Copyright claim or Content ID
Somebody else is collecting on your own work.
Content ID matches automatically and the revenue redirects while the dispute runs. Claims land on public-domain recordings, on ambient noise, on music the uploader wrote, and on silence. Disputing escalates to the claimant — the party with the incentive — and the next step after that is a formal counter-notification that exposes your legal name and address to them. Most people take the loss instead, which is the point.
Meanwhile, elsewhere on YouTube Sucks
Filed under other categories, by people it happened to.
How to tell whether your appeal ever reached a human — and what to do when it didn't
A rejection that arrives in under a minute, or at the same time of day every time, or in wording identical to someone else's, was decided by a system. There are tells, and knowing them changes what you do next.
Verified anonymous