YouTube issues a copyright transparency report to provide information on copyright infringement on its platform and the tools and efficiency of those tools in combatting unauthorized content.

Online service providers have legal requirements to prevent copyright infringement on their platforms and to take down infringing content promptly. Therefore, large companies like YouTube and Google resort to the use of automated technology such as copyright bots to help with the process.

Grammy winners have filed a class action lawsuit against YouTube for is content ID system claiming it unfairly works against lesser-known artists and facilitates copyright infringement on the YouTube platform.