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You’ve received a warning for over-claiming. What can you do to address this?

• Look at a random sampling of last month’s claims and release invalid claims

• Download the Claims report and investigate only the inactive claims

• No action is necessary, since it’s only a warning

• Sort assets by number of claims and review assets with the most claims

Explanation:

A claim links a video to a particular asset with its ownership information, allowing the asset owner(s) to set a policy. Undoubtedly, the content ID system is a powerful tool. However, it comes also with some responsibilities. Note, that abusive or fraudulent claims may result in penalties including legal liability and termination of the partner account. That’s why you should manage and monitor your claims on a regular basis.

In other words, if you’re using the Content ID to identify and manage your content, make sure to use it the right way. For example, If you claim videos you don’t own, you could cause issues for video creators. Also, it could hurt your reputation. In addition to preventing over-claiming, it’s important to clean up any old mistaken claims you may have made.

So, if you’ve received a warning for over-claiming, first you could do is to sort assets by the number of claims. And, start reviewing assets with the most claims.

Learn more on the official Google support website.

Which statement is true for multi-party ownership of an asset?

• YouTube applies no policy, unless the policy is Block.

• All asset owners must set the same policy worldwide.

• YouTube only applies your policy in your ownership territories.

• Asset owners decide which policy should be prioritized.

Explanation:

In YouTube, your assets can have multiple owners. In other words, you can share the ownership of content. For example, if you hold the rights in Germany and another partner holds the rights in US. Therefore, YouTubesystem allows you to declare your ownership by territory. That ensures that the correct partner can control and monetize their intellectual property.

However, it’s important to understand that an asset can have only one content owner per territory. Otherwise, it will cause ownership conflict. So, you can share ownership of the same asset (multi-party ownership) but not in the same territory. As a result, the statement “YouTube only applies your policy in your ownership territories” is perfectly correct. However, shared ownership requires some coordination. To ensure that you and the other partners can claim and control matched videos in your territories of ownership, check for duplicate assets or merged assets.  

In addition, note that the publishing rights of a Sound Recording asset may belong to more than one content owner in the same territory.

Learn more on the official Google support website.