I worked for many years (hundreds of hours) locating, remastering and uploading content for a fan-based YouTube channel named ‘R.E.M. Archive’. I did 99% of the work and was happy to do this for the huge fan base. I believe the channel existed for about 6 years or so.
I had to use the Wayback Machine in order to find an example screenshot of a video description.
A few weeks ago, I checked the email address associated with the channel and found this email from YouTube.
I followed a link, provided in that email, to fill out an appeal form. I, simply, stated that I’d be willing to make any/all adjustments to make the channel compliant with their policy.
And this was the response I received.
I’m not even mad. I will not fight them. This is utter horse shit.
Dude, “from the data he provided” is a screenshot of a concert video from Nov 9, 1998 in Stockholm Sweden which (based on a quick search and look through their website) the “REMVideoArchive” site/channel you linked hasn’t uploaded. Neither was an official channel, the one you linked says in their about section that they’re a fansite that archives R.E.M. footage. Don’t accuse somebody of impersonating someone or stealing their work when you have zero evidence of it, that’s absolutely wild that you would do that.
Just what sounds like what happened from the data provided. I’m not saying they did or didn’t. I’m saying that’s what it sounds like to me.