A copyright strike means your content was removed after a legal copyright removal request
A copyright strike means YouTube removed your content because of a legal copyright removal request. YouTube says it reviews these requests and, if a request appears to be valid, it has to remove the content to comply with copyright law. A copyright strike is separate from a Community Guideline strike and from a copyright claim. A Content ID claim typically does not lead to a strike, but if you dispute a claim without a valid reason, the copyright owner can submit a removal request; if that request appears valid, the content is removed and your channel gets a strike.
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Copyright strikes are different from Community Guideline strikes and copyright claims.
If you get a copyright strike, it means your content was removed due to a legal copyright removal request.
These requests are reviewed and, if they appear to be valid, we have to remove the content to comply with copyright law.
If you get a Content ID claim on your video, it typically doesn't result in a copyright strike.
If the copyright removal request appears [valid](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/13823830#review), your content would be removed from YouTube and your channel would get a copyright strike.
Qualifications & exceptions
Removal follows only requests that appear to be valid after review.
"Typically" means a Content ID claim usually, not always, avoids a strike.
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The page does not describe who reviews removal requests or the standard used to decide a request appears valid.
The linked pages on copyright claims, claim disputes and removal requests are not supplied, so their terms are not part of this analysis.
Content & IP Rights · Company practice
At one or two strikes, YouTube removes the struck content
The page lists what happens to your channel by strike count. With 1 copyright strike, YouTube removes the content from YouTube. With 2 copyright strikes, the same steps apply: the content is removed, and each strike follows the same Copyright School rule for expiring or staying active.
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Here’s what happens to your channel:
1 copyright strike:
We remove the content from YouTube.
2 copyright strikes:
Same steps as above.
Qualifications & exceptions
Expiry depends on Copyright School; see the card on strikes staying active.
Content & IP Rights · Context
Content can be removed for other reasons, and a video carries at most one copyright strike
The page notes that content can be removed from YouTube for reasons other than copyright, so a removal is not always a copyright strike. A video can only have 1 copyright strike at a time.
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Content can be removed from the site for reasons other than copyright.
Videos can only have 1 copyright strike at a time.
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The other removal reasons are not listed on this page.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Deleting a video avoids a strike only when the removal request was scheduled, within 7 days
If the copyright removal request was scheduled, you have 7 days to delete your content and avoid the copyright strike. The copyright strike email from no-reply@youtube.com shows whether you have this option. In all other cases, deleting a video does not resolve a copyright strike.
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If the copyright removal request was scheduled, it means you have 7 days to delete your content and avoid the copyright strike.
To see if you have this option, check the copyright strike email sent from no-reply@youtube.com.
In all other cases, deleting a video doesn’t resolve a copyright strike.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies only to scheduled removal requests.
Whether you have this option is shown in the copyright strike email.
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The page does not say when the 7 days start.
Content & IP Rights · Company practice
A Content ID claim typically brings no strike, but an unfounded dispute can lead to one
Copyright claims are different from copyright strikes, and a Content ID claim on your video typically does not result in a strike. However, if you dispute a copyright claim without a valid reason, the copyright owner has the option to submit a copyright removal request for your content. If that request appears valid, your content is removed from YouTube and your channel gets a copyright strike.
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I got a claim on my video, does that mean I’ll get a copyright strike?
If you get a Content ID claim on your video, it typically doesn't result in a copyright strike.
However, if you [dispute a copyright claim](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797454) without a valid reason, the copyright owner has the option to [submit a copyright removal request](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2807622) for your content.
If the copyright removal request appears [valid](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/13823830#review), your content would be removed from YouTube and your channel would get a copyright strike.
Qualifications & exceptions
"Typically" means a claim usually, not always, avoids a strike.
The copyright owner may, not must, submit a removal request after an unfounded dispute.
A strike follows only if the removal request appears valid.
Not stated here
The page does not define a "valid reason" for a dispute; the linked dispute and review pages are not supplied.