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Greetings,
I have started to make videos about 'Dirt Rally' for my youtube channel, it's a great game and I want to show it to the spanish community.
The problem is that all the content I upload to youtube showing gameplay and the replay is being mark with a claim of "visual content play match by codemastersgames".  I have been looking for at the codemasters blog and at this forum and I have partially found and answer but I have doubts about this particular game: Dirt Rally.
I found this post on the blog: http://blog.codemasters.com/codemasters-video-policy/
and this thread on the forum: http://forums.codemasters.com/discussion/337/youtube-gameplay-videos-and-monetization-official-statement
but is quite risky to reject the claim because google could easily close my channel or put a strike on it, if they feel to lazy to just check what codemasters have to say about youtube content about their games. There are a lot of hours of work behind it, so I would be very thankfull it Codemasters could tell us specifically what should we do with theese claims, I'm quite sure I'm not the only one with this problem.
Thank you for your time, hope we can sort this out. The other option is to send a message to codemasters email address.
 Happy Rallying to you all!
;) 

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Thank you for your answer. The problem is that I'm partnered with one of the networks that operates on youtube so if it counts as copyrighted content I should not published it, Our content should be original, and the kind of content I make is kind of 'semiprofessional' (something like independent press but way less formal)  and we earn revenue from the ads showed on our videos. If they're is a content claim we can't do that and it's quite unconfortable to have that kind of content even if you do acept the claim who knows what could happen later on.

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Chiches said:
Thank you for your answer. The problem is that I'm partnered with one of the networks that operates on youtube so if it counts as copyrighted content I should not published it, Our content should be original, and the kind of content I make is kind of 'semiprofessional' (something like independent press but way less formal)  and we earn revenue from the ads showed on our videos. If they're is a content claim we can't do that and it's quite unconfortable to have that kind of content even if you do acept the claim who knows what could happen later on.
Codemasters official line, as with most of the larger games developers and publishers, is that you cannot monetise videos made using their games.

EDIT; Ah, they've made some rather major changes to that policy.

Well then. In your case, there is absolutely no risk in to you in rejecting/countering the claim.
@justbiglee is the Codemasters community manager and has directed people to file a dispute multiple times in the thread you linked.
Just follow Codies own instructions and link to that page.

The only 'risk' in filing a counter-claim is if the other party actively pursues the content ID, which won't be the case based on Codies own current policy. The claim will either be ignored or released.
Google don't make those decisions purely on their own. Once a counter-claim is filed, it's up to the the claiming party to pursue and back-up their claim.
If they don't, then Google will release the claim.
This is a very familiar process to Youtubers, as a number of companies have set themselves up as content ID squatters, claiming content they have no rights to.

The content ID Codies are using right now exists only to stop people simply re-posting Codemasters own videos.

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Thank  you for your answer. I read the thread before but its from last year and about other games, I write a ticket to youtube suport and "WHO COULD HAVE GUESS" they write a generic dumb answer telling what is a claim and where can I review and reject them :/  That's why I consider a risky move to reject the claim, they just do not even read or care... I send them the link to the Codemasters Video Policy and I am sure that they have not even read the informatión I gave them.

I wrote an email to Codemasters telling them about the problem, they are my last hope of sorting this thing out. If not... well I guess I would abandon the video project I was working on and all the free advertisement for the game will go stratigh down the drain with it... It would be a pity because it's such a great game and I'm sure many people that follows my content will fall in love with the game righ away; but I could not risk the work of several years for this, I love the game but the price is too high. 
Thank yout for your answers BrySkye and RodgerDavies, I will post any news I get just in case it helps other players.
Happy Rallying! ;)

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Codemasters have made it very clear that they can't review cases on a one-to-one basis, they don't have the man-power for that and you're basically asking for special treatment. They can't really do anything  to help you unless you dispute it anyway, since that will put it into the system for them to release the claim.

Their policy is right there that you should just dispute the claim, which is not a risky thing to do at all.
I've had to do it for at least a dozen different videos over the years and there has never been a problem. Every claim I've ever disputed has been removed without fuss within days. Sometimes even hours.

I'm afraid to say that if you're not prepared to follow Codemasters own recommendations and never dispute a claim, you'll find your Youtubing options limited, because it's something that's going to happen, especially with the groups out there exclusively set up to make bogus claims to siphon off peoples revenue.

If your YT account is going to get a copyright strike against it, then it's going to be something that is done instantly and without warning, not as a result of you disputing a content ID.
Since it's clear that Codemasters have no intention of suing you, the worst case scenario for you is the dispute is dismissed and you won't be able to monetise the video.
The Youtube system is quite automated and doesn't issue copyright strikes out of spite.

