Bogus Copyright Claims

"*So I guess at the end of the day, the lesson here is that when it comes to copyright claims on YouTube, sometimes it works out. Not a very good lesson.*"
―Erik
Bogus Copyright Claims is the 114th lesson of Internet Comment Etiquette. It was released on May 30, 2020.

## Summary

Erik reads the copyright claim on The Big Money Space Race Part 2 sent to him by MZ Media. It claims that the Adobe After Effects outro with the song Elon Musk (Cars in Space) by Hot Dad is actually owned by them. Erik prepares to set his students after MZ Media. The students fall in line, ready to go into battle.

Erik contacts YouTube on Twitter even though that won't work and tries the copyright claim dispute form that also won't work. He calls MZ Media a bitch in the dispute form and then YouTube sends his dispute to MZ Media and tells him to wait 30 days. Erik decides to get to the bottom of this himself and looks up MZ Media so he can get his happy ending. He decides it's probably not the one with a Kit Kat, the one in Arabic, or the one with copyrighted The Police songs.

Erik decides it's going to take a while to sort through all of the MZ Medias, so he plays a sponsored ad for Raycon.

Erik watches a super funny and comedy video by another MZ Media, but that's not the right one either. He decides that looking at every MZ Media wouldn't work so he just searches the Chinese characters that appear in the copyright claim. He finds a video that uses the same Adobe After Effects template as him and put the video in YouTube's content ID system. Erik reads the rules for the content ID system and decides that they didn't use it right but shouldn't get in trouble. He leaves a comment for them and decides they didn't do anything to warrant sending them photos of shirtless old men. He tells his students to stand down and they're disappointed.

Erik accepts that he's not getting a happy ending, but then the claim gets released and YouTube follows up with him on Twitter. Then he plays the Adobe After Effects Template again with Hot Dad's Elon Musk (Cars in Space).

## Comments

*PITCHFORKS READY! TIME TO BE INTERNET MAD!*
- @commentiquette

*The footage in question is an adobe after effectes template titled "epic space titles" that I purchased from this link:
https://videohive.net/item/epic-space-titles/15087540
And it comes with this license:
https://videohive.net/licenses/terms/regular**Unless the claimant created this template and it was illegally sold to me without my knowledge, they have no legal grounds to block my video. Also the claimant is a bitch*
- Erik

*You're one of the good ones!*
- Erik

*Love it bro great work, hope you get a happy ending*
- Erik

*Hey you better not be the son of a bitch who copyright claimed me! WHAT DO YOU WANT! WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT FROM ME?! IS IT MY BLOOD? I'LL GIVE YOU MY BLOOD, I'LL GIVE YOU ANYTHING JUST REMOVE THE COPYRIGHT CLAIM YOU PIECE OF SHIT! OH I HATE YOU!*
- Erik

*Nice job dude but you better watch out cause there's an evil MZ Media out there and if they catch you using their name they're gonna block this funny ass video. If I were you I'd add a rocket ship to the name so people know you're the cool MZ Media and not the lousy one that sends bogus copyright claims. Because they're stupid and I want to get all their daughters pregnant and not take care of the babies so that they become gang members.*
- Erik

*Hey there you guys might want to talk to your contacts at MZ Media, because right now your “Content ID” settings are way too strict. This movie has third party licensed footage in it that’s still available for purchase and anyone who uses it on YouTube is going to get their videos removed because of you. Right about here I’d make a joke about my penis, but I think this is too important and I don’t want to seem disrespectful. Just imagine if a bigger, more expensive movie than yours also bought that Space Title template and put it on YouTube, then enabled content ID. Your whole movie would be blocked and all the money and time you put into it would be for nothing.**And hey, I’m not mad at you. I’ve just never heard of you before and you’re claiming I stole from you. In conclusion, I don’t think anyone’s trying to rip off your movies so maybe cool it with the auto-block procedure. When you search for “Super God Power The Amnesia Self-Healing Miraculously Predicts the Future,” this will always be the first god damn result. Get real.*
- Erik

*Nevermind, false alarm*
- @commentiquette

*Following up – it looks like the claim has been released already. Please feel free to reach back out if you have any other concerns.*
- @TeamYouTube

*Thank you for the happy ending*
- Erik

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