As a whole, YouTube indicated that these rightsholders (Content ID is said to have “over 7,700 partners”) in 2024 “chose to monetize over 90% of all Content ID claims.” And while the IP owners don’t ...

In this open letter to righsholders, Maria Schneider examines how Content ID, originally billed as a means of protecting copyright holders, has since transformed into way to make money off of ads ...

While browsing YouTube last week, I came across a video exploring how AI-generated content, when combined with YouTube’s Content ID system, could pose a greater threat to musicians than patent trolls ...

According to the news story by TorrentFreak, the video-sharing platform of Google, YouTube, subscribes to a system that recognizes any piracy in its platform, which then flags any video or songs that ...

Every minute, people upload more than 500 hours of video to YouTube — cat videos, music videos, even videos of people recording their audio podcasts. And some of those clips include content the people ...

YouTube’s copyright protection system is kind of a mess. YouTube places much of the burden on content creators to dispute copyright claims, while rights holders can slap strikes or even seize revenue ...

YouTube’s Content ID system—which automatically detects content registered by rights holders—is “completely fucking broken,” a YouTuber called “Albino” declared in a rant on the social media site X ...

When Rob Jones uploaded a video to YouTube in which he plays a few Nirvana riffs on a guitar, his video was flagged for violating the site’s copyright rules. “Literally playing riffs, yeah,” Jones ...