Youtube Copyright Claim

[GitGudGlen]

Currently if you try to upload your gameplay to Youtube a company called SourceAudio Holdings will claim your video and take all revenue for 1 minute of mostly silence and then a record player playing for 3 seconds.

Video title: Affected: The Manor VR Game Review
Copyrighted content: DPA DRONE Dense Edginess DP
Claimed by: SourceAudio Holdings (masters)

[Fallen Planet Studios]

Hello, thank you for your message and thanks for bringing this to our attention. We'll endeavor to speak to SourceAudio Holdings and get this cleared up as quickly as possible. Kind regards, Kathy

[Fallen Planet Studios]

Hi again, we reached out to SourceAudio Holdings and this is the statement they gave us:

"You can tell your users to disregard any messages! YouTube isn't blocking the videos at all, and the videos would still remain up and active. They just have what YouTube refers to as a "claim" on the video because YouTube recognizes our client's music in it for monetization purposes. A lot of times video uploaders don't understand the wording YouTube uses and thinks that they are in trouble or something."

[GitGudGlen]

Who's going to bother making a youtube video about the game if this company is going to take 100% of the revenue for 3 seconds of a song?

[Fallen Planet Studios]

Hi again, I entirely understand your point and appreciate your frustration. As this is the first time we have heard of this issue we reached out to the company involved for an explanation and they provided one. As we are unable to see what uploaders can see there is little we as developers can do at this stage. Might I recommend reaching out directly to the company concerned so they can shed more light on the situation for you? As we used any samples completely legally and in line with copyright laws there is no basis for their claims on our part and it appears this is an issue between YouTube users, YouTube and the company involved. I hope you are able to find a satisfactory solution with YouTube and if you can give us any more information we would be keen to hear it so we can update any other YouTube users who come across this issue going forward. Thank you again for your diligence in bringing this to our attention.

[Kegfarms]

Would be Fair Use so that's a false DMCA claim.

[mjhcsta]

As as content creator i think this is ridiculous...you could as easily tell Source audio to drop all claims and resolve this asap for all creators suffering from these ongoing issues...this is bad PR and has changed my mind in purchasing this game...Also no Steam Sale discount

[Fallen Planet Studios]

Originally posted by csta:

As as content creator i think this is ridiculous...you could as easily tell Source audio to drop all claims and resolve this asap for all creators suffering from these ongoing issues...this is bad PR and has changed my mind in purchasing this game...Also no Steam Sale discount

Hi csta, thanks for your message. As the creators of the AFFECTED: The Manor, unfortunately, there is nothing we can do in this instance. The issue here is between YouTube users and SourceAudio Holdings, who have themselves admitted there is no substance in their claims and that they should be ignored. As we have just launched on Oculus Quest we were unable to partake in a Steam sale recently, although we will in future. This will likely be on the new updated version of The Manor we will be pushing to Steam in the coming months, so you'll be able to try out the new version with enhanced graphics and new levels of interactivity. I hope that clears things up :)

[Drake Le]

I just had same issue, here is the details, so is there anyway that I can dispute this?
Copyright owners
WMG, UMG
On behalf of: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

[Kegfarms]

Originally posted by Drake Le:

I just had same issue, here is the details, so is there anyway that I can dispute this?
Copyright owners
WMG, UMG
On behalf of: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Fair Use. Even if you don't live in America Youtube is owned by an American company.