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While Dunne ultimately resolved the claims against his channel, the matter is far from settled. Sometimes they have, sometimes they have not.

I have had to chase back down the YouTube users to ask them if the claims have been removed. And when you do email, they donвЂ™t even respond. One YouTube user even got over 100 claims on a song I made for his channel. вЂњNow I am being flooded with complaints by fans who used my songs (with my permission) in their gaming videos,вЂќ Dunne continued, вЂњand have to email each one individually to TuneCore to get the claims removed. He never found out until his channel, and the channels of fans authorized to use his music, came under fire from multiple copyright claims. TuneCore authorized INDMUSIC to issue copyright notices on behalf of songwriters, but no one told artists like Dunne what was happening. INDMUSIC actually has a publishing relationship with TuneCore, the company that distributes DunneвЂ™s songs. This isnвЂ™t a case of a third-party organization stealing DunneвЂ™s copyright, nor does it have anything to do with fair use of gameplay footage. I had to вЂwhitelistвЂ™ my YouTube channel in TuneCoreвЂ™s YouTube monetization policy вЂ“ which I and all the other musicians did not ever opt into.вЂќ вЂњIt took me 4 emails to get a response and over a day to get the claims removed, during which time INDMUSIC was taking 20% of my ad revenue from those videos without my consent for even claiming them. вЂњBasically, I awoke the other day to find my YouTube channel riddled with third party claims from INDMUSIC вЂ“ the irony being they were being claimed on my behalf for using my own songs which I wrote and performed,вЂќ Dunne told The Escapist.

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The EscapistвЂs resident musician was hit with 7 copyright claims in a single day, plus losses in revenue, all for songs that he personally created. Naturally, many law-abiding content creators have been caught in the crossfire, including our own Gavin вЂњMiracle of SoundвЂќ Dunne. To make matters worse, most of these claims arenвЂ™t processed by human beings, but by bots that monitor YouTube channels for infringing content. If youвЂ™re just tuning in, YouTube recently made a policy change allowing copyright holders to claim videos using gameplay footage, quickly creating a legal slippery slope. YouTube has been in the headlines a lot this past week, and not exactly under the best of circumstances.

The EscapistвЂs Gavin вЂњMiracle of SoundвЂќ Dunne woke up one morning to discover heвЂ™d been plagiarizing content fromвЂ¦ Gav вЂњMiracle of SoundвЂќ Dunne.

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