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Re:YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos by ThrustVectoring on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @07:33PM (#48302235)
Even if the courts won't uphold the copyright, that doesn't prevent people from claiming your videos and initiating YouTube's copyright process against you. This is a recurring problem for people who upload their own original performances of public-domain compositions, particularly solo piano.
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Re:YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos by anigbrowl on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @09:54PM (#48303401)
Indeed. False copyright claims should be illegal, they're an invitation to fraud.
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Re:YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos by tardedmeme on Thursday May 28, 2026 @07:19AM (#48307391)
What if you claim it first against them? You wouldn't be punished for a false claim, since they're not.
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Re:YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos by ThrustVectoring on Thursday May 28, 2026 @02:04PM (#48312962)
uhh, no

Reasonable people can believe they have a legitimate ownership right when they petition YouTube for copyright enforcement for AI-generated work. The courts might eventually disagree, but that's a different thing than knowingly making a fraudulent misrepresentations to YouTube for financial benefit. This difference makes the proposed behavior criminal fraud. I highly recommend not risking twenty years of prison time for like maybe a couple hundred dollars in ad revenue.

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Re:YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos by tardedmeme on Thursday May 28, 2026 @04:16PM (#48314832)
It's not knowing misrepresentation. You AI-generated the same video, so how were you to know it wasn't yours? Just don't show them this HN thread.

Besides, nobody's actually checking

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