guess who got...

[lizardjay]

... their first copyright block* on Youtube :(

*A block, not a strike, so the video is hidden but there's no action against my account.

I'll appeal, obviously, but I'm not sure about the success rate of me vs TV Tokyo Anime Rights Management. This is a block based on visuals rather than the song, so I think the problem was I included a continuous clip that was too long. (I mean, I did some timing edits and cuts and stuff on it, but fundamentally it's like 20 seconds from a fight scene, which eventually got onto someone's radar... six months after the post date.) Fair use is a pretty nebulous concept, and by rights I feel like I should win, but in reality who knows. I'm also kind of paranoid that appealing will make them take a look at my whole account :/

Anyway, this is probably the push I need to investigate alternate hosting options. I'm definitely not going to stop using Youtube; without it almost nobody would watch anything I make! But it's smart to have backups. I've been pretty lucky until now not having to worry about this.

Luckily the blocked video isn't one of my favorites :D I like it, but this isn't a huge blow.

Comments

[enemytosleep]

I assume you also don't have your videos monetized, which makes these things feel even more silly to me (I could see where getting even minuscule ad revenue would upset a copyright holder).

[lizardjay]

Yeah, I could see it if it was monetized! My channel doesn't qualify* and even if it did I wouldn't because of the legal nightmare.

*You need to have a minimum number of subscribers or something, which I absolutely don't meet, and also... almost every single one of my videos already gets flagged for the SONG, which just means that the artist gets an automatic attribution or something but it also disqualifies me from making money. I think they get ad money... if so then maybe that's the real issue in this case, that Lily Allen is getting money that TV Tokyo thinks they deserve. It's all beyond me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[hokuton_punch]

Oh, dear. D: Sorry that happened!

[lizardjay]

Thanks :) Appeal is in, we'll see what happens!

[vriddy]

Congrats on first copyright block? 👊😔 Alternative hosting as a backup sounds like a good idea! It sucks to have to second-guess algorithms like this... Good luck figuring it out.

[lizardjay]

Thank you, it's been an honor to receive such a thing XD

[pumpkinlumpin]

It definitely feels like YouTube has been... weird lately, a handful of the bigger channels I've been following have also been encountering issues where things are getting hit when they shouldn't be or hadn't been prior. It makes me wonder if they've tightened up the algorithm that flags this kind of stuff.

Wishing you luck in finding an alternative host!

[lizardjay]

Thanks! I think I've found a good option for file hosting at least.