Copyright Claims are not for censorship
can be a lawless place at times; the comments section is a feeding ground for trolls and thumbnails are unpoliced, for example. But one thing that takes very seriously is copyright, so much so that videos are taken down immediately when copyright infringement is even hinted at.But it’s not without its flaws, as many who upload to YouTube can attest to. Some videos will be declined monetisation, while others from the same users will be approved. Similarly, there are notable cases of the automated system getting it wrong, such as the removal of a video clip where the only background sound was a bird song. And, as recent events have shown, it can be open to abuse.A number of weeks ago, a prolific YouTuber who critiques videogames known as , reviewed a game called . It was a game with a number of glaring issues and these were reflected in his video review, a review which was made possible as the developer gave him a code for the game. His video was later taken down from YouTube because it was flagged for copyright by the developer, .After a firestorm of negative publicity, Wild Games Studio issued a statement that said that the right to monetisation was not agreed upon and that “Total Biscuit has no right to make advertising revenues with our license.” Many weren’t so sure, and Total Biscuit called them out on it in his own video that details the process that he went through and the communications between the two parties. Unfortunately, it looks for all intents and purposes as though the studio simply wanted to silence the criticism that its game was receiving.