(Also, being unable to monetise a video is no reason to just take it down or abandon it. That's the Angry Joe philosophy : 100% motivated by money rather than entertainment. A video that isn't monetised can still attract many new viewers and subscribers who, if they like what they see, will stick around)

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I think you didn't understand what I meant with my response... I know how youtube works and I have very little trust in google and how they change the terms or use whenever they wish, of course it's their platform and their rules but having content with a claim (rejected or not) could be a problem if they make mayor changes in their policy (like a few years back) so the thing is that I do not want it to bite me in the future, is not about monetize the content it's about that it could be a problem later on, I never said that non-monetization was the real problem.

I'm not asking any special treatment I'm doing what my network ask me to do in order to trying to find a solution to this problem for me and other users.  Thank you for your time and answer.
See you around ;).

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Just being on YouTube is a risk, don't get me started on the changes to the custom url policy recently. I agree with BrySkye, the content ID matching system is automated to pickup on potentially infringing  content..it's not fool proof which is why you can dispute it that's the solution that YouTube and Codemasters have for dealing with your issue. Codemasters have made it as clear as possible that you are free/legally able to continue to upload, monetize and share your YouTube videos. Dispute the claim, the sky won't fall in.

Lets just say your paranoia comes true and YouTube decided to freeze all accounts that ever had a disputed content ID claim. That's a hell of a lot of channels..every gamer channel for one. What do you think Pewdiepie would do if they tried that one on? How much revenue would YouTube loose? If they were going down that road, why wouldn't they just freeze any YouTube account that ever had a content ID match? I think you can go too far and start worrying about things that haven't happened. But hey if you don't like it you are always free to pull your videos from YouTube and go put them on a competing video platform like Vimeo or Facebook...

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I do understand.
I might seem a little rough in my response, but it's fair to say that I am a little bit frustrated by your unwillingness to even try what Codemasters say you should do and I don't think their message for you is going to be any different than their published policy, especially when they specifically say they cannot do things like email Youtube/Google about videos on a one-to-one basis (that would be special treatment).

Essentially, you are afraid to dispute the claim because you don't have faith in the system and you think it could put your accounts status in danger, now or later.

Well, disputing it is your only real option, so I am trying to reassure you that your account or the network will certainly not be put in danger now.
Youtube/Google will not put a copyright strike on your account or close it for filing a dispute.
They will not automatically say the dispute has failed either.
That's just being a bit too paranoid.
The automated system works in the exact opposite way. If you dispute the claim and Codemasters do not respond at all, the claim is released.  
Copyright strikes are only applied if the copyright holder has set that in their terms of the content ID system, they are not applied manually by Google/Youtube. A channel will not be closed without 3 copyright strikes within a given period (6 months)
Because of Codemasters Youtube policy, these automatic copyright strikes are not in place (you would already know about it if they were) and so you really don't have to worry.
I'm trying to get across to you that it is not even a small risk to dispute the claim.
It's something I have had to do many times and I've never had any problems.

If you're going to worry about the long-term future though, well... then you might as well stop using Youtube completely.

What happened a few years ago was the system changed and videos that were fine were suddenly in the content ID system and causing problems.
Specifically some companies like Sega had set their terms to the automated system as being very strict, thus people were getting masses of videos taken down.
That was soon resolved and Sega are now one of the more lenient examples of using Content ID, especially music.
Key thing was that it wasn't something Google/Youtube did, it was something the copyright holders did.

If Codemasters change their policy in the future, then it doesn't really matter what they tell you now.
Unfortunately, that is something that could happen with any developer or publisher with any gaming video at any time. :neutral: 
Any of your videos could suddenly pop-up in the Content ID system, even years after it was uploaded.
That's just how it goes. Any company can change its Youtube policy at any time. There's nothing we can do about that in advance.

I'm a bit of a Youtuber. 9 years. Over 15,000,000 views on my videos, I've disputed numerous copyright claims when its been appropriate.
So I'm not exactly without a certain amount of experience. I've done all I can to try and help.

Hopefully @justbiglee can drop a message in here, or some other Codies employee to reassure you themselves, even if it is basically just repeating the same message again and saying you should dispute it.

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I'll back up @BrySkye by saying 'just do it'.

Frankly, Codemasters and Google have bigger fish to fry. The worst that is ever going to happen is you have a few videos removed, and that's highly unlikely.

It's a rule that's there to protect against certain thefts, not your channel.

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Than you very much for the answers guys. I just wanted to check with the community, to see if they were dealing with the same problems with Dirt Rally videos. Your answers have been very helpfull, like @BrySkye  said if an employee pass by even if it's just to say "yes" it would be great; not for me (I do not doubt of your word) but just in case any other user ends here with the same problem.

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