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Paid Epidemic subscriber kept getting copyright flags, including on this track. Support said it had no impact on the channel so the claim could stay. A reply advised checking the claim's stated impact (no impact vs revenue to claimant).
A new creator said all 7 uploads using Pixabay tracks marked as Content ID-registered were claimed immediately. Disputes with license info cleared recent ones quickly, but one had been pending for days; the claim listed the same song title under a different artist.
A commenter's climbing video using a credited Freesound surf recording was claimed because a hip-hop act had used the same recording in a song (uncredited).
A musician's track ending with seconds of street traffic (horns, engines, no music) was claimed by a Korean boy band's rights holder.
A commenter's short instructional videos with no audio track were hit with audio copyright claims; they contested and won.
Meditation music library ZENmix says its own channel gets false claims where Content ID mistakes ocean sounds for other tracks, sometimes fraudulent (e.g. via DistroKid); it disputes and says it has won all disputes.
Two tracks from the third-party 'Audio Library' channel (not YouTube's) were claimed by We Are Era; dispute rejected. The artist said they had withdrawn rights from that channel and pointed to a release form in their SoundCloud bio, which the creator filed.
Creator with an active license and a safelisted channel got a claim on a long-form video using a track that hadn't been claimed in other videos. A reply noted safelisting resets when a subscription lapses and support usually fixes it quickly.
A CC0 Freesound sound (made with a Logic Pro X jam pack) was claimed by FUGA on behalf of a 2024 song 'Suspense'. Disputed with the Freesound link and CC0 text; by March 2026 the claim was gone.
Per a petition by an ambient musician's partner, a 60-minute original was taken down after a 28-second segment matched a common chord in another artist's work; repeated claims put a 20-year-old channel at risk.
Creator credited an Audio Library track as required and still got a claim. Replies said credit must be in the description using the template, and to dispute choosing 'License'.
Free Audio Library track was claimed because another artist sampled it in a rap song and registered it. A commenter said they get such claims constantly and they're usually released on appeal.
Creator used the track believing it was 'non-copyrighted' and received a Content ID claim (not a strike). Commenters pointed out Bensound music is copyrighted, only some tracks are free, and free use requires a specific credit.
Background track from Pixabay was claimed. Replies advised disputing with the Pixabay license; one commenter said downloading the license from the track page and disputing removed their own claim within 2-3 days. Another reported claimants ignoring messages.
Premium Uppbeat user credited the track but got a claim. Uppbeat staff pointed to its claim release tool; the creator later confirmed the tool fixed it.
In a reply, a creator said a Soundstripe track was claimed and the claim was removed after sending the song certificate and premium receipt.
A commenter received 4 claims across 2 videos. Messaging the uploaders via Pixabay got 3 claims rescinded; the 4th uploader (whose profile invites messages if claimed) did not respond.
Claim arrived two days after upload. Replies: check whether the track requires description credit; some people re-upload Audio Library music and claim it; dispute with 'License'.
Creator's videos of streams kept getting copyright claims. A reply said Content ID also matches birdsong, crickets, wind and white noise.
A stream segment whose only sound was waves on a beach (inside a game) was claimed; the channel owner said nothing else was playing.
A 10-hour self-generated white noise video (uploaded 2015) received five Content ID claims, including from publishers of sleep-therapy white noise. Claimants chose to monetize rather than remove it. Google told the BBC white noise is too indistinct for accurate matching.
Creator uploaded their own rain recording and got two Content ID matches against unrelated songs. Commenters said Content ID sometimes falsely matches and suggested disputing.
A commenter said a licensed Apple stream sound got their video taken down because others had used it in copyrighted material.
ASMR video built on Logic Pro X thunderstorm samples with original music on top was claimed via CD Baby, matched to a rain sleep-aid track; monetization was disabled while the dispute was pending. A commenter reported a similar ocean-sound claim that went away about a month after disputing.
A commenter's video opening with ocean sound was matched to 'generic crowd noises'; after disputing, the claim went away in about a month.
A wilderness nature video with no music was matched to a Rumblefish musical composition because of background birdsong. The dispute was rejected, then after public attention Rumblefish's CEO said it was a misidentification plus a reviewer error and released the claim.