Famous musician had his channel deleted by YouTube because he was suspected of plagiarizing... his own music 0
Yesterday, May 12, the user community as well as content creators on YouTube were in chaos when TheFatRat’s channel was deleted along with all accompanying music videos.
If you don’t know, with 3.6 million subscribers and more than 700 million views on YouTube, Christian Friedrich Johannes Büttner, also known by his nickname TheFatRat, is a talented musician, highly respected in the music industry.
The incident was initially discovered by fans who regularly watch this video channel.
According to the announcement on Twitter as well as personal Facebook later, TheFatRat said: `YouTube has suspended my channel, with 3.6 million subscribers, without any explanation or warning. And clearly
A large number of users on social networks, followers of TheFatRat’s YouTube channel as well as many other famous YouTubers and a number of figures in the music industry simultaneously spoke out to reflect the incident in the media.
After nearly a day, TheFatRat’s YouTube channel was restored by the system and returned online.
The tweet he wrote on the morning of September 13 read: `Finally received notification that my channel is back. It was a difficult day and a sleepless night. But it also warms my heart to see all the
However, this incident still makes many people concerned and hesitant about the way YouTube is managing its platform.
In December 2018, he received a copyright warning from this platform because… someone accused him of illegally using songs, when in fact he is the one with the full rights to the music products created by him.
Obviously, what happened twice with TheFatRat will make other clean content creators on YouTube wary that they could disappear from this major video platform at any time.
The most famous YouTuber in the world, PewDiePie, has also repeatedly spoken out about YouTube’s copyright handling mechanism, which has many loopholes and confusion, and even threatened to delete his channel to protest this issue.
Not only famous YouTubers, but also many other large and small YouTubers in the world and in Vietnam, feel uncomfortable and even `powerless` with YouTube’s copyright content censorship system recently.
According to technology experts as well as those working in the field of social media, 2019 will be a difficult year for YouTube.
In fact, YouTube videos can be extremely profitable, not only for YouTube but also for content creators.
But users’ advertising dollars will be lost if they are sued for copyright infringement, have the video removed, or YouTube redirects revenue to copyright holders.
Specifically, YouTube’s Content ID technology allows certain users (for example, those with large proprietary content libraries such as music production companies) to scan content each time a user uploads to the system.
Plus, in the US, the DMCA copyright law exists to protect YouTube, not the content creator.
Of course, YouTube has tried to improve its copyright policies and Content ID system to deal with past incidents.
