Dispute a Content ID merits

If you get a Content ID claim on your video that you lot believe is wrong, you tin dispute the claim. For instance, if y'all have all the rights to the content in your video, or think the organisation misidentified your video, you can file a dispute. When you lot dispute a Content ID merits, the copyright possessor volition exist notified and they'll take 30 days to reply.

If y'all got a copyright strike, apply the process described in our article about copyright strikes, instead of the process described below in this article.

Content ID Dispute Process - Copyright on YouTube

Filing a dispute

Before y'all dispute a claim: Learn nigh the public domain, exceptions to copyright (such every bit fair use or fair dealing), and common questions about off-white utilise before you lot file a dispute. YouTube can't assistance you lot make up one's mind whether you should dispute a claim. If you're non sure what to do, you may want to seek your ain legal advice.

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

What happens later on you dispute

After you submit your dispute, the copyright possessor has xxx days to reply. There are a few actions the copyright possessor can accept:

  • Release the merits: If they agree with your dispute, they can release their claim. If you were previously monetizing the video, your monetization settings volition be restored automatically when all claims on your video are released.
  • Reinstate the claim: If they believe their merits is still valid, they can reinstate it. If you feel it was mistakenly reinstated, you lot tin can appeal their decision.
  • Take down your video: They can submit a copyright takedown request to remove your video from YouTube, which ways you'll go a copyright strike on your account.
    • Annotation: A video can get more one Content ID claim or takedown request, but tin only get one copyright strike at a time.
  • Do nil and let the merits expire: If the copyright owner doesn't reply inside 30 days, their claim on your video volition expire, and you don't demand to do annihilation.

If yous had ads running on the claimed video, yous may want to larn more well-nigh monetization during Content ID disputes. If the copyright possessor selected a policy to cake or track your video, the policy may not apply while the dispute is resolved.

Filing an entreatment

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

Appeal rejected disputes

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left carte du jour, select Content.
  3. Find the video with the reinstated claim 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 Run across DETAILS.
  5. Click SELECT Deportment and thenAppeal.

In that location might be restrictions that impact your ability to appeal, such as the age of your account. If you haven't already done so, you'll besides need to verify your account. Check your aqueduct's ability to entreatment rejected disputes on your account features folio.

What happens later on you appeal

Afterwards you appeal a rejected dispute, the copyright possessor has 30 days to respond. After you appeal, there are a few actions the copyright possessor tin can accept:

  • Do nothing and permit the claim elapse: If the copyright owner doesn't reply inside 30 days, and so their claim on your video will elapse and you lot don't need to do annihilation.
  • Release the claim: If the copyright possessor agrees with your entreatment, and then they tin release their claim and y'all don't need to do annihilation.
  • Request immediate removal of your video: If they believe their merits is nonetheless valid, they may result a copyright takedown asking confronting your video. If this happens, you'll get a copyright strike on your account. If you still believe that you have the rights to the content, yous can submit a counter notification.
    • Notation: A video can go more than one Content ID claim or takedown asking, simply tin but go one copyright strike at a fourth dimension.
  • Schedule a takedown request for your video: If the copyright owner issues a scheduled copyright takedown request, you tin can cancel your appeal within seven days. By canceling, yous'll prevent the takedown and y'all won't go a copyright strike. The Content ID merits will remain agile on your video. Acquire more about the difference between copyright takedowns and Content ID claims.

Cancel an appeal

If you modify your listen, you tin cancel your entreatment after y'all've submitted information technology. To cancel an appeal:

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left bill of fare, select Content .
  3. Find the video with the claim you lot appealed. To refine the list, 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 Deportment and thenCancel appeal.

Keep in mind that once you abolish an appeal, the claim tin can't be appealed over again.

Get more assistance 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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