As if creators don’t have enough to worry about, now it seems that its possible for
scammers to give your channel fake copyright strikes and then blackmailing you by demanding
cash to avoid a third strike, and therefore, terminating your channel.
Guys this is soooo soo so bad, and youtube seriously needs to do something about this.
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Scammers are taking advantage of youtube’s faulty copyright strike system.
Copyright issues are a really big problem on youtube.
Millions of videos are uploaded every week to this platform, and much of the time, those
videos contain copyrighted material.
Sometimes, a creator can get something called a strike, where if they don’t own the content
in their videos, lets say music, their channel can receive a strike.
Two strikes results in you not being able to post, and three strikes?
You’re out.
Your channel is terminated by youtube.
The thing is, its completely possible for people to abuse this system, but one recent
instance was reported by a youtuber called ObbyRaidz, real name logan.
ObbyRaidz uploads minecraft videos.
And recently, he reported that he got two false copyright strikes on his account.
But in a really messed up twist, his videos were striked deliberately, and maliciously,
and the people who gave him a strike are now trying to extort money from him.
Obbyraidz reported on twitter, I’ve been striked.
He then shared a message from the people blackmailing him.
It reads.
Hi obby, we striked you.
Our request is 150 dollars paypal or 75 dollars btc.
You may send the money via goods and services.
If you do not think we will cancel or hold up our end of the deal.
Once we receive our payment, we will cancel both strikes on your channel.
Again—you are free to charge back if we don’t, but we assure you, we will.
If you decide not to pay us, we will file a third strike.
ViperMC ownership team wont be able to help you.
But go ahead and try.
We’ll give you a very short amount of time to make your decision.
Dude, this is straight up extortion.
Theres a reason why youtube has a copyright claim system in place.
The more ethical thing for these people to do is to issue a copyright claim, not blackmail
this guy into paying them money or get his entire channel shut down.
Logan, like other creators, works hard on his channel.
He’s got around 7.5 thousand subscribers, but the video about the strike issue is going
viral, it has 240 thousand views at the time of this recording.
Intitially, Logan got no response from youtube.
He couldn’t get into contact with them and one of his appeals got denied.
I have reached out to ObbyRaidz for an interview, and he did respond to say that the strikes
have been resolved, so I am incredibly happy about that.
Team youtube also tweeted.
Appreciate you bringing this to our attention, both strikes are resolved and the videos reinstated.
Upon review these takedown notices were abusive, we have zero tolerance for the submission
of fraudulent legal requests, so we also terminated the channel that submitted these.
Amazingly Logan also agreed to a skype interview so you can expect that soon.
I will say one more thing before I respond to comments.
Fruadulent legal requests might result in these channels getting taken down by youtube,
but extortion is a crime, and whoever put these strikes on Logans account should be
punished appropriately.
And whos to say that this isn’t going to happen to other creators?
Apparently it already has.
Another youtuber who runs the channel Kenzo, with 59 thosand subscribers.
He posted a video called ‘help, not clickbait, where he goes into detail about a similar
issue.
If you or anyone you know is experiencing this kind of blackmail, please reach out to
us, and team youtube.
We will do our best to spread the word.
That is all I have for you on this, let me know your thoughts down there in the comments.
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