In a rather wearying turn of events, I've had to re-upload my Blassreiter review from a couple of weeks back.
Here's a tale of intrigue:
We know that Youtube's copyright claim system is a bit of a pain. But something bizarre happened today that unearthed a rather unsavoury side to it.
During the making of my Captain Harlock review, which was posted this morning, I had to re-edit it several times to dodge repeated third party matched content claims by an entity calling itself yam112003 Endemol. More on these jokers later.
Each claim was rather bizarre. I'd had an issue with my Sky Crawlers review previously where Sony Pictures had claimed large chunks of the footage used through the Content ID system, which refused me the option of monetising that video until I pared it back to static images and a commentary. This time, though, yam112003 Endemol had claimed some very random material. And by making a third party matched content claim, it meant that IMMEDIATELY, they would benefit from monetisation on that video instead of me.
After three attempts, my video finally posted unflagged. And after being posted publicly, something very curious happened. My Captain Harlock video earned an instant 'dislike'. Initially, I thought nothing of this. Because Youtube dislikes mean NOTHING. But at the same time, I noticed a fresh third party matched content claim on my two-weeks-old Blassreiter review.
I'm making a huge assumption here, but it feels as if the two are somehow connected. Especially given the timeframe.
My solution has been to remove the Blassreiter video from public review and dispute the claim. I've also replaced the claimed material - which, amusingly enough, contained original graphics that I had created for the video, and re-uploaded it.
I've taken this matter up with Youtube. And let me tell you, this is gonna be a FUN conversation.