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Copyright Deadlock (The Jimquisition)

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What it is

A Jimquisition episode by Jim Sterling demonstrating the Copyright Deadlock, where a video includes footage owned by several companies so that competing YouTube Content ID claims cancel each other out. It highlights how absurd the system is.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as the clearest explanation of how broken Content ID is and of the deadlock trick for defeating forced monetization.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Jim Sterling has done a brilliant job at explaining how broken the YouTube Content ID system is”

    Explains how broken Content ID is and how to avoid it.

    dessant, 2018-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Can Beethoven send takedown requests?”

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Topics: content id, copyright, demonetization, youtube, jim sterling

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