Youtube’s sweeping copyright policy changes continue to cause issues, now indie developers are finding that Content ID claims are being issued on uploaded trailers based on songs that they created themselves.
Thomas Was Alone developer Mike Bithell took issue with Indmusic, one company making these claims.
@indmusic hey, guys, you have zero ownership of footage of my game, Thomas Was Alone. Stop demanding monetization of videos of it.
— Mike Bithell (@mikeBithell) December 17, 2013Bithell’s frustration was echoed by fellow indie developers Rami Ismail and Terry Cavanagh.
Basically, if you make music for games, @indmusic and @TuneCore might be """"services"""" you want to avoid.
— Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) December 18, 2013Uh, I'm sorry, WHAT? Apparently my own video trailer of VVVVVV has a copyright claim against it? pic.twitter.com/sQfGyBBpxg
— Terry (@terrycavanagh) December 17, 2013As of yet there has been no official response from Indmusic or TuneCore, the two companies making the sweeping Content ID claims. Youtube have responded to concerns from content creators about the new rules in an email that was posted by Kotaku, but seem unwilling to acknowledge the complaints levelled against their new policies.
