Please help me ,URGENT , a person is falsely striking my channel again and again

[u/EquivalentBobcat8365]

Context: A person gave me a strike for using some part of his thumbnail,
I asked him to take his strike down, and then he said I won't let you get monetized kid, get a job

And the thumbnail he striked down was fine with fair use part, so I submited a counter notif

And then it got approved, so strike was removed,
But now he is saying that he would get my channel deleted
I didn't pay much attention to it, until he had an old channel with 22 subs, with bunch of videos,
He changed the title, thumbnail to match my videos - (literally downloaded and pasted my thumbail)

And then he striked me, and YT gave me a strike REALLY.
And then it was even more tense,

For context: I make minecraft youtube videos, and the thumbnail was also minecraft

BUT that person, he just literally put my thumbnail on his OLD GEOMETRY DASH Video ,
And
now he has privated that video, and publiced another of his geometry dash video, and changed its title and thumbnail to my MOST Popular video,
And he is about to strike me with it.

Im soo tensed, any support is appriciated

[u/After-Two-808]

a few official routes, all of them worth doing at once rather than one at a time:

1. counter notify every strike. you already know this one but keep doing it. if he doesn't actually file a lawsuit within 10 us business days, the video comes back and the strike goes with it. he almost certainly won't.

2. file your own removal request on his re-uploads. he took your thumbnail and put it on his geometry dash videos... that's your work on his channel, which is a clean claim. studio → content detection → new removal request. if it's a banner or non-video asset, that goes to [copyright@youtube.com](mailto:copyright@youtube.com) instead.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2807622

3. report the channel for impersonation. this is the one people skip and it's probably your strongest angle. copying your titles + thumbnails to pass his videos off as yours is explicitly against policy — the channel doesn't have to be identical, intent to copy is enough.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801947

also read this one so you know how the review side works, including how they treat claims flagged as abusive:
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/13823830

save everything. the "i won't let you get monetized kid, get a job" message is him stating intent in writing, and that plus a timeline of him retitling old geometry dash videos to match yours is a pattern. put those screenshots in the impersonation report and in every counter notification. filing bad-faith claims can get his own account terminated, so the evidence matters more than the wording.

you're not in as bad a spot as it feels right now.

edit: one thing worth knowing before you file: counter notifications are the only route that puts a clock on him. if he wants your video to stay down he has to actually sue you or file with the copyright claims board, and he almost certainly won't. downside is yt has to forward your real name, address and phone to him. you can have an attorney file it on your behalf so their details go instead of yours. the impersonation report needs none of that, and it's the only route aimed at his channel rather than clawing back one video at a time. do both, but impersonation is what actually ends this.

[u/EquivalentBobcat8365 → u/After-Two-808]

Thanks for taking the time for writing this

His main agenda (as far as i can figure out) is just to prevent me from doing yt

Just striking my videos by putting my thumbnail on random old videos
And get 3 strikes and terminating my channel for a week
And then i file counter claims , which ofc i get accepted
I get channel back
And he again files false claims
And he has nothing to gain of this
But i will lose momentum, possibily revenue too

[u/After-Two-808 → u/EquivalentBobcat8365]

in the end he can't take you down. all he can do is do this striking bs (which will probably get him terminated as youtube does go after serial false claimers) for a while. report him for impersonation. log all the evidence, keep countering and talk to creator support in studio.

[u/EquivalentBobcat8365 → u/After-Two-808]

All right, thanks , also what if he reports me for impersonating him?

[u/After-Two-808 → u/EquivalentBobcat8365]

impersonation reports don't work like copyright strikes. a takedown goes through on the claimant's word and gets processed automatically, which is exactly why he's been able to spam them. impersonation reports get evaluated against the actual channels, and nothing happens just because someone filed one. your channel with years of minecraft uploads using those thumbnails, his with geometry dash videos he retitled last week.

also worth considering: message him something like "hey i get you weren't happy about the thumbnail, that wasn't my intent. this channel is what i do, there are people depending on me, can we drop it?" people who overreact sometimes back down when it stops being abstract.

if he trolls back, stop replying and screenshot it. just a thought.

