What if I state that "no copyright infringement is intended"? If you don't have permission to use copyright-protected work, your content could still be removed even if: You gave credit to the copyright holder. When giving permission to use their …

The Your Europe website has some helpful information and links about copyright in European Union countries/territories. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has a list of international intellectual property and copyright offices …

Any amount of copyright-protected content used without permission from the copyright owner(s), even if it’s just a few seconds, may result in your video getting a copyright claim. If you believe your use of the content qualifies as a copyright exception, such as fair use or fair dealing, keep in mind that only Courts can make that determination.

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In addition, copyright owners may choose to sue for infringement. In the U.S., copyright infringement may result in statutory damages of up to $150,000 per work infringed and, in some cases, criminal penalties. I notified Google of a page that infringed my copyright and it was removed, but I just received an email saying it may be reinstated.

Submitting a copyright removal request is a legal process. For more info on removal requests, including what happens after you submit a removal request, go to our overview of the copyright removal request process. Prepare a copyright removal request. Before you submit a copyright removal request, you need to consider the following:

Note: Before you review your matches, keep in mind that just because we’ve found a matching video doesn’t mean it's infringing on your copyright. It's your responsibility to review each match and consider whether fair use, fair dealing, or a similar copyright exception applies.

If you get a copyright strike, it means that a copyright owner submitted a legal copyright removal request for using their copyright-protected content. When a copyright removal request is submitted to us, we review it. If the removal request is valid, we have to remove your video from YouTube to comply with copyright law.

All live streams are scanned for matches to third-party content, including copyrighted content in the form of another live broadcast.

Review the Video copyright details page, which shows more info on the content identified in the removal request. If other videos were removed and belong to the same copyright strike, make sure you review the Video copyright details page for the other videos, too. If you believe multiple videos were incorrectly removed, you can submit one ...