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YouTubers Complain After Newswire Agency Demands Licence Fee

  • Several prominent Indian YouTubers including Rajat Pawar faced copyright strikes and license fee demands from Asian News International in May 2025 over brief clips used in their videos.
  • The controversy arose because ANI allegedly exploited YouTube's copyright strike system to demand large sums, sometimes up to Rs 48 lakh plus GST, for clips under 10 seconds despite fair use protections.
  • Affected creators accused ANI of pressuring them with threats to shut down channels unless they paid hefty fees, while digital rights activists and some politicians called this tactic blackmail damaging free speech.
  • Creators like Rajat Pawar stated, "They told me to pay up or lose my entire channel," highlighting the coercive nature alleged in these copyright enforcement actions on YouTube.
  • This dispute has raised wider concerns about copyright enforcement fairness, YouTube’s role, and potential monopolistic practices by ANI, with calls for governmental and platform-level reforms to protect independent content creators.
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reporters-collective.in broke the news in on Sunday, May 25, 2025.
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