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YouTube has improved its copyright removal tool
YouTube has introduced an improved removal tool that allows creators to remove copyrighted music from their videos, leaving the remaining audio intact.
With the Erase Song feature, creators can mute copyrighted music in their content, the company announced in a recent note. The tool was previously in place as a beta feature, but it wasn't always the most accurate.
The updated Erase Song feature uses an "artificial intelligence-powered algorithm" to more accurately identify and remove copyrighted tracks without affecting other audio tracks in a given video — at least that's how the feature is supposed to work in theory.
However, even the new and improved version may not always be completely accurate. If the tool fails to remove copyrighted content, YouTube recommends that creators manually mute parts of the video that the system has flagged as apparently containing copyrighted material.
YouTube's support page states that the song removal tool "may not work if the song is difficult to remove," so muting the audio may help remove a content ID claim related to the video.
