YouTubers will soon receive money raised during Content ID disputes

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YouTubers will soon be able to receive revenue made during Content ID claim disputes.
As is, if a YouTuber uploads a video and someone else claims the video was theirs first, YouTube prevents anyone from receiving revenue while the situation is sorted. This is unfortunate for those wrongly accused of cribbing content as even if they're in the right, by the time the dispute is resolved it's too late for them to receive the money they should have been earning during that time.
"Currently videos that are claimed and disputed don't earn revenue for anyone, which is an especially frustrating experience for creators if that claim ends up being incorrect while a video racks up views in its first few days," YouTube said of the old system in a blog post on the matter.
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