Just a quick update about my YouTube account termination from last month. I went to my Facebook page for my site that I haven't gone to in a while, and I saw a message form someone telling me about copyright claims on Mark Passio clips I made and uploaded to YT.
This person was the reason I had no more account. UFO HUB had recorded a presentation of Mark's, and he may own the content but UFO HUB owned the video of the presentation. Go figure. Mark Passio has said all his material is free to use and distribute, but I guess not this one in the end since he didn't own the video. So I got 20 copyright infringement claims laid on me and had my account terminated as a result.
After chatting with the guy from UFO HUB, he agreed to remove the copyright claims and allow me to delete the videos.
So I now have my old YouTube account back with my videos and everything. It seems a lots a few subscribers while it was terminated, but I still have over 77,000 views on my content, even after deleting the 20 video clips that had a few hundreds views each.
If you want to go to my YouTube channel, it's here.
YouTube didn't terminate my account for censorship or other reasons. My original work is far too abstract and non-specific to get censored I think.
It wasn't even the clip of the BBC'c black and white version of Orwell's 1984 that did me in, as it was the only thing I could think of before. That video was up with a copyright claim, but allowed to run by the holder. Except I deleted it before understanding it wasn't a violation and could keep it. It had over 8k views on it. Ah well.
The guy from UFO HUB also apparently contacted me on my site in July, but I never got the email. I should keep an eye on my emails from YouTube more carefully, and check my Facebook page more often, even though I don't post to it. Lesson learned.
Good luck to anyone else that loses their YT channel, account, videos and subscribers. It sucks. But if it's a copyright violation, deleting the videos should get you out of trouble.
Peace.