Copyright Owners Must Now Add Timestamps to YouTube Manual Claims

Creators gained more editing options to quickly resolve those disputes

YouTube revealed two changes aimed at smoothing the process of resolving intellectual property claims via its Content ID system.

Product manager Julian Bill said in a blog post that copyright owners using the Google-owned video site’s manual claiming tool must now provide timestamps outlining exactly what part of a video they are referring to, and the creators of those videos will be able to use YouTube’s editing tools to remove that specific content and automatically release the claims on their videos.

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