# Videos bleeping out inoffensive words

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-bleeping-out-inoffensive-words/966141>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 14, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-bleeping-out-inoffensive-words/966141 "2022-06-14T01:50:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-bleeping-out-inoffensive-words/966141/41 "2022-06-17T15:48:41Z")

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> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> That depends on who the copyright holder is. IIRC, some will only demonetize it, some will have it taken down entirely.

I think there’s a third scenario where the copyright holder ‘claims’ the video - it remains monetised, but the money goes to the copyright holder. Not sure if that still happens, it did work like that in the past - because there were cases where it was abused by the copyright holders to claim against fair use and falsely-matched content.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-bleeping-out-inoffensive-words/966141/42 "2022-06-17T15:51:02Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> I think there’s a third scenario where the copyright holder ‘claims’ the video - it remains monetised, but the money goes to the copyright holder.

Yes, that’s a common one as well. I just grouped it in with ‘demonitzed’ since, to the uploader, it’s the same thing (they either get money or they don’t) and I was trying to keep that part a bit simpler.

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**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-bleeping-out-inoffensive-words/966141/43 "2022-06-19T03:25:08Z")

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I remember a case where a gaming Youtuber received a copyright strike because he _hummed_ part of a song. He was playing a Call of Duty game on a map called Miami and he started the video off humming “Oh na nana nah”. That was enough for a copyright strike. As I recall, the claim came from a group representing the music rights for Central/South America where I take it this kind of copyright infringement is looked upon particularly harshly.

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