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How did one La7 copyright claim cascade into blocking NVIDIA’s own DLSS 5 announcement video?
Take-away YouTube’s Content ID keys ownership to the first registered/broadcast fingerprint, not provenance, so a rebroadcaster can “claim” the hash and auto-block the creator.
The blocking of NVIDIA's DLSS 5 announcement video on YouTube due to a copyright claim by the Italian TV channel La7 was largely a result of the platform's automated copyright enforcement system. La7 had used NVIDIA's trailer footage in a program, which appeared to trigger a claim against that footage across various uploads on YouTube [1], [2]. The automated system mistakenly identified the footage as belonging to La7, rather than recognizing it as NVIDIA's original content, leading to multiple videos—including NVIDIA's own—being taken down [2], [3], [4]. This incident underscores the fragility and limitations of automated copyright enforcement, as the system didn't effectively differentiate between the original source of the footage and its subsequent broadcast by a third party [2], [4].
- YouTube took down NVIDIA’s own DLSS 5 trailer following a copyright issue - Gizmochina gizmochina.com (opens in new tab)
- Nvidia’s Own DLSS 5 Announcement Taken Down After Copyright Claim gameobserver.com (opens in new tab)
- Nvidia DLSS 5 Trailer taken down by Italians, yes really - OC3D overclock3d.net (opens in new tab)
- Nvidia DLSS 5 Video Blocked After News Channel Used The Footage And Filed YouTube Copyright Strikes Against Everyone Else thegamer.com (opens in new tab)