Copyright strike basics

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If y'all get a copyright strike, it means that a copyright owner submitted a complete and valid legal takedown request for using their copyright-protected content. When we get this blazon of formal notification, we take down your video to comply with copyright constabulary.

A video tin can only have one copyright strike at a time. Go along in listen that videos can be removed from the site for reasons other than copyright. As well, Content ID claims don't result in a strike.

Deleting a video with a strike won't resolve your strike. Larn how to resolve a copyright strike beneath.

What happens when you get a copyright strike

We all make mistakes. When you become a copyright strike, it acts as a warning. The start time you get a copyright strike, you lot'll demand to become through Copyright Schoolhouse. Copyright Schoolhouse helps creators understand copyright and how it'due south enforced at YouTube.

Copyright strikes may touch your ability to monetize. In improver, if your active alive stream is removed for copyright, your admission to live streaming volition be restricted for 7 days.

If you get 3 copyright strikes:

  • Your account, forth with any associated channels, is field of study to termination.
  • All the videos uploaded to your account will exist removed.
  • Y'all tin't create new channels.

Courtesy Catamenia

If your channel is role of the YouTube Partner Program, y'all're eligible for a 7 day courtesy period. After 3 copyright strikes, you'll have 7 additional days to act before your channel is disabled. During this period, your copyright strikes won't elapse and you lot can't upload new videos. Your channel will remain live and yous tin admission it to seek a resolution for your strikes. If you submit a counter notification, your aqueduct won't exist disabled while the counter notification is unresolved. If the counter notification is resolved in your favor, or the claim is retracted, your channel won't be impacted.

How to get info about your strike

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left menu, click Content.
  3. Filter  for Copyright claims.
  4. Hover over "Copyright claim" in the Restrictions column and click Meet DETAILS.

Resolve a copyright strike

At that place are 3 ways to resolve a copyright strike:

  1. Look for it to expire: Copyright strikes expire afterward 90 days. If it'southward your beginning strike, you'll need to consummate Copyright School.
  2. Go a retraction: Yous can go in impact with the person who claimed your video and ask them to retract their merits of copyright infringement.
  3. Submit a counter notification:If you lot recall your video was removed by mistake, or qualifies as off-white use, yous can submit a counter notification.

Watch to learn more

Check out the following video from the YouTube Creators channel to learn the nuts of copyright strikes.

Copyright in YouTube Studio: Addressing Copyright Claims with New Tools, Filters and More

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