Question: Imagine someone uploads a video to YouTube with copyrighted material. If the copyright owner sets a policy to block user uploads, what happens?
- It’s marked as unavailable for viewing in the territories specified by the copyright owner.
- It’s flagged for a copyright takedown notice.
- It’s deleted from the site within 10 business days.
- It’s designated as a violation of YouTube’s Terms of Service.
Explanation
A block policy makes a matching user-uploaded video unavailable in the territories where the rights holder applies that policy. The video is restricted by Content ID rather than automatically removed through a legal takedown. Territorial ownership determines where the blocking action can be enforced. This lets the copyright owner control access without deleting the upload from YouTube.
Why the other options are incorrect
Copyright takedown notice is incorrect because a Content ID block is separate from a legal removal request.
Deleted from the site is incorrect because blocking makes the video unavailable rather than automatically deleting it.
Terms of Service violation is incorrect because a copyright match handled by Content ID is not automatically classified as a Terms of Service violation.
Source for verification
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6013276
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797370
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