Do you own ALL the necessary rights to your video (this includes, but is not limited to, audio, video, images, and text)?

If not, filing a counter-notification may not be appropriate for you. However, you may contact the content owner directly in search of a retraction of their claim. For instructions on how to request a retraction please go to the Retractions page.

International Counter-Notification

To file a counter-notification with us, you must provide a written communication that sets forth the items specified below.

Please understand that filing a counter-notification may lead to legal proceedings between you and the complaining party to determine ownership. Be aware that there may be adverse legal consequences in your country if you make a false or bad faith allegation by using this process.

Please also be advised that we enforce a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of subscribers who are repeat infringers. So, if you are not sure whether certain material infringes the copyrights of others, we suggest that you first contact a lawyer.

Please note that your country of residence does not determine whether or not you may file an international counter-notification. The location of the original claimant, and whether or not it was submitted under United States law (governed by the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Section 512 g), determines which type of counter-notification you may file.

If you have questions about the originating locale of the complaint against your video, please email copyright@youtube.com

An international counter-notification must include the following specific elements:

1. Identification of the specific URLs of material that YouTube has removed or to which YouTube has disabled access.
2. Your full name, address, telephone number, email address and the username of your YouTube account.
3. The statement "I will accept service of process from the person who provided YouTube with the original copyright complaint or an authorised agent of such person."
4. The statement: "I have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled."
5. Signature. A scanned physical signature or a valid electronic signature will be accepted.

We can only accept a counter-notification directly from the user from whose account a video has been disabled. For verification, we require that counter-notifications be submitted from the email address associated with the account.

Our preferred method of counter-notification submission is via our online form.

If you have difficulty with the form, please read the alternative instructions.

After we receive your counter notification, we will forward it to the party who submitted the original claim of copyright infringement. Please note that when we forward the counter notification, it includes your personal information. By submitting a counter notification, you consent to having your information revealed in this way. We will not forward the counter notification to any party other than the original claimant.

We may then reinstate the material in question at our discretion.