Youtube and copyrighted music on videos

[~kev~]

Youtube has been cracking down on copyrighted music, and its getting worse.

On one of my videos I used a 10 second click from Bach, and some music site filed a complaint with youtube. Bach is in the public domain, he has been dead over 200 years. The sound track had been downloaded off of limewire, so I do not know "exactly" who made the song. I do not know why that website thinks that they owned that song when it is so popular. And, anyone can use the original musical score to make the song.

I started to file an objection to the copyright claim, but if I did, and youtube decided against me, my account would be deleted. So I just deleted the 3 videos. I still have the original video clips, I will just remake the video without the music.

If this had been a Creed, or Metalica song it would not have any big deal. But anyone can take the original Bachs music and make their own songs from it. So how did that site "know" that they had made the 10 second clip I used?

How it was going to work, those videos were getting hundreds of views. By filing a copyright claim, that site could put a banner next to my video. In other words, that site bullied youtube into putting one of their banners next to my video because of 10 seconds of a 200+ year old musical score.

I have no problem with copyright issues. But when it comes to a song that the company can not prove they made, then I have a problem.

[glenvarun]

yeah some companies are damn selfish according to me.
Making money is their sole motto

[Rick]

Well, that is weird. Bach is in the public domain, as you stated, and the website nor Youtube can claim to own it. As well, it is legally permitted to play less than 30 seconds or 10% of any copyrighted song, whichever is less. That just doesn't make sense why Youtube would do this.