Mirrored, sped-up or cropped footage to dodge detection
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What triggers it
Other people's TV, film or video footage that is flipped horizontally, sped up, heavily filtered or cropped to get past Content ID or abuse detection.
What YouTube says
“Technical manipulation (such as speeding up audio, heavy filters, cropping) designed to bypass abuse detection.”
We last checked this against YouTube's page on .
How to fix it
Don't disguise third-party footage. License it, or use short clips with real commentary.
Good to know
Pitch shifts and borders are not named by YouTube but are common ways to do this. Creative effects on your own footage do NOT count.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown and the words on screen. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: looked at for this rule
- Speech: not for this rule
- On-screen text: looked at for this rule
- Caption: not for this rule
- Hashtags: not for this rule
It doesn't recognize songs or match clips against copyright catalogs, so it can't tell whether you have the rights to them.
Related YouTube rules
Platforms change their rules often. This page sums up what YouTube publishes; it isn't legal advice.