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> I got annoyed and disputed them all and as of yesterday the claims have all been released. What a pain.

And from what I've seen, YouTube allows Content ID to automatically claim any and all "infringing" content, but the people who post the claimed videos must dispute each one individually.

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Obviously, the primary goal is to make big copyright owners happy.

Sure, but I don't think it's about companies like Google doing their buddies a favor. It's more about not wanting to fight complex and uncertain legal battles with companies that have large and well-funded legal departments. Very few of us would be above that.

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