Copyright Drama... intensifies...

As some of you might know, I had a FALSE copyright claim last month – which I then disputed - as I'm most definitely NOT using the song that they claim I am (i.e. said song only came out THIS year) in a video that I released back in 2019.

In fact, I’ve been using the same (creative commons) intro music by Kevin MacLeod/Incompetech since the very beginning… so I SHOULD be 100% in the clear (that's the whole point of using creative commons music in the first place).

However, ‘they’ (i.e. the nameless music company/artist) have waited for the 30 day timer on the dispute to tick down to the last day or two – and then doubled down... deeming it a valid claim - and have had the video taken down AGAIN!

Now, I get one last chance to appeal this – but if that fails (as the decision always seems to be in ‘their’ hands) the video gets deleted forever and the channel gets a strike (even though I’ve done absolutely nothing wrong).

And if ‘they’ are successful, I fear that other videos might suffer a similar fate (as they all use the same music) - which, you have to admit, is a rather disturbing thought.

So yeah… as you can imagine, I’m not feeling very ‘creative’ at the moment, as I now have to deal with this unnecessary BS (rather than just sitting down and making/sharing new stuff :( ).

Anyway, apologies for the whinge… I just needed to vent a little (as well as keeping you all updated on the situation).

(note that I am keeping Kevin MacLeod up to date with these shenanigans - as it’s HIS work that they are effectively trying to claim)