Destiny 2 YouTube Copyright Strikes Might Be Fraudulent
New evidence has appeared in the mysterious case of the Destiny 2 copyright strikes. Earlier this week, a wave of copyright strikes was issued against Destiny 2 content creators both large and small. This came after weeks of copyright strikes hitting some of the biggest Destiny content creators out there, with My Name is Byf easily topping that list. Bungie denied issuing any copyright strikes against Destiny YouTubers and said it was investigating the issue, but so far hasn't provided an update.
Instead, we're receiving an update from Hoeg Law's Virtual Legality, a YouTube channel that focuses on the many strange legal issues that crop up in the video game industry. Richard Hoeg revealed that he'd received an email from a mysterious figure who allegedly claimed responsibility for issuing the false takedowns, and said they'd only done so to bring attention to YouTube's terrible copyright system.
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First, Hoeg noted that most of the takedown notices are coming from an email account called "csc@gmail.com." CSC is a company that many game developers and publishers hire to police their copyrights online, but it seems highly suspicious that CSC would use Gmail as their email provider.
The email received by Hoeg alleges there are actually two people issuing these takedowns: the emailer and another person referred to only as "David" and linked to the csc@gmail.com email account. The emailer admitted they're not affiliated with either CSC or Bungie in any way, and only issued the takedowns to bring attention to YouTube's "incredibly flawed" copyright system.
Although YouTube seems to take the lion's share of the emailer's ire, they
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