{"id":123636,"date":"2026-04-21T06:07:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/youtuber-copyright-struck-after-others-layer-ai-voiceovers-on-video-game-music\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T06:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:08:20","slug":"youtuber-copyright-struck-after-others-layer-ai-voiceovers-on-video-game-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/youtuber-copyright-struck-after-others-layer-ai-voiceovers-on-video-game-music\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTuber Copyright Struck After Others Layer AI Voiceovers On Video Game Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

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from the fix-this-youtube<\/i> dept<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s barely been a couple of days again since we mentioned simply how open to errors and abuse YouTube\u2019s copyright takedown system is, when NVIDIA\u2019s demo video<\/a> for its controversial DLSS 5 tech received briefly pulled down as a result of an Italian information channel did a chunk that includes the footage which it copyrighted. The copyright bots took it from there and the precise supply materials for the information footage received booted.<\/p>\n

Whereas that could be a nice instance of an apparent easy error leading to copyright collateral injury, there have been loads of examples of abuse ensuing on this form of factor, too. And if you would like an incredible instance of how this might all get a lot, a lot worse due to AI, you want look solely at let\u2019s play YouTuber Nubzombie getting two copyright copyright claims<\/a> on his video of Silent Hill 2<\/em> gameplay for many absurd causes. It appears a number of individuals have taken music from the sport, initially by Akira Yamaoka, and layered some lazy AI-created voiceovers on prime of it after which setup automated copyright enforcement for these sounds.<\/p>\n

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Earlier final evening, content material creator Nubzombie uploaded a video titled\u00a0A.I. IS RUINING YOUTUBE (and my life)<\/a>. Within the video, Nubzombie states that their newest playthrough of the unique model of\u00a0Silent Hill 2\u00a0was hit with a copyright strike by somebody known as \u201cAgro memos.\u201d As you’ll be able to see (or somewhat hear), in Nubzombie\u2019s video, the observe that the Agro memos strike is defending is a transparent copy of Akira Yamaoka\u2019s observe \u201cPromise,\u201d however with an AI-generated voice over prime.<\/em><\/p>\n

Then, within the house of some hours, Nubzombie uploaded a\u00a0second video<\/a>. As they clarify in that follow-up, as quickly as their first video had completed importing to YouTube, their\u00a0Silent Hill 2\u00a0playthrough was hit with a second copyright strike. This time, it was from a unique artist, named \u201c\u8a79\u59c6\u65af.Okay,\u201d however the copyright claimer this time isn\u2019t even attempting to cover the truth that their observe is a ripoff of Akira Yamaoka\u2019s \u201cPromise\u201d\u2026as a result of \u8a79\u59c6\u65af.Okay\u2019s observe is actually known as \u201cPromise<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This has all the time been the issue with YouTube\u2019s automated and bot-driven copyright enforcement mechanisms. There may be little or no that will get in the best way of dangerous actors claiming copyright on all types of content material truly produced by others, typically with this form of languorous and temporary additions to stated content material, after which slap copyright enforcement on it to problem automated takedowns or demonetization claims. That YouTube has allowed this drawback to fester for years and the timeline is now colliding with the prevalence of AI instruments that make all of this even simpler for the dangerous actors is inexcusable.<\/p>\n

Although it will get a bit of bit stranger with that first copyright discover, because it seems Sony Music is likely to be concerned.<\/p>\n

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Whereas I couldn\u2019t discover any info on the second \u201cPromise\u201d rip-off, I did discover one thing odd relating to the previous. Agro memos\u2019 most up-to-date tracks on YouTube, like\u00a0this one<\/a>, state within the descriptions that they had been \u201cOffered to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Orchard Enterprises is a division of Sony Music Leisure. Seems Orchard\u2019s received a little bit of historical past of pulling this sort of stunt, relationship all the best way again to 2022.\u00a0In this video<\/a>, content material creator\u00a0EckhartsLadder\u00a0particulars how he was repeatedly hit with copyright claims by Orchard Enterprises in 2024 as a result of Orchard falsely claimed that the observe\u00a0 \u201cResonance\u201d by HOME, which EckhartsLadder used as their intro and outro track for all their movies, belonged to the Sony Music subsidiary.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sony hasn\u2019t responded to questions on all of this as of the time of this writing, however it damned properly ought to. Finest as I can inform, Sony doesn\u2019t have any of the online game rights to the Silent Hill<\/em> franchise, and this particular sport was produced by Konami in 2001, after which a remake was launched in 2024. It doesn\u2019t appear to me that Sony ought to have something to do with any of this.<\/p>\n

However even when some division of Sony is a nasty actor in all of this, the onus is on YouTube to repair its platform and shield its creators. That is lengthy overdue. <\/p>\n

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