Destiny 2 Developer Bungie Provides Update On Recent YouTube Takedowns
Over the past week, several notable YouTubers who covered Destiny-related content were hit with takedown notices for their work. Not even Bungie was immune to Destiny copyright strikes, although the developer did mention at the time that it was investigating the problem.
According to Bungie, some of these notices originated from fraudulent accounts that were created to impersonate its intellectual property protection service, CSC. The fake accounts submitted fraudulent legal requests to YouTube, but this issue has been resolved and all submissions from these accounts will be reversed.
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«The processing of these takedowns was an enforcement mistake by Google, and beyond rescinding the strikes and reinstating the videos, they are also working on process improvements to reduce the likelihood of any similar mistakes in the future,» Bungie explained in a blog post.
To further clarify the situation, Bungie added that it and CSC did not go rogue or issue any unauthorized takedowns, nor was the bad actor responsible for these notices affiliated with the companies. When Bungie has issued a takedown notice, it has been for unauthorized use and uploading of its original soundtrack music content, but recent events have prompted a change in how Bungie protects this specific content.
«Going forward we will be allowing certain Destiny music tracks to be uploaded to channels for archival purposes,» Bungie said. There are a few rules attached to making use of these musical
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