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YouTube finally bowed to the pressure and overhauled their broken DMCA reporting process. These corporate cowards ignored us for far too long but they could not hide from the 160 of you who refused to be silent. Stay sharp because we will be watching to ensure they actually follow through …

December 7, 2009

Improve or rebuild YouTube DMCA filing system!

Improve or rebuild YouTube DMCA filing system!

🏆 Won — 157 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 16 years, 9 months ago
Target: Head office of YouTube Too many users on YouTube have been given false DMCA complaints and their accounts have been either suspended or terminated as the result of that. The sad part about this is that the DMCA system doesn't ask for evidence from the user making the complaint. To make it worse, filing false DMCAs is a weapon used by users as a form of censorship because their views and opinions are different than other people's. You can help end the cycle of abuse in the DMCA system. Please send a letter to the head office of YouTube, asking for improvement of the DMCA system and make it harder for users to make false DMCA complaints. Let's work together to tell YouTube and the users making false DMCAs that enough is enough.

Updates

November 21, 2009

YouTube is still hiding behind automated systems while actual creators lose their livelihoods to these fraudulent claims. I am tired of waiting for them to acknowledge the damage they are causing with this broken process. We need to keep pressure on their head office until they finally take responsibility for this weaponized censorship.

November 21, 2009

The massive surge in support proves that we are fed up with YouTube letting bad actors weaponize their pathetic DMCA system to silence creators. This momentum is a direct threat to their negligence and we are finally forcing them to notice the havoc they have allowed.

Reached 100 supporters

November 21, 2009

6 Comments

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Sarah Frost
16 years ago Featured

ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. People are losing their livelihoods because of vindictive trolls. Youtube needs to actually look at the claims before nuking a channel.

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Emily Guerrero
16 years ago Featured

tired of seeing my favorite creators disappear like this. stop letting people weaponize copyright claims to silence others.

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Mike Olsen
16 years ago Featured

My channel got hit twice for stuff I own. Fix this broken system already it is a total joke.

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David Guerrero
16 years ago Featured

guilty until proven innocent is the youtube model now. fix it.

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Jason Moore
16 years ago Featured

its way too easy to abuse this system. companies and random people are just taking down videos they dont like even when it falls under fair use.

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Kevin Aguilar
16 years ago Featured

It is crazy that a bot decides who stays on the platform. Get some humans to review these claims please.