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Washing machine chime scandal shows how absurd YouTube copyright abuse can get (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 months ago by Moonrise2473@feddit.it to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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TL;DR: for a whole decade YouTube allowed a copyright troll to claim all the rights on a recording of a washing machine end cycle chime

The account of the copyright troll is still standing and it's not permanently banned

IMHO in this case YouTube should permanently ban at the first offense any copyright troll that maliciously claim as their property something that's in the public domain

Also: if it wasn't that it affected a big streamer with lots of followers, YouTube would have ignored the problem

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[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

What does someone have to do to prove to youtube they own it?

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

From what I saw that you just need to claim it by stating that's yours, only risking to get sued by the original owner.

[–] B0rax@feddit.de 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Brb, claiming bird voices

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

Too late. Get your own grift bro!