YouTube anounces several updates to improve the copyright dispute and appeal process.
YouTube is shortening the length of the copyright dispute and appeal process, which should help reduce the impact of false claims.
Now, if you receive a copyright claim that results in YouTube blocking your video, you can expedite the process of getting it visible again.
In the following sections, we’ll go over how the copyright dispute process works, how the process is changing, and how the changes benefit creators.
When you upload a video with copyrighted content, your might get what YouTube calls a “content ID” claim. The YouTube community refers to them as copyright claims, so that’s the term we’re using in this article.
You can dispute the claim if you believe you have the right to use the video content.
Disputes go to the claimant to review, and they have 30 days to decide whether to dismiss their claim or move it forward to the next stage. The claim is automatically released if they don’t respond within 30 days.
You can file an appeal if you dispute a claim and it gets rejected by the claimant. If the claimant rejects the appeal, they have the option to send a copyright takedown request.
Claimants have 30 days to review an appeal, which means your video could remain blocked for over 60 days.
YouTube doesn’t get directly involved until a copyright takedown request is submitted. If YouTube determines the request is valid, it removes your video and...
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