A copyright claim
is issued when you’ve uploaded something that you do not own the
copyright to. There are 3 important variations these claims come in
- The copyright holder can monetize your video. This means that ads will be played on your video and paid to the rights holder.
- The copyright holder can block your video in certain territories, countries or block it worldwide. This means your video won’t be able to be viewed in any blocked locations.
- The copyright holder may choose to do nothing
Copyright
claims only apply to the videos in question and have no major effect on
your channel – you don’t have to be scared of them.
A copyright strike
is issued when you’ve uploaded something that you do not own the
copyright to – the big difference here is that the copyright holder
chooses to remove your video from YouTube.
This means nobody can monetize it and it’s blocked everywhere.
In
addition to that, you also may lose access to some features on your
YouTube account and your account will no longer be in good standing.
These are some of the features you could have revoked:
- Monetisation – You won’t be able to monetize your videos.
- Longer Videos – You won’t be able to upload videos longer than 15 minutes.
- Live streaming – You won’t be able to live stream from your account.
Also,
If you get 3 copyright strikes your channel will be terminated and
you’ll be banned from creating another youtube channel, but copyright
strikes expire after 6 months.
