UNLIMITED COPYRIGHT DISPUTE REJECTION APPEALS?!?! (Read The Description)

Use this info at your own risk! This is a thing revolving around copyright law after all so you might want to get some advice from a copyright lawyer regarding your content and/or do a lot of research on the topic. I've been dealing with this for years now so I've got a lot of info, but it's still up to you regarding what you want to do. If you can and want to do something about it, now you can because it looks like companies can no longer illegally copyright claim your videos for all eternity now.

First, here is the info Youtube changed regarding the copyright appeals process:
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797454?hl=en

... and about appealing strikes:
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2814000?hl=en

As you see there, it seems like you no longer are only able to appeal 3 rejected initial disputes at a time. If you do Let's Plays/Walkthroughs/Playthroughs, chances are you are well in your legal right to appeal too:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/youtube-gaming-stars-blindsided-by-nintendo-s-ad-revenue-grab-1.3010550

But maybe you don't care if companies are making money off of your work. That's fine. But would you care more if the ads being shown on your videos are giving viruses to your viewers? Observe this DeviantART article talking about it and their use of Google Ads:
http://heidi.deviantart.com/journal/Reports-of-Malware-and-Virus-Advertisements-214249882

... Yes, Google runs Youtube and thus Youtube uses Google ads. Google has done a terrible job keeping malicious ads out of their network because as far as I can tell, they let virtually everyone in it. So are you ready to get appealing? If so, get over to your video manager's copyright notices page here:
https://www.youtube.com/my_videos_copyright

... and get going! But first, get yourself a form-filler-outer-thingy to speed the process tremendously. The one I used is "Form History Control":
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/form-history-control/

Also, if you'd like to read up on fair use in copyright law, there's loads of info about it for your country's laws. In the case of the United States, here's an example:
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/what-is-fair-use/

That isn't the full story either. Like, it mentions using only a few snippets of things is safest, but you may be well within your legal right to use all of something as an example:
http://www.hardocp.com/news/2011/06/21/judge_rules_reposting_entire_article_fair_use#.V5BS7KJZui4

... So there's a lot of variables to it and like I said above: You gotta do your research. Lots of it. Law is a complex topic. But it's worth looking into so you can avoid any trouble. Especially on Youtube... :P Though even doing your best you'll likely run into copyright issues on Youtube because Youtube itself has issues. But now that Youtube seems to have updated the appeals process, things will be a lot smoother for people because any number of rejected disputes on claims can be appealed rather than it being heavily lopsided in favor of the companies. (Before they could put as many claims on your videos as they want yet you were limited in what you could do to appeal.)

But be careful who you appeal claims from.... Some companies are better than others regarding this so it's important to test the waters. Most companies seem to be pretty understanding of this because they know how bogus the automated system is (either that or they know they can't profit off of your videos if your channel is gone. :P ). Nintendo here for instance, at least in my case, rejects my content ID claim dispute, then releases my appeal automatically because they don't review my appeal. But I have heard of people getting Nintendo Content ID claims released on the first try. So one person's experience with a company may not reflect yours and you may get strikes, slowing down the appeals process. Again, test first and make sure that you only appeal things you believe are fair use.

Also note that I have never heard of a case that a game company has taken a user to court over a game video. Likely because they know they'd lose which is why they go through Youtube to profit rather than going to court. Plus it's not worth the legal costs and hassle for anyone. It's bad publicity for a company too. But there may be a first one day... So always be careful!

This all being said.... spread the word! Tell everyone you know that there's now a way out from this copyright mess and tell them to tell everyone they know and etc... The longer bad companies are able to do this, the longer they'll keep trying to do it just because they know they can profit off of your work.

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