As YouTube faces criticism and lawsuits for its methods of monitoring, identifying, and enforcing against copyright infringement on its platform, YouTube’s copyright bots help prevent copyright infringement by:

• automating the monitoring and enforcement process which would otherwise take significant time for individuals to accomplish;

• quickly identify infringing content over a massive platform of users; and

• provide an automatic method for takedown of unauthorized use of rights holders’ works.  

Read about YouTube’s copyright bots and content ID system for prevention of copyright infringement.