Copyright Counter-notice: Do it Right

[absolutedestiny]

Many of you will have read my previous post where I was afraid to make a Copyright Counter-notification to defend one of my youtube vids.

I'm glad to report that I went ahead and made the counter-claim and today youtube restored the video!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= ( Read more... )

Comments

[coderjoe]

A few years ago, I made a stupid Heroes/Dear Sister parody clip the night the episode aired. I got a DMCA request for the video, which I disputed (after about a week of deliberation) with no response from NBC (it may have been an automated match on the NBC bug, since I didn't remove the logo). Sometime over the following year, I got a notification that the audio was being muted due to a content match for WMG content. For at least 6 months, I was not able to file a dispute, as youtube did not allow more than one dispute to be filed. I finally was able to file a dispute and get it unmuted at some point, but I don't remember when. I have not heard anything from WMG, either, but I only used about 30 seconds from the end of Hide and Seek, so they might have determined it wasn't worth it.

[renenet]

Rock on, you! I'm glad you bit the bullet and counter-claimed, and I'm glad the video has been restored without further drama. Thank you for standing up for your rights as a transformative artist and for sharing this story with the community.

[anoel]

Yeah I've counter-claimed like 8 times and every single one they restored. It was just annoying when they retook down my vid a day after I got it back up. All I write in the comment box is that it's fair use now.

Glad yours turned out okay!

[absolutedestiny]

They took down a vid after it had been restored with a counter-notice?

Was it the same copyright holder or a different one?

[jarrow]

I'm so glad it worked out! That's fantastic!