How my video with 47 million views was stolen on YouTube

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Sohcahtoa82 · 2023-04 · Criticism

> YouTube may have taken down the videos but they also allow him (because of the DMCA) to file a counter-claim and make a claim that the videos aren't infringing. Naive of you to think that works. When you counter-claim, YouTube basically asks the original claimant "Are you sure?", and of course they're gonna say yes. Exibit A: [VIDEO] - TLDW: Someone filed a false copyright claim against TheFatRat on one of his own songs . TheFatRat counterclaimed, and the dispute was not approved. YouTube does not at any point make a judgement call.

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2pEXgD0fZ5cF · 2022-01 · Criticism

> the starving artist The "starving" or small time artist is an excuse that is useful for corporations when they want to manipulate public opinion. No music label cares even the slightest bit about individual artists or their fair payment, they care about megahits and big sellers. If you want to support your favourite artist that isn't already a millionaire or multi-millionare paying for spotify isn't it. To actually support "starving artists" visit their shows, buy some merch (however even this isn't the case anymore for some) or look for independent artists on bandcamp (bandcamp takes 15% of a sold album). If all you do is pay for spotify or something like that you are not supporting a "starving artist" any more than someone downloading the songs, maybe even less because sharing the music on the right filesharing forums might at least lead to some of the sales (merch/concert) above. For anyone interested have a look at [LINK] To add to that: Big labels hurt small time artists immensely. If you are an artist on youtube getting hit with a (false) copyright claim by a large label is a constant threat to you. It even happens to people with songs with millions of views [1]. We have reached a point where using certain chords or chord progression can get you stomped by music labels. Music labels are not in any way friends or allys to "starving artists", only to millionaire artists. [1]: [VIDEO]

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2pEXgD0fZ5cF · 2021-05 · Criticism

> here artists get denied ownership of their own expression of public domain music Hell why stop there, music artists get their own original music stolen by Youtube who then proceeds to hand it to someone else, for anyone interested in a popular example: [VIDEO]

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