YouTube Admits Misprocessing Of Millions Of Copyright Video Claims This Year

Copyright complaints are everyday YouTube fodder. (photo credit: pixabay)

JAKARTA - Copyright complaints are the daily food of YouTube. That's why the company recently published a copyright claim transparency report.

According to the report, during the first six months of this year, YouTube had 729 million video copyright claims. However, the problem is that of these 729 million claims, 2.2 million were found to be untrue, representing less than one percent of the total. This number cannot be considered small.

Ninety-nine percent of that comes from Content ID, YouTube's auto-enforcement tool. When users disputed these claims, the case was settled in favor of or in favor of the video uploader 60 percent.

With the incident of false copyright claims, content creators have long complained about how the platform handles claims, how quality their systems are that can lead to errors leading to loss of creator content revenue.

Quoting The Verge, Tuesday, December 7, it should be noted, copyright claims can result in video being blocked, audio muted, or advertising revenue returned to the rights owner. On the other hand, YouTube admits this problem is sufficient for self-evaluation going forward, and promises to update the system soon.

In 2019, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said the company heard concerns from creator content and that YouTube was exploring improvements to strike the right balance between copyright owners and content creators.

The new report also notes that no system is perfect and errors occur even with existing guardrails to prevent abuse of enforcement mechanisms.

"When disputes occur, the process provided by YouTube provides a tangible solution, and more than 60 percent of these disputes are resolved in favor of the uploader," the report said.