Copyright claim issues with Star Wars Battlefront
A few days ago, I did a stream of Star Wars Battlefront. One of EA's help pages gives explicit permission to monetize YouTube let's plays of their games. So just so I wouldn't get any copyright claims, I edit the stream's description with not only the excerpt saying I have permission to monetize the video, but with a link to the page itself. I didn't think there would be any problems.
And yet shortly after the stream's footage uploads to YouTube in video form, I get 12 copyright claims due to the game's music. I recently tried disputing all 12 claims, citing the page as my evidence that I was in the right, to no avail. The claims are still there.
What should I do in this situation? The help page very clearly states that I'm able to monetize the game footage, and yet it doesn't seem like that's enough.
And yet shortly after the stream's footage uploads to YouTube in video form, I get 12 copyright claims due to the game's music. I recently tried disputing all 12 claims, citing the page as my evidence that I was in the right, to no avail. The claims are still there.
What should I do in this situation? The help page very clearly states that I'm able to monetize the game footage, and yet it doesn't seem like that's enough.
@RakkuTheEpic6 While we in general have no issues with 'Let's Play' videos/streams featuring our games, please do keep in mind the music/scores used in the games may have different copy rights. In this case Star Wars Battlefront uses a lot of the original scores from the movies.
I would recommend disputing claims with YouTube, but if you wish to make sure please follow the steps in this article to request and clarify permissions for game footage and scores.
Let us know if you have any further questions!
