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Splice issuing a nonsense YouTube strike against a copyright attorney is a real choice.
A core trope of Verge coverage over the years is that copyright law is the only functional regulation on the US internet, because it allows various actors to demand content takedowns without worrying about that pesky First Amendment.
Anyway, Splice, a company which sells music samples and beats, got upset at Krystle Delgado, a copyright attorney and YouTuber, for showing one of their license agreements during a livestream, and issued a YouTube copyright strike over it. Her response video is pretty good — and neatly demonstrates the pressures and complexity independent creators face trying to do what would otherwise be straightforward journalism.
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