it illegal. I was very hard to convince the company that made the algorithm, that I had done absolute no wrong. I reached out to the big company, and they agreed that my YouTube channel should be activated as soon as possible. I took more than a month for that to happen. I was tough for me, as I always respect others work. To be looked at as a “criminal”, knowing you have done nothing wrong, is not nice. Keep fighting for your rights, and keep up the good work.

Hmm! “You messed with the wrong person” is he self proclaimed wrong person?? Hope this episode makes him a right person!

It's rare that it's an actual person that does this and not some random content far that wants to stop you from getting views. Lots of content farms would make claims for music, even if they don't own it and it would be picked up automatically by YouTube or Instagrams content id system. They don't really pursue but it is pretty annoying because you've paid for the music, the client has planned out a strategic release schedule and now the video is pushed to a few days later. It's so annoying and I wish YouTube and Instagram would actually fix these false claims

Thanks for making this Armando! I do a lot of editing tutorials where I reference movies, and there's always a little bit of stress when I release them for this exact reason. Thanks for partnering with Ian to make this easy to understand! Also, That guy's messages are grounds for a countersuit. That's intimidation and harassment for sure.

Damn that’s crazy man!! Thanks for all the info 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

You are so right Armando, there are simply to many people on youtube which try to bully other creators with such fake copyright strikes or even worse will illegally copy your video and put it on their on channel to receive youtube royalties. This happened to several bands, like Modern Day Babylon, and to channels of Music Producers, mainly out of the progressive rock/metal genre. Its tough today especially during this still lingering covid crisis, the ethics and morals of a lot of people are getting simply unacceptable. Kudos to you that you went straight to your attorney. Its the only way to deal with such People and youtube too. 😊🎬