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YouTube Promises Changes To Copyright Claim Policy (thestack.com)
An anonymous reader writes: YouTube has set up a new team dedicated to weeding out false copyright claims and subsequent erroneous takedowns, responding to community criticism. Complaints have accused the video streaming site of a lazy approach to monitoring content, and using an unreliable automated system, Content ID, to enforce copyright policy. In response to these allegations, YouTube has announced that it will be introducing a workforce focused entirely on minimizing mistakes that delete legitimate videos. The tech giant has also promised to improve transparency into the status of monetization claims, and help strengthen communications between video creators and its support teams.
They won't do jack shit because any movement in the other direction has the MPAA/RIAA sneaking on to Google's campus in the middle of night, writing LIABILITY on the lawn with gasoline, and setting it on fire.
Meanwhile, said intern, being a priot future alphabet employee prospect, will develop a method of analyzing music to compare against a database to help automate the boring task of analyzing thousands of take down requests by hand.