Definitely Mitch

"Dispute rejected: The claimant decided that their claim is valid. The video restrictions will remain."

Am I missing something here? A video of mine was copyright claimed upon uploading for about two minutes of music. The song was the Robocop theme I've used in a ton of videos without issue, and the person making the claim isn't even the original artist; they're someone who sampled the song for one of their own tracks.

First, how can someone copyright my video for a song that a) isn't theirs, and b) that they stole themselves, and thus shouldn't have any right to it anyway; and...

Second, why is the claimant the final word here? It's got a real, "we investigated ourselves and found no evidence of wrongdoing" vibe to it. Whether the claim was genuine or not (it's not), shouldn't a neutral third party make the call?

Ultimately, it doesn't matter as the video isn't monetised, but I'm confused by this, and annoyed that some people can abuse this system.

2 months ago | [YT] | 27