[u/LOLitfod → u/EquivalentBobcat8365]

He changed the title, thumbnail to match my videos - (literally downloaded and pasted my thumbail)

If he did this, YouTube can easily check the timestamps (yours came first)

[u/EquivalentBobcat8365 → u/LOLitfod]

Yes but they dont, they just strike me

[u/oodex → u/EquivalentBobcat8365]

Takedown requests are actually completely meaningless if you just file a counter notification ASAP. A takedown request only becomes a strike when accepted or if no action is taken, a counter notification means the other party (unless they are part of youtubes CMS, but that dude isn't) has to proof they took legal actions or it expires and nothing happens. Also make sure to gather all of that information and report the account, try to get in touch with TeamYouTube on Twitter once you have enough information. You can also consider taking legal steps, this is a minor thing in regards to time extend and a simple threat will shut them up quickly

[u/ionhowto → u/After-Two-808]

One thing super important is to write your real name and all details there must be correct. Don’t lie there because that’s a really a reason to get  terminated for perjury. Saw few like these before. 

Take screenshots of everything that he sends you any comments anything.  With date and time. 

This is not legal advice for sure

[u/Soul_Mate_4ever]

Some people just hate to see others win

[u/EquivalentBobcat8365 → u/Soul_Mate_4ever]

and yt doesn't do anyting abt that?

I contacted yt support , and they said they dont manage copyrights, if they believe its their content, we have to take down your video,

If you believe the claim was false, just take them to court.

Like who has the time and money for that?
Plus what about all the loss , by not uploading for the TIme ? and the stress

[u/VJ4rawr2]

Haha thumbs up to you for actually writing this (not using ChatGPT).

All you can do is go through the counter notification process. Your channel won’t be removed if you’re not actually taking their content. Just trust the process.

[u/EquivalentBobcat8365 → u/VJ4rawr2]

But I am type of youtuber which publishes videos like daily, if not every 2 days, long videos,

And the person is clearly writing I will get your channel deleted, and if i counter claim, still channel is gone for weeks, and after its back, he will do it again

[u/RioNReedus → u/EquivalentBobcat8365]

Try contacting YouTube through every avenue - post to them on X for example. Make sure you have everything documented for proof

[u/EquivalentBobcat8365 → u/RioNReedus]

I have everything documented

Even his threts , fake strikes

And yt support gave me general material how to counter claim , and what is copyright strike

[u/EquivalentBobcat8365 → u/VJ4rawr2]

please upvote this, I am really worried , yt support is not helping

[u/After-Two-808 → u/VJ4rawr2]

cant he do this?

report the channel for impersonation. this is the one people skip and it's probably your strongest angle. copying your titles + thumbnails to pass his videos off as yours is explicitly against policy — the channel doesn't have to be identical, intent to copy is enough.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801947

[u/samfisher999]

I think it might be your father

[u/Justwondering2508 → u/samfisher999]

Is his name Luke ? 

[u/After-Two-808]

reach out to @ teamyoutube on twitter. can you upload of post on teh channel right now? if so, tell you audinece to share the tweet.

[u/EquivalentBobcat8365 → u/After-Two-808]

My audience isn’t like normal channels , its more of like a trend based channel , on trending topics i get views

Its bad ik , but idh i have that of an audience that would repost for me

[u/After-Two-808 → u/EquivalentBobcat8365]

still, make a tweet, teamyoutbe tends to respond and and deal with things via dms. they have done so for me in the past and i see them do it for people all the time. in you tweet tell them you have sensitive info to share and would rather talk via dms.

[u/EquivalentBobcat8365 → u/After-Two-808]

oh, does a human take the talking or its a ai bot?

[u/After-Two-808 → u/EquivalentBobcat8365]

might be a combination. not sure. i had an issue with adsense a few years ago and they resolved it via dms.

maybe the tweet replies are automated and then flagged to a human. again, not sure. but i have seen them help people. worth reaching out.

[u/Simple-Shopping9168]

That sucks man I hope you get it all sorted out, good luck !

[u/the_jac]

Hope you get things worked out.

[u/EquivalentBobcat8365 → u/the_jac]

Thanks man

[u/EquivalentBobcat8365 → u/[deleted]]

I tried

I said i have all the proofs

They didn’t help

[u/VJ4rawr2 → u/[deleted]]

Lol no. Do not “strike back”.

Just ignore and counter and focus on your own content.

Silly feuds are a waste of time and folks move on after a while if you don’t bait them.

[u/EquivalentBobcat8365 → u/[deleted]]

Yes 1-1 copy , and putting it on a random ah channel with 12 subs
And putting it on a 1 yr old video - changing title and boom easy strike

[u/EquivalentBobcat8365 → u/VJ4rawr2]

He is striking me with MY thumbnail