Content ID exists so YouTube can ease big partners. I am not sure about the three strikes being a part of DMCA. Are you sure? This YouTube help page does not elaborate whether YouTube is legally required to terminate an account three strikes. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.google.com&#x2F;youtube&#x2F;answer&#x2F;2814000" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.google.com&#x2F;youtube&#x2F;answer&#x2F;2814000</a><p>&gt; If you receive three copyright strikes, your account will be terminated. All the videos uploaded to your account will be removed. Users with terminated accounts aren’t able to create new accounts.<p>An possibly unrelated side note about automated complaints: I have a video created using YouTube Video Editor. The video includes  song &quot;1812 Op. 49: Overture&quot; by Philharmonia Slavonica, Henry Adolph  using YouTube&#x27;s audio mixer. Someone made a claim that on a video. Being a video created on YouTube, it should be obvious that the claim is frivolous. Yet, the claim went through. Automated copyright complaints whether content id or not is bad because they place a burden on people who upload videos and it seems there is no penalty for being indiscriminate.