Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata [video]
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#2She actually decided to quit YouTube after this completely unfair treatment.
I think it's high time these platforms saw some regulation. It's ridiculous what they are allowed to get away with.
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#3The current copyright law is unsustainable. Pretty much every melody you can think of is copyrighted and as an artist you can be anxious that anything you make can be claimed by someone else. Copyright laws need urgent change as they are not fit for purpose...
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#4The current copyright law is unsustainable. Pretty much every melody you can think of is copyrighted and as an artist you can be anxious that anything you make can be claimed by someone else. Copyright laws need urgent change as they are not fit for purpose...
In this case that's not the problem. Beethoven isn't copyrighted, but public.
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#5This is fraud. They claim they have right to something they don't, when you dispute, YouTube just directing them the dispute and they reject.
As you don't want to risk 3 strike, you agree to share revenue.
Basically Youtube doing nothing.
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#6This is really bad! YouTube should find ways to respond to misclaimed tracks as a creator. Also companies / individuals that claim public domain music should be banned from the platform.
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#7I don't understand why YouTube doesn't use their content id system to detect these obvious public domain disputes.
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#8It's google.
I can live without it.
Do you?
Re: Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata [video]
#9I believe this is the video/music that claims the copyright of Moonlight Sonata (notice the downvotes):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ThyLB6bakk
Re: Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata [video]
#10Summary for those that don’t want to watch the video :
- Pianist creates YouTube video demonstrating how to play Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata
- part of this video includes her playing Moonlight Sonata (of course)
- YouTube has a new ‘feature’ that scans submitted videos prior to publication to identify potentially copyrighted material
- her video is found to include copyrighted material. She is certain this is a mistake that will be rectified by disputing the copyright claim
- she agrees the only person who’s content she is reproducing is Beethoven himself
- her copyright dispute is rejected. She is found to be violating the copyright of a piece called “Wicca Moonlight”
- she can appeal the dispute but the appeal process is limited, and she risks getting a feared “copyright strike” on her account, wherein three such strikes would mean permanent closure of the account
- she says nearly anyone can file copyright claims against published YouTube videos, including bots, and is worried about all the time she’s putting in to create content being usurped by a few bad actors