alt Hacker NewsEven if the courts won't uphold the copyright, that doesn't prevent people from claiming your videos and initiating YouTube's copyright process against you. This is a recurring problem for people who upload their own original performances of public-domain compositions, particularly solo piano.
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tardedmeme • today at 11:19 AM
What if you claim it first against them? You wouldn't be punished for a false claim, since they're not.
Indeed. False copyright claims should be illegal, they're an invitation to fraud.