Content ID matching on live streams and Hangouts on Air

Content ID scans all live streams and Hangouts on Air for third party content. When Content ID identifies third party content, it may terminate your live broadcast. Live streams and Hangouts on Air can also be terminated if they receive a copyright strike or a Community Guidelines strike.

If your live stream or Hangout on Air is terminated, the quickest way to confirm whether you have received either type of strike is to check your Account Standing.

How to tell if Content ID terminated your live broadcast

If your live broadcast was terminated and you did not receive a strike, Content ID has identified copyrighted content owned by a third party in your video.

Before your live broadcast is terminated, you will be warned to stop broadcasting the third-party content our system has identified. If you comply with this warning, your broadcast will be allowed to continue. If you do not, it will be terminated and you may lose access to this feature.

If Content ID terminates three of your live broadcasts within a six-month period, you will lose access to live streaming and Hangouts on Air for six months. You can check the number of live broadcasts blocked by Content ID in your Live Events.

What to do if you believe a Content ID match was made in error

If you believe the system has misidentified the content in your video, or you are authorized to use the content in a YouTube live stream, you may dispute the match. You should not dispute Content ID matches unless you have reason to believe they were made in error or are otherwise invalid. You will only be able to dispute a Content ID match on a live stream if you have archived the video. Please note that YouTube does not mediate copyright disputes.

Please understand that Content ID may terminate your live broadcast even if you licensed the third-party content in question, or even if you restricted your broadcast to a territory in which you own all the necessary rights. If a third party has claimed the content in your video through Content ID, you may ask the content owner to whitelist your channel to facilitate future live streams and Hangouts on Air.