Is this abusing youtubes report feature?

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Some_weirdGuy

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Ok, maybe I'm wrong and for some reason this is how it's meant to work, and I'm not really against companies taking down illegal copies of their content from youtube, but:

Why is it when I open up a video that's been taken down, the message is nearly always:

YouTube account *name* has been terminated because we have received multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement from claimants, including:

* company 1
* company 1
* company 1
example:
[link] [http://www.youtube.com/oops?ytsession=zGsQbRtnfW50pD-yudksRXGXYYkr7F0zYpYAWY7D6vIq6tbYji-8dnfUl2_V_ECelVk-XrfqaehCwaY0rYAwNfw3QrCdftLRrqkSaPNgnYlvkt5PRwO-WjByBCOUflCd6dLaGi-MV5U4XmyQsrGCFn4K0A-yBM7PV4TwCQYP8UV5LBnBKaU9c-cAMLQkMOlp80k_aA7SYGVzyHCcZ1ACSXqVazZBRbzGxzDR9mwsMGFJM8CGQMHHVv5UIgNf8T-Z6_01wKAgqZSmaEnM-Ge5cmxK-tMc3rxKOtUdqbweQZf5AJuCHRUC9OGDV7C7IgLHqK24ba7jSDIOeFTrwV7mAR2GPURAZqKQwO0-_WCnnZeM0Hs-XrnucMo38crjgsLRLB4ASwwdd_su65Vu17iOJAcJG_PYqY7lheSpG89ZoB_vrcVzhNhWdhBVnYgbB0Wb_5QBWx3_UgJLPs55lMsUaK7AtpjilYdg5DHm2t5Mj-SyoVcDv-_3oahLUqa-DbZ2Yei5XbpVf8tzCQVYefehpRE9d_w4hMgZUcMOI58v0EionUsliDBDIT2aY91fKbiQbIafCGbkLKzMS6ZGy1J4H1HBGP6yZHtSRAXEJRcwWFiB9unaRHkjKDccyr0YFzYkaHZTOh93DWOMPPPA-iOhk5mMfc1GcHfPHUExNsiT4DHvOwWWqZ7g1Hs7Bdci4-hVtsht3harD578qW1Ffepu5eJPcewTNSchA0F4CzB6cGzuiIZ9EHr8Xrb6Lgk1ZXzCwjaLvvVQnHal8oLkdoZ7WIxjvQNtWUN3CxuredcoDvgw16A8Sf9eHZvbQhVZHpfe0jHWg0PBzbTVNcf5hjLNNCi-IfA3hcaLEbRnD8prwOxzzPxvcsCT_CcZnNnEYB-ZZO851E66IKC3m2TdcIEhI6teP4L_Le2-EqbBWWXIGmZTHspyTbjrpSqI3u0F8ck5jSCIn_R16Nji-J5qEa5iOmvqiOtQCAdjH4aRkbu4V13p3y7ZvCzdzIfvpFy1FQXU9V3FcM5048vLRNRcvwQmeZDDbhikDZ12_mVd5292zFTNc6zFm1xjbDHQE-DH3aEA0j7qympwMNwsX_NmBMOGnrf5YfRlfaqCMyoOk7IBQtVvPjMs0Y8rhAv9eoDGzRJWjs5G95zAJsgHiWwjRPmAS--65pzCE_CjIrjdlhqmti5DIw3eM7ibVA] (i clicked on this link while reading through and article, it's what prompted me to make this thread)
[link] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSSZ-6IgTpI] (just as another example i decided to quickly dig up another instance of it)


Isn't this exploiting the system? Or was a single company report-spamming till it's taken down always how it was meant to work?
 

Keoul

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I guess you can say it's exploiting the system, Youtube is waaaaaaay too afraid of getting shutdown due to copyright material like megaupload did so their "report for copyright" is practically instant no argument blocked.
I'm a little weary saying look at the whole "boxxy" thing that happened on youtube with her own account blocked due to some random guy/girl reporting it for copyright even with no proof