As YouTube faces criticism and lawsuits for its methods of monitoring, identifying, and enforcing against copyright infringement on its platform, YouTube’s copyright bots help prevent copyright infringement by:
automating the monitoring and enforcement process which would otherwise take significant time for individuals to accomplish;
quickly identify infringing content over a massive platform of users; and
provide an automatic method for takedown of unauthorized use of rights holders’ works.
Read about YouTube’s copyright bots and content ID system for prevention of copyright infringement.