[00:00] Welcome to Copyright School. Getting a&nbsp; copyright strike can be a stressful experience,&nbsp;&nbsp; but you’re in the right place. When you&nbsp; successfully complete Copyright School:&nbsp; Strike(s) applied against you, as long as you have&nbsp; fewer than three active strikes, will expire after&nbsp;&nbsp;
[00:14] 90 days from the time they were issued; and You should leave with a deeper understanding&nbsp;&nbsp; of how copyright works on YouTube, helping&nbsp; you avoid copyright strikes in the future Copyright gives the creator of an original&nbsp; work certain exclusive rights to determine&nbsp;&nbsp;
[00:27] how their work can be reproduced, modified,&nbsp; performed, displayed, or distributed. That&nbsp;&nbsp; typically means you can’t use someone else’s&nbsp; videos, music or other copyrighted work in&nbsp;&nbsp; your videos without permission, unless an&nbsp; exception to copyright such as fair use,&nbsp;&nbsp;
[00:41] applies. Simply crediting the owner or&nbsp; using disclaimers like "all rights go to&nbsp;&nbsp; the author" doesn't automatically grant&nbsp; permission to use copyrighted content. YouTube responds to allegations of copyright&nbsp; infringement when we’re properly notified about&nbsp;&nbsp;
[00:54] it. We take abuse of copyright holders’&nbsp; rights very seriously and have processes&nbsp;&nbsp; in place to handle these claims.. When a&nbsp; copyright removal request is submitted,&nbsp;&nbsp; we review it – then if we determine that&nbsp; it appears valid, we remove the material&nbsp;&nbsp;
[01:06] from YouTube (and issue a strike). If we detect&nbsp; fraud or abuse, we may take corrective action.&nbsp;&nbsp; This can include issuing warnings, terminating&nbsp; accounts, or pursuing further legal action. In Copyright School, you’ll see a sequence of&nbsp; four situations designed to help you explore&nbsp;&nbsp;
[01:21] how copyright works on YouTube. We'll&nbsp; break down the basics, bust common myths,&nbsp;&nbsp; and explain what happens when copyright&nbsp; issues arise. After you answer each question,&nbsp;&nbsp; you’ll get feedback and a helpful explanation&nbsp; of the correct answer. Explore all the options&nbsp;&nbsp;
[01:35] to find the right answer- wrong answers don’t&nbsp; count against you. The most important thing is&nbsp;&nbsp; that you attempt all of the questions, and pay&nbsp; attention to the feedback. Make sure to read&nbsp;&nbsp; through all four examples to complete Copyright&nbsp; School. If you close out before you complete it,&nbsp;&nbsp;
[01:49] After completing Copyright School&nbsp; if you still believe your video&nbsp;&nbsp; was taken down unfairly or by mistake or&nbsp; misidentification, you have a few options:
[02:01] You or someone representing you can reach out&nbsp; to the claimant and ask for a retraction. Their&nbsp;&nbsp; contact information should be available&nbsp; in the copyright notice and in YouTube&nbsp;&nbsp; Studio. Keep in mind that they may ask for&nbsp; compensation or may not respond at all.&nbsp;
[02:14] Or, If you believe the content was removed by&nbsp; mistake or misidentification, such as because&nbsp;&nbsp; your use was licensed or your use falls under a&nbsp; valid exception to copyright, such as fair use,&nbsp;&nbsp; you or someone representing you can file a legal&nbsp; notice known as a counter notification. This is a&nbsp;&nbsp;
[02:29] legal request for YouTube to reinstate content&nbsp; that was removed due to a copyright removal&nbsp;&nbsp; request. Be sure to include valid reasons for why&nbsp; you believe the copyright removal was unjustified.&nbsp;&nbsp; YouTube does not determine ownership or mediate&nbsp; on behalf of uploaders or content owners.
[02:45] Remember, by finishing Copyright School, you're&nbsp; not just taking the first step to get your strike&nbsp;&nbsp; removed. You’re also supplying yourself with&nbsp; the knowledge to protect your channel from&nbsp;&nbsp; future strikes, so you can keep creating&nbsp; with confidence. Now, let’s get started.