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This isn't a legal copyright claim, it's a "YouTube" copyright claim which is entirely owned and enforced by YouTube.

>>Rodeoc+(OP)
OK but then we're just talking about content moderation, which seems like a separate issue. I think using "YouTube copyright claim" as a proxy for "legal copyright claim" is more to the parent's point, especially since that's how YouTube purports the claim to work. Otherwise it feels irrelevant.

>>insani+z
Copyright claims are a form of content moderation, by preventing reuse of content that others own.

But it can still be weaponized to prevent legitimate resubmissions of parallel works, that can potentially deplatform legitimate users, depending on the reviewer and the clarity of the rebuttal.

>>insani+z
YouTube does this moderation in order to avoid legal pressure from copyright holders, as in

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viacom_International_Inc._v.....