YouTuber in row over copyright infringement of his own song
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Un auteur qui se fait attraper par le Content ID de YouTube… pour sa propre création !
Paul Davids thought he had seen it all when it came to YouTube’s copyright protection system.
The Dutch YouTuber’s most popular videos include him playing famous guitar riffs, comparing different instruments and teaching various guitar skills and techniques.
“Just like probably all the music YouTubers out there,” he explained in a video to his 625,000 subscribers, “once in a while I get an email stating I’m infringing on someone’s copyrighted material.”
Paul had been contacted by YouTube to advise him that one of his videos had been flagged for copyright infringement, but in his own words, “this was a little different”.
The copyright he had apparently infringed upon was his own.
“It said what song I was infringing on, and what I found was quite shocking,” said Paul.
“Someone took my track, added vocals and guitar to make their own track, and uploaded it to YouTube, but I got the copyright infringement notice!”
Paul had been accused of plagiarising his own music - and worse, all the money that video was earning would now be directed towards the person who copied his content.
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