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Summary for those that don’t want to watch the video :

- Pianist creates YouTube video demonstrating how to play Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata

- part of this video includes her playing Moonlight Sonata (of course)

- YouTube has a new ‘feature’ that scans submitted videos prior to publication to identify potentially copyrighted material

- her video is found to include copyrighted material. She is certain this is a mistake that will be rectified by disputing the copyright claim

- she agrees the only person who’s content she is reproducing is Beethoven himself

- her copyright dispute is rejected. She is found to be violating the copyright of a piece called “Wicca Moonlight”

- she can appeal the dispute but the appeal process is limited, and she risks getting a feared “copyright strike” on her account, wherein three such strikes would mean permanent closure of the account

- she says nearly anyone can file copyright claims against published YouTube videos, including bots, and is worried about all the time she’s putting in to create content being usurped by a few bad actors

parent jeffwass 5 years ago

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