YouTuber gets copy striked for using his own voice SmellyOctopus, YouTube \/ Public Domain PicturesA YouTuber by the name of \u2018SmellyOctopus\u2019 is just the latest case in a string of YouTubers having their own content claimed on grounds of copyright infringement \u2013 this time, for using his own voice. SmellyOctopus posted a video to Twitter on January 8, which showed a claim on his nine-minute livestream from a company called \u2018CD Baby\u2019 for allegedly using content owned by music label \u2018Global Publishers Canada, Inc.\u2019 Here\u2019s the catch; the YouTuber was using the stream as a means to test his audio equipment, meaning that his voice marked the only audio throughout the entirety of the broadcast. So apparently your voice can be copyright claimed on YouTube. I was testing my mic filters on a private stream and after I was done it got claimed by CD Baby. Really @YouTube @TeamYouTube pic.twitter.com\/k7EwoPGwSn\u2014 SmellyOctopus (@SmellyOctopus) January 8, 2019 Additionally, both the stream and the subsequent automatic upload of the video were marked as \u2018private,\u2019 leading to understandable frustration from the YouTuber. \u201cYou hear that?\u201d SmellyOctopus said of the offending segment. \u201cThat\u2019s my voice. \u2026so, apparently, \u2018CD Baby\u2019 owns the right to my voice. I should probably get that fixed, or, YouTube needs to fix their shit.\u201d This isn\u2019t the first time a YouTuber\u2019s original content has been claimed on copyright grounds, either; popular YouTuber and music artist \u2018TheFatRat\u2019 had his own song stricken from the platform by a user named \u2018Ramjets,\u2019 due to a bootleg of the track that had been remixed by another artist. \u2018TheFatRat\u2019 noted that \u2018Ramjets\u2019 had little to no contact information, leading to a frustrating wild goose chase in an attempt to release the claim. Although YouTube eventually settled the issue, other YouTubers have since expressed mass dissatisfaction with the site\u2019s copyright system, calling for a change to the algorithm \u2013 which ultimately favors the claimant over the creator. YouTube has since explained the strike against SmellyOctopus\u2019s video as a mistake with the system\u2019s Content ID tool, stating that CD Baby has released the claim. To clarify, this isn’t something that CD Baby initiated \u2014 this was a mistake with the Content ID matching tool. As soon as they were made aware of the claim, they released it. \u2014 Team YouTube (@TeamYouTube) January 10, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
YouTuber gets copy striked for using his own voice SmellyOctopus, YouTube \/ Public Domain PicturesA YouTuber by the name of \u2018SmellyOctopus\u2019 is just the latest case in a string of YouTubers having their own content claimed on grounds of copyright infringement \u2013 this time, for using his own voice. SmellyOctopus posted a video to Twitter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}