Having spent the better part of a year on a project (which is done), I’ve been a faithful reader but apathetic contributor.. partly because I haven’t had anything catch my attention (other than $1.5T evaporating from the market – something for another post) long enough to spur those creative urges.. but honestly I’ve been fairly lazy.. 

With that.. UMG, Universal Music Group, is taking my “views” off of YouTube! They’re not asking, they’re telling (email below from yesterday)..

 

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Dear Sean, 

Your video “The Tree is Gone” has been identified by YouTube’s Content Identification program as containing copyrighted content which UMG claims is theirs.

Your video “The Tree is Gone” is still available because UMG does not object to this content appearing on YouTube at this time. As long as UMG has a claim on your video, they will receive public statistics about your video, such as number of views. Viewers may also see advertising on your video’s page.

Claim Details:

Copyright owner: UMG
Content claimed: Some or all of the audio content
Policy: Allow this content to remain on YouTube.       

  • Place advertisements on this video’s watch page.

Applies to these locations:
United States

UMG claimed this content as a part of the YouTube Content Identification program. YouTube allows partners to review YouTube videos for content to which they own the rights. Partners may use our automated video / audio matching system to identify their content, or they may manually review videos.

If you believe that this claim was made in error, or that you are otherwise authorized to use the content at issue, you can dispute this claim with UMG and view other options in the Video ID Matches section of your YouTube account. Please note that YouTube does not mediate copyright disputes between content owners. Learn more about video identification disputes.

Sincerely,

The YouTube Content Identification Team

Some time ago, I put together some family videos with background music for the “rents” in Florida, and one in particular was about a 100-yr old oak tree that died in the backyard of the in-laws and had to be cut down.. So I filmed the “execution” with my background Read more