This is a complicated question, but basically you have a less than one in one million chance of having a problem disputing this, and if you have permission, you should dispute it. Keep your dispute short, and just say you have permission, End of story. Pay zero attention to the fact that the matched bit is something different, it could be random. How many of these do I get in one year? I get about 250 in one year. Most of these are false matches.
Suppose they file a DMCA claim? They won't, but if they do you can take the video down, or file a counter claim. dt ________________________________ From: WALSH STUART <[email protected]> To: lutelist Net <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 8:04 AM Subject: [LUTE] youtube copyright conundrum! Any advice? No doubt it's all my fault - but this is a strange case. I uploaded a video to youtube yesterday and I got a notification: "Matched third-party content". That's not the really odd bit though. The video I uploaded was a modern piece and I've done similar before and in the description I have written the publication and the date. But yesterday, perhaps in a senior moment, I also included the publisher, OUP. As it was uploading I got a notification that it was taking longer than normal. I thought something was odd and deleted the reference to OUP - but, perhaps too late. On the other hand it's also possible that notification of "Matched third-party content" is not connected at all to my including OUP in the description. If I click on "Matched third-party content" I get this screen: http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/Untitled-1.jpg So my video 'may include a song owned by a third party' and one or more music publishing societies may administer the rights. But the really, really odd thing is that youtube is very clear at the point in the video in which the 'matched content' starts...15 seconds in... not from the beginning. But I am playing from the very start of the video and after 15 seconds I've got to bar 12. So the first 15 bars of Howard Skempton's Prelude 5 from Images is not 'matched content' but after 15 seconds, for an unspecified amount of time, it is. I now have two options: to dispute or acknowledge this. (And I don't know what 'acknowledge' amounts to) I contacted Howard Skempton, who seems to be a sporting chap and doesn't mind me having a crack at his pieces on a lute, and told him about this. He strongly urged me to dispute the matter. If I choose to dispute it, I get this screen: http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/Untitled-2.jpg There are seven options and the first three tell me that they are not valid and the 'acknowledge' button is inviting me to press it. Howard Skempton tells me that OUP hold the rights. I haven't got a licence or permission from OUP (just as hundreds of thousands of others on youtube who are playing music from books they have - or haven't - bought). Fair enough, I reluctantly suppose, OUP are the holders of the rights of the score and I haven't got specific permission from OUP (even though the actual composer is fine about it and I played the piece and took the photo). But what does 'acknowledge' mean? And what about the first 15 seconds? Could this possibly be some sort of scam? If I click 'acknowledge' do adverts start appearing and the minute amount of money start flowing - or trickling - to some dodgy copyright corporation? Stuart --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
