Fair Use and Misappropriation of Copyright Claims
Starting in the 2000s with the innovation of sites like Youtube people have been voicing their opinion on various media. In that time many people have made a career out of doing reviews and vlogs on youtube. But because Youtube is open to everyone it also allowed for people to post copyrighted material such as full movies and TV show episodes as well as the content created by other users and claim them as their own. So to combat this Youtube created an automated content ID system that will search videos for copyrighted material and either block them, delete them, or monetize them to the content owner. However this system has created problems for people earning a living off Youtube revenue by either wrongfully claiming videos that fall under fair use laws, being falsely claimed by scam artists who try to take advantage of the system, or simply reported by people who can’t handle an opinion on their own work. But over the past few months Youtubers have been fighting back against this sort of thing in the hopes of making Youtube a safer haven for opinions and creativity.