r/fairuseoforphanworks

I wanted to share my experience and see if anyone has gone through something similar. Over a year ago, I received 7 copyright strikes (around the same short time) that ultimately lead to my YouTube account being terminated. At the time I believed a YouTube copyright message meant certain uses were permitted and I misunderstood the rules.

I’m not seeking to become a creator again. My goal is to simply be allowed back as a regular user for basic Youtube features and to participate in the community.

I’ve explained my story in full detail with evidence in the Twitter link - https://x.com/marktonna1/status/2069400624739795071?s=46

However, I understand that not everyone may feel comfortable using a link so I've made a short video that quickly shows the Main tweet and replies I made along with documented evidence.

https://reddit.com/link/1v4ngi0/video/rgjpl4coi8fh1/player

We all know the standard line on why 80s catalog titles disappear from streaming: music clearance rights for multi-label soundtracks (Rick Rubin, Def Jam, Slayer, The Bangles). But Less Than Zero presents a much darker corporate overlap.

Disney owns the 20th Century Fox library. Disney also pays Robert Downey Jr. astronomical sums to anchor their tentpole franchises. Less Than Zero features a raw, harrowing performance by RDJ playing a young man spiraling into crack addiction and debt—a role RDJ famously called "the ghost of Christmas future" regarding his own 90s struggles, to the point where he literally buried his movie wardrobe in his backyard to distance himself from it.

In modern IP management, how much of the "Orphan Works" problem is actually legal music gridlock, and how much is soft corporate suppression to protect the public image of high-value talent? Does the copyright owner have a financial incentive not to resolve the rights?