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Gaming channel striked for using game footage

I've been struggling with a company trying to bury my channel. For a while I was able to make content regarding a game without issue, but I spoke critically on the last few updates because of a lack of transparency and they've been actively trying to get my channel deleted since.

I deleted all my videos (almost 1000) with game footage and now only videos with just my face remain but somehow they are striking those videos too. Each time my video gets taken down for 10 days and I need to send them my address to get it appealed. They're circumventing the appeal by creating new emails and striking me again under a new account.

So I'm in this weird state where they aren't suing me, but also are sending bogus strikes on content that doesn't even contain any game footage or even mention their company name or game at all.

I'm trying to get TeamYoutubes attention on this on X because I have been unable to contact them via email or through any forms as they're mainly dedicated to larger channels:

X post to get YouTube to investigate: https://x.com/AbirRS3/status/2073059851953901981

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u/Careful_Put_1924 — 4 days ago
▲ 2 r/youtubegaming+2 crossposts

YouTube Copyright Strikes Being Used As A Weapon

There's a loophole in the copyright system that is being absolutely abused against me and I am unsure how to proceed here. Long story short, I used to make videos for a korean game (mmorpg) and have been critical regarding some of the predatory practices. For context this company netted around $30m USD last year in sales, they aren't small by any means.

The CEO got personally offended by my videos and started sending copyright strikes. At first it was on videos that have game footage and by the time I got a second strike I wiped/deleted all my videos that had any game footage and only kept the ones that strictly have my face and nothing else.

Eventually they copyright striked videos of just my face for even mentioning their name/game which I sent a counter notification for. I had to basically dox myself by sending them my address, identity, etc in order to send this counter strike. They now had 10 days to file a legal claim against me in my Jurisdiction (Canada), in order enforce the deletion of my channel. Of course, they didn't and their ability to copyright strike me should've just ended there...

So now I am strictly making videos of just my face, not mentioning their game, their company name, nothing. They made a new youtube account under a new email and copyright striked my videos again claiming I am using their content in my entire video. This is problematic because anytime I upload a video they strike it and it gets taken down for 10 days and each time I've having to doxx myself to appeal.

YouTube has 0 verification in actually reviewing whether the footage/transcript even contains a single pixel or word mentioning the game or their company name. I'm basically in this loop now until they stop striking, or I let youtube delete my channel or they file a lawsuit against me...

Full video (Probably will get striked soon too): https://youtu.be/w7RWr-2xCIg

u/Careful_Put_1924 — 4 days ago