Dispute a Content ID claim

If yous get a Content ID claim on your video that yous believe is wrong, you can dispute the claim. For instance, if you take all the rights to the content in your video, or recollect the organisation misidentified your video, you can file a dispute. When you dispute a Content ID claim, the copyright owner will be notified and they'll have 30 days to respond.

If you lot got a copyright strike, utilise the procedure described in our article about copyright strikes, instead of the procedure described beneath in this commodity.

Content ID Dispute Process - Copyright on YouTube

Filing a dispute

Earlier you dispute a merits: Learn about the public domain, exceptions to copyright (such equally fair apply or fair dealing), and mutual questions near fair use before you file a dispute. YouTube tin't help you decide whether you lot should dispute a claim. If you're non sure what to do, you may want to seek your own legal advice.

Disputes are only intended for cases where you have all the necessary rights to the content in your video. Repeated or malicious corruption of the dispute process can result in penalties against your video or channel.

What happens subsequently you dispute

After you submit your dispute, the copyright possessor has 30 days to answer. There are a few actions the copyright owner can have:

  • Release the merits: If they agree with your dispute, they can release their merits. If you lot were previously monetizing the video, your monetization settings volition be restored automatically when all claims on your video are released.
  • Reinstate the merits: If they believe their claim is still valid, they tin can reinstate it. If y'all feel it was mistakenly reinstated, you can appeal their conclusion.
  • Take down your video: They tin submit a copyright takedown request to remove your video from YouTube, which means you'll get a copyright strike on your business relationship.
    • Note: A video can become more than one Content ID merits or takedown request, but can only get one copyright strike at a time.
  • Practise nothing and let the claim elapse: If the copyright owner doesn't respond within 30 days, their claim on your video will expire, and you don't need to do anything.

If y'all had ads running on the claimed video, you may want to larn more virtually monetization during Content ID disputes. If the copyright owner selected a policy to cake or rail your video, the policy may not apply while the dispute is resolved.

Filing an appeal

If the copyright owner reinstates their claim and rejects your Content ID dispute, you tin can file an appeal.

Appeal rejected disputes

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left menu, select Content.
  3. Observe the video with the reinstated merits you want to appeal.To refine the listing, click the filter bar  and select the filter Copyright claims.
  4. In the "Restrictions" column, hover over "Copyright claim" and click SEE DETAILS.
  5. Click SELECT ACTIONS and thenAppeal.

There might be restrictions that affect your ability to appeal, such equally the age of your account. If you haven't already done so, you lot'll as well demand to verify your business relationship. Cheque your channel'southward ability to appeal rejected disputes on your account features page.

What happens after you appeal

After you appeal a rejected dispute, the copyright owner has xxx days to answer. After you appeal, there are a few actions the copyright owner tin can have:

  • Practice cypher and let the claim expire: If the copyright owner doesn't respond inside 30 days, so their merits on your video will expire and you don't need to do anything.
  • Release the merits: If the copyright owner agrees with your appeal, then they can release their merits and you lot don't need to do anything.
  • Request immediate removal of your video: If they believe their claim is notwithstanding valid, they may event a copyright takedown request confronting your video. If this happens, you'll get a copyright strike on your account. If you lot still believe that you have the rights to the content, you lot can submit a counter notification.
    • Note: A video can get more than one Content ID merits or takedown request, but can only get one copyright strike at a time.
  • Schedule a takedown asking for your video: If the copyright owner problems a scheduled copyright takedown asking, you lot tin cancel your appeal within 7 days. By canceling, you lot'll foreclose the takedown and you won't get a copyright strike. The Content ID claim will remain active on your video. Learn more than nigh the divergence betwixt copyright takedowns and Content ID claims.

Cancel an appeal

If you change your mind, y'all can abolish your appeal later you've submitted information technology. To abolish an appeal:

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left card, select Content .
  3. Observe the video with the merits yous appealed. To refine the list, click the filter bar  and select the filter Copyright claims.
  4. In the "Restrictions" cavalcade, hover over "Copyright merits" and click Come across DETAILS.
  5. Click SELECT ACTIONS and thenCancel appeal.

Keep in heed that once you cancel an appeal, the claim can't be appealed again.

Get more help with Content ID

  • What is a Content ID claim?
  • Who claimed my video?
  • How Content ID works
  • Monetization during Content ID disputes

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