Dear Google: Public domain compositions exist
I recommend the excellent video by Youtuber Tom Scott &quot;YouTube&#x27;s Copyright System Isn&#x27;t Broken. The World&#x27;s Is.&quot; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=1Jwo5qc78QU" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=1Jwo5qc78QU</a><p>While I agree with the OP in broad strokes  (they clearly have the right to post and profit off their performance), I find that the vast majority of comments on Youtube&#x27;s copyright claim system fail to even acknowledge major aspects of the problem.  Perhaps Youtube&#x27;s practical monopoly does it a disservice here, and it&#x27;s hard to separate &quot;big self publishing video platform&quot; problems with Youtube specific problems.<p>Without a system like YT currently has, it would get absolutely sued into oblivion by rightful copyright complaints.  This is in many ways is a problem of copyright law not being designed with modern technology in mind.  I think a good first step would be a way for copyright owners to be punished for broadly overreaching with their claims.