YouTube Shuts Down Manual Copyright Claims to Protect Creator Revenue

YouTube has initiated a change surrounding its copyright enforcement policies around the use of music in creator's videos. With the introduction of the media platform's "Manual Claiming" tool, copyright owners will be unable to monetize another creator's videos based on "short or unintentional uses" of music via the new feature. Rather than directly monetizing themselves, owners will be able to choose whether to prevent the creator from monetizing the video themselves or can block the content al...