YouTube content theft

Ultimatehandyman

Ultimatehandyman

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I have to say that I have wasted months of my life filling out DMCA takedown notices for copied content. In 2011 my site was hit hard by a Google algorithm update which halved the traffic over night. After some investigation it seems my site was penalised by duplicate content, the only problem is that I was the victim. After using copyscape I found hundreds of copied pages from my site and using Googles image search I found thousands of copied images.


Now I’m having the same problem with videos. I uploaded a video to YouTube of a motorised sand pit lid which took me weeks to build. The video got a few thousand views (nothing major). I was then subcontracting on site one day and a guy came up to me and said he saw my video as an advert on Facebook. When I got home I added him as a friend and found the video, which some company had downloaded from YouTube, edited and uploaded to Facebook where it had 35000+ views. I immediately got the video removed from Facebook, but the company is based in another country which makes legal action almost impossible due to costs. The last copyright dispute in this country cost me £1300 and that was just for a few letters to be sent out and a phone call.


Now I have discovered that a Russian guy is downloading my videos from YouTube and narrating over the top of them in Russian then uploading them to a Russian version of YouTube.


Obviously I don’t mind people sharing my videos or embedding them as long as the video stays on YouTube but when people are downloading them and editing them and uploading them elsewhere it really annoys me.


Is there any way of getting justice?


Does anyone else have this problem?


Thanks in advance for any replies ;-)
 
this has happened to me a couple times..honestly all you all you can really do is report the video and uploader. its up to youtube whether or not they do anything tho
 
this has happened to me a lot. I always have a watermark and intros/outros! and say my channel name in the videos! It's going to happen no matter what. so when people steal your stuff just make sure you have built in advertising for your youtube channel or google site!

I Had a vid recently get posted on facebook and get 650k views in two days. I'm unable to get that vid taken down! how do you get facebook vids removed?!?!??!
 
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mattv2099 said:
I'm unable to get that vid taken down! how do you get facebook vids removed?!?!??!
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Google "DCMA Facebook videos" and it should be the top link.

In my experience, it takes Facebook longer than YouTube to remove it (closer to 48 hours total instead of the 12 YouTube takes).

I just wish there was a way to search all videos on Facebook. As it is, it's near impossible to find videos that have been reposted.
 
Good information to know since I'll be putting alot of effort into my videos and would hate for someone else to dishonestly profit from my work.
 
report, Infringes my rights , infringes my copyrights, submit, submit Copyright Complaint, Copyright infringement (Someone copied my creation), I am, link alleged video, Copyright infringement (Someone copied my creation), paste your original video link, entire video if full copied, timestamps if compilation or else.
 
Ultimatehandyman said:
I have to say that I have wasted months of my life filling out DMCA takedown notices for copied content. In 2011 my site was hit hard by a Google algorithm update which halved the traffic over night. After some investigation it seems my site was penalised by duplicate content, the only problem is that I was the victim. After using copyscape I found hundreds of copied pages from my site and using Googles image search I found thousands of copied images.


Now I’m having the same problem with videos. I uploaded a video to YouTube of a motorised sand pit lid which took me weeks to build. The video got a few thousand views (nothing major). I was then subcontracting on site one day and a guy came up to me and said he saw my video as an advert on Facebook. When I got home I added him as a friend and found the video, which some company had downloaded from YouTube, edited and uploaded to Facebook where it had 35000+ views. I immediately got the video removed from Facebook, but the company is based in another country which makes legal action almost impossible due to costs. The last copyright dispute in this country cost me £1300 and that was just for a few letters to be sent out and a phone call.


Now I have discovered that a Russian guy is downloading my videos from YouTube and narrating over the top of them in Russian then uploading them to a Russian version of YouTube.


Obviously I don’t mind people sharing my videos or embedding them as long as the video stays on YouTube but when people are downloading them and editing them and uploading them elsewhere it really annoys me.


Is there any way of getting justice?


Does anyone else have this problem?


Thanks in advance for any replies ;-)
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WOW! I know what you're going thru! I have a similar problem...I have an original animal video on Youtube that has gotten me 8 million views in about 3 years...I recently discovered that someone copied it to their Facebook page and they've gotten 22 million views in just 2 months...They don't link to my Youtube channel....they don't give me credit and I am furious....I'm still in the research stage of finding out what I can do about this....Does anyone have any advice???
 
try and turn it into a positive - there is obviously a demand for your work ...so that is a good thing.

I know there are networks that can cid video as well as audio, at least you can recover some revenue from that approach. As for other sites, it will cost more in legal work trying to fight them than just trying to email them and reason with them. Heck, try a different approach and email these guys and say you noticed their use, and if they are interested in licensing more work from you legally they should feel free to reach you. Even if you had the money to sue these guys, it will cost you even more money trying to audit the loss and collect on any judgements. so you have to roll with the punches and figure out how to make it work for you. At least you have a lead of a potential licensor, who knows he might say ...hey ..that's a great idea ...200 dollars for the same shot at night ? ok ?

I can look at my tracks on pirate sites as a loss or free marketing, I ultimately have to say thanks for the love to find peace with it. It's just how business is these days.

repurpose their actions #alchemy lol

what i do is make a playlist of people who use my music in videos to promote them as a thank you for their support ...so in my world it's a good thing and we all help each other. My music helps you make better content, i help promote your video and my music, you help me recover my losses from pirated downloads. win / win
 
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