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Topic: VirtualDJ HOME content and YouTube the copyright claim
I purchased a Home license to test the capabilities of VDJ before purchasing the Pro license. I used a Loopmasters sampler, such as kick, hat, perc, snare, topper, and bass, and created an 11-minute audio clip [a simple workshop]. After editing, I uploaded it to my YouTube channel, and a copyright claim appeared shortly after. I immediately appealed, concluding that I had only used the Virtual DJ content for my audio clip! In response, I received "The claimant disagreed with your dispute and reaffirmed their claim to your video." That's my question. How is this possible? I'm using the original program, using its content, and someone is still making a claim that this content is theirs? Have you encountered anything similar?

This is my audio clip content 
https://youtu.be/GRx76o67FyA?si=2P5i1tE-eyLjAvEk&t=84

Content found in 10:33 - 10:43 & 11:08 - 11:47 Tencent Music Entertainment Group claims,
and this is the content I supposedly used 

https://youtu.be/BShJs_QOVg4?si=GdWsRyJixQlt9hwV


I don't know whether to appeal further? Thanks for the ideas
 
Posted Fri 01 May 26 @ 8:33 pm
Unfortunately this is the kind of thing that can happen these days when using openly available samples and loops, especially ones from the same pack. Someone else uses them to create some "music" and uploads it. The YouTube algorithm compares yours to theirs and sends you a message.

The YouTube detection system is flawed. There are many videos telling similar stories - even people who've literally played something on the fly live have been hit with copyright claims.
 
had the same thing happen a few years back and i sent a detailed email to dispute the claim with the sample source files, sample titles, how they were used, and what software they were used with to create it (VirtualDJ of course)
took about a month but eventually a human reviewed it and released the claim.
 
@Max I'd say in this case you don't need to do anything. If it was only for testing purposes then deleting the video shouldn't be a problem, and they can't claim it as theirs anyway, as they didn't compose it.
 
It's clear to me that this is just AI nonsense that some rogue actors are using to pull off profits from YouTube.
It's not something new either. This kind of conduct has been around at least for an year but YouTube has not tried to really solve the issue yet. It just did some patches here and there.

That being said, no matter what the source of your files is and what software you're using, if you want to produce music that you will upload to YouTube, get ready for endless battles with copyright claims, as their (broken IMHO) algorithm is capable to produce a copyright claim on a simple hands clap, or on a simple chord progression.

From Atomix perspective there's nothing that can be done either. The samples provided with Loopmasters bank, are free to use under all cases, but they are still copyright protected by Loopmasters.
Also it's not clear (to anyone really at this point) whether the YouTube algorithm caught a "specific samples sequence" as being protected, or the sound of some samples.

In other words:
Welcome to YouTube Hell! :P