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Re:YouTube’s Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blender Video... by ucaetano on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @01:40PM (#17348703)
> some simple common sense controls on what levels of certainty are required to take down a video

This is solved already, but there will always be false positives.

What isn't solved, and likely never will be, is copyright.

But it seems that the issue isn't due to content ID, but contractual issues.

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Re:YouTube’s Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blender Video... by MrStonedOne on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @02:31PM (#17349152)
Ya, youtube is obucating this, but it seems they are changing the terms to force monetization on certain kinds of content where they never did before. As in, force the creator to take a cut (as well as enable more ads to be shown.)

It seems like an odd play, increase supply of ad slots while dealing with a demand decrease from random companies dropping ads during drama. They must have signed some kind of deal recently.

If they are trying to increase the ad slot supply expect actions against ad blockers to come next.

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