some guidance with youtube copyright claims?

[frayadjacent]

I've got a few vids blocked due to copyright claims, and I'm finally ready to take the plunge and do something about it. I have a few questions and very much appreciate any guidance (totally not legal advice!) that anyone here can offer. Or, perhaps I should just email the OTW legal team -- I thought I'd check here first, though, since I'm not sure that sharing legal information with individuals is part of the OTW purview.

I read Lim's description of going through the process. I've also looked through Francesca Coppa's very thorough post on dealing with YT claims. These have both been very, very helpful

One of the things I learned was that I need to use different terms for UK copyright claims than for US (this should be obvious to me, but somehow it wasn't when I disputed my first claim). So, my first question is, should I refer to law for the country that I am in (the UK) or for the country that the copyright claimant is based in (the US in two cases, another one is BBC America)?

My other question is about when the copyright claimant is the music company, who blocked the vid wholesale rather than monetising it like most music companies do. It seems to me that the fair use/fair dealing claim is a little less obvious when it comes to music -- I am using all of the track, the music hasn't been remixed or anything. You can argue that the music is transformed through its interaction with the video, though. Does anyone have examples of that argument being successful?

Comments

[starrylizard]

I made a claim once. Sadly, the vid wasn't unblocked and I never received a response to say why that was. Good luck! It's not helpful, but I'd love to know how you go.

[frayadjacent]

That's terrible! At least when they ignored my claim they took the time to tell me they'd done so.