Does anybody know if there have been any studies done (or blog
posts/anecdotes/etc.) about the rate at which these infringers create new
accounts on YouTube to continue uploading after the first account is banned?

In other words, are people actually concerned about losing an account when
it is (potentially) easy to jump back onto the service?




On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Alex Kozak <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks for the feedback everyone.
>
> I just want to highlight this section of the blog 
> post<http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2011/04/youtube-copyright-education-remixed.html>
> :
>
> "However, we’ve found that in some cases, a one-size-fits-all suspension
> rule doesn’t always lead to the right result. Consider, for example, a
> long-time YouTube user who received two copyright notifications four years
> ago but who’s uploaded thousands of legitimate videos since then without a
> further copyright notification. Until now, the four-year-old notifications
> would have stayed with the user forever despite a solid track record of good
> behavior, creating the risk that one new notification -- possibly even a
> fraudulent notification -- would result in the suspension of the account. We
> don’t think that’s reasonable. So, today we’ll begin removing copyright
> strikes from user’s accounts in certain limited circumstances, contingent
> upon the successful completion of YouTube Copyright School, as well as a
> solid demonstrated record of good behavior over time."
>
> Alex
> On Apr 14, 2011 3:53 PM, "Kevin Driscoll" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
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