We're in the second week of a YouTube copyright enforcement crackdown whose most visible effects have been on the video gaming community. Each day turns up a new example of a video getting thrown ...

YouTube allowed Warner Bros/CNN to hit a yet-to-air livestream with a copyright strike, essentially claiming ownership over content that did not yet exist.

And if any website has served most to confound both the legal and ethical aspects of copyright, itâÄôs YouTube. People uploading movies, music, etc., that they donâÄôt own the copyrights to is pretty ...

YouTube’s three-strikes copyright system lets anyone report a content violation — known in the community as “copystriking” — but some users are putting that system to use for blackmail.

Thousands of songs and music videos by hundreds of artists have vanished from YouTube after the video site failed to reach a new agreement with publishing rights organization SESAC. Artists like ...

Alphabet's YouTube and Grammy-winning composer Maria Schneider said in a court filing on Sunday that they agreed to dismiss Schneider's San Francisco federal lawsuit accusing the video-sharing ...

But YouTube also said it can’t ultimately decide who owns the material. That has to be decided between the person who uploaded the video and the person or company who’s put in the copyright claim.

YouTube educates creators on copyright laws, dispels misconceptions, and offers copyright-safe music through Audio Library and Creator Music. Creators must secure necessary rights before using ...

Scammers and fraudsters have been targeting YouTube creators with sophisticated email campaigns. The emails pose as legitimate notices from Google which claim to be a copyright report and possible ...

YouTube's attorneys and its parent company Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. Attorneys for the plaintiffs also did not respond to a request for comment.

An email from YouTube did not convince them that anyone had reviewed their case but did inform them that Bates had 14 days to file a lawsuit, or the strikes would be dropped.

When YouTuber Mrs. Fieldz received two copyright strikes on her channel last week, in order to fight them she was forced to submit her full name, phone number, email, and home address.