Bungie has reacted swiftly to an onslaught of Destiny 2 YouTube copyright strikes which have impacted many creators on the platform, together with Bungie itself. One outstanding creator referred to as Aztecross who was dealing with two copyright strikes, and thus was one strike away from his channel being eliminated solely, had them cleared.
Bungie’s present progress on Future 2 copyright takedowns
Simply woke as much as see each copyright strikes have been taken down and eliminated HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— Aztecross (@Aztecross) March 21, 2022
Copyright takedowns throughout all Future creators on YouTube have been reported over final week, affecting Promethean and Breshi, two channels that archive music, in addition to the nicknamed Lore Daddy. Since then, each Promethean and Breshi have needed to take away quite a few Future 2 movies, and Lore Daddy needed to delete a number of tweets that implicated Bungie because the offender behind the takedowns. It’s typical that the writer or developer requests YouTube at hand out the strikes on its behalf.
Nonetheless, most of the YouTube movies given strikes adopted the guidelines set by Bungie, which asks creators who monetize content material to provide movies with no less than 20% unique content material. Whereas many blamed CSC, an affiliate associate of Bungie, the developer clarified the state of affairs in a press release on Twitter:
We’re conscious of a collection of copyright takedowns on YouTube and we’re actively investigation. This consists of content material on our personal Bungie channels.
These actions are NOT being taken on the request of Bungie or our companions. Please standby for future updates.
It’s presently unclear who’s at fault for the copyright takedowns up to now, however it does expose the vulnerability of YouTube’s automated system. It too simply permits unverified third events to aim nefarious takedowns by pretending to be a specific firm or performing on the corporate’s behalf. That is carried out mainly to eliminate potential competitors by attacking the earnings of different channels.
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