So if you get a content claim on a video, what happens to the money when it is released?

Jenthegeekygamergal

Jenthegeekygamergal

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I received this email on a video on Angry Birds Transformers we did last week:

Due to a copyright claim, you are no longer monetizing the following YouTube video. It is still playable on YouTube, but the copyright owner could choose to show ads on it.
Includes visual content claimed by Kiver
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I then sent in a dispute as this was a Let's play and Rovio's page explicitly gives permission for lets plays as well as monetizing them. I then received this followup a few days later:

Good news! Your dispute wasn’t reviewed within 30 days, so the copyright claim on your YouTube video has now been released by Kiver.

- The YouTube Team
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What I'm wondering is do I lose the money for the views I got in this timeframe? Or was there even any money to be made since it was in a claim? I'm confused as to how this works. And since most views are when the video is in its first week(or at least mine are) am I just out of luck? I just want to know what I'm in for, or if I should just give up with this particular game?
Thanks!
Jenny
 
The moment you disputed the claim any monetization the video had was frozen. So during the dispute process the video made no money.
 
I wasn't sure since the email said: "It is still playable on YouTube, but the copyright owner could choose to show ads on it.Includes visual content claimed by Kiver" I wonder how I would know if they did show ads? It really hurts the creator when stuff gets flagged like this for no reason, because the bulk of my views are right when the video comes out..
 
It showing ads is automated. If you went to the video with adblock off and saw ads then it were running ads. But again from the point of dispute no revenue was earned.
 
Not that it matters I guess, but how would I find this out, the email did say "It is still playable on YouTube, but the copyright owner could choose to show ads on it.Includes visual content claimed by Kiver" It would really suck if all someone had to do was claim content on videos, rake up the advertising views for the first day or two until the creator of the video disputed it, and the money remained theirs..it makes me not want to promote Rovio and this game now cause it might be wasted work, KWIM?
 
Jenthegeekygamergal said:
Not that it matters I guess, but how would I find this out, the email did say "It is still playable on YouTube, but the copyright owner could choose to show ads on it.Includes visual content claimed by Kiver" It would really suck if all someone had to do was claim content on videos, rake up the advertising views for the first day or two until the creator of the video disputed it, and the money remained theirs..it makes me not want to promote Rovio and this game now cause it might be wasted work, KWIM?
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they could place ads on it, and earn revenue from that video, but if they release the claim, all the revenue generated by that video will be return to Youtube
 
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