YouTube Launches Service To Curb Video Copying In The Platform
YouTube, the biggest video sharing platform on the planet is in crisis. Creator’s videos are being copied and recycled without their permission or knowledge, and that is taking a toll on the websites privacy agreement.
Many creators depend on YouTube for the monetization of their videos, and if their videos are being copied and shared, then that would affect that too.
But YouTube is about to share all that. The company is rolling out a new tool that notifies if a video is copied and used, and will also notify the administrator or creator of that channel. Once notified, the creator can take action against that video, channel or creator who copied the video.
Though this service would be able to scan copied videos, it would not be able to detect extracts from a line. This service termed Copyright Match would be launched for creators who have minimum subscribers of 100,000 first and then would be rolled to other accounts through the following months.
Service
So, how does this service actually work? Well, the creator should post an unplagiarized, original content online. Once that is done, YouTube scans the video and then scans the whole platform after a while to see if someone has copied it or not.
This new service also means the death of all the other smaller accounts that steal others videos and post it in their channel. This also boosts up the credibility of the company, as it has recently been under fire for various reasons, and YouTube must climb out of the ditch.
Recently, various issues like inappropriate videos, copyright issues and the lot have been pushed towards the company, and presently the company is looking for ways to get its reputation back. YouTube already has a feature called Content ID that allows right holders to scan and find others who use their images and music.
If they have used it with the right permission, the particular image or song is shown in the description. YouTube hopes to curb the growing trend of copying videos on the platform as it does not help in the credibility of the website.
Benefits
Hitting the search box and finding multiple channels with the same video can be pretty frustrating. And very soon, we can hope to see just one single video from the original channel. And when that happens, creators will get the deserved recognition, and videos, only original videos would be shared and viewed.
YouTube must also fight against Instagram too, as the photo-sharing platform has recently launched IGTV, a video sharing platform that is focused only on creators, and YouTube is going towards that direction to help out creators. With all these steps that the company is taking, one thing is sure. YouTube is here to stay.
