Most of the disputed copyright claims that occurred in YouTubeDuring the first half of 2021, 60 percent were resolved in favor of the users who uploaded the videos to this video streaming platform.
This is reflected in the recent Copyright Transparency Report, the first to be presented by the platform on the issue of ‘online’ copyright and with which it intends to show the operation of the three tools it uses to control compliance copyright, as well as its results.
These are the web form (Webform), intended for occasional users, the copyright tool (Copyright Match Tool), and the content identification system (Content ID). Each of them is intended for specific actions and made available to all users.
According to data in this report, which will be published biannually from now on, YouTube ensures that most of the claims and requests for content removal originated from its automatic detection technology, that is, Copyright Match Tool and Content ID .
The first one is used to automatically search for videos with content identical or very similar to that of the creators of the platform and is intended for YouTube Studio users. Meanwhile, Content ID is intended for rights holders in broader management environments, such as music distributors or labels, who typically experience greater repetition of protected material.
According to the statement, in the first half of 2021, more than 722 million claims were made through the Content ID tool, representing 99 percent of all copyright actions on YouTube.
Copyright Match Tool was used to a lesser extent (0.23 percent of the total, which translates into 1.6 million requests), while 0.30 percent (2.1 million) were made through the form Web.
According to the platform, less than 1 percent of those 722 million content claims made through the Content ID tool were appealed, which means that “low levels of disputes were found compared to the total of appeals.” indicated in the report.
However, despite representing a small percentage, 3.6 million copyright claims did go ahead. In these cases, YouTube has detailed what this claim process is like. Those who proceed have 30 days to review the dispute and decide whether to maintain it, void it, or issue a request for deletion. If the user you are claiming does not respond, it automatically expires 30 days after its broadcast and YouTube attributes the dispute in their favor.
However, if he maintains it, the dispute is opened and the claimant responds, it is considered that the claim is resolved in favor of whoever uploaded the material to the platform.
In this way, it details that, from January of this year to the month of June included, of the 3.6 million disputes that took place at this time, 60 percent were determined in favor of those who posted the video and 40 remaining percent of those who claimed through Content ID.
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