“This Is Getting Ridiculous”- NASCAR Community in Shock as Barrage of Copyright Claims Threaten Insider’s Social Media Presence

NASCAR is a community that is known for its fans. Whether it be attending races physically or discussing them virtually, the essence of the sport is in its community members who make sure fans are up to speed with every little detail. Content creators often flock to sites like YouTube to dissect every match, every driver, and even every crash. But recently, an ill-fated event unfolded when an eminent NASCAR insider and content creator was hit with a series of copyright strikes. While he appeared exasperated, the NASCAR community was also not happy about it.

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One of the latest NASCAR content creators to have fallen victim to YouTube’s copyright strikes is none other than Brock Beard. Brock has been a fan of NASCAR since 1991. He is the creator and chief editor of LASTCAR.info, the first website in racing history devoted to last-place finishers. After four years at the University of California, Irvine, he graduated with Honors in Humanities as a scholar-athlete.

Beard holds a significant presence among the NASCAR community on YouTube with almost 20,000 subscribers. His videos garner thousands of views with one even crossing the million mark. It is safe to say that the veteran creator has a lot of significance in the community.

However, his online presence may be in jeopardy due to YouTube’s copyright strikes. Beard recently shared a couple of pictures on his Twitter handle, featuring a bunch of e-mails YouTube sent him citing copyright concerns. The veteran expressed his disappointment as he tweeted, “I’m getting too old for this.”

After the tweet quickly gained attention, several fans expressed their displeasure with YouTube’s policies as they expressed support for Brock Beard.

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Relating to Brock Beard’s misery, another content creator expressed their dissatisfaction with YouTube.

“Add me to the list of People whose NASCAR Youtube videos have been demonetized. At least 7 videos now have been affected, I’m expecting more to come sadly, I feel for everyone involved, a lot of the content is very well made and deserves some type of payment in my opinion,” they tweeted.

Another user simply expressed their disappointment with YouTube making life difficult for content creators as they wrote, “This is getting ridiculous.”

One user suggested that any NASCAR content that was not produced by NASCAR would face a similar fate. “Something tells me we are gonna see more of this as that new NASCAR production studio gets up and running. They are gonna squash any non-NASCAR produced work,” they wrote.

Even Skewcar chimed in with their opinion as they commented, “It’ll keep happening, they’re finally catching up to real time. Some will be auto claims, and handful are manual claims. Certain FOX content clips may be copyright striked as well.”

Another fan was of the belief that the issue was not just NASCAR-specific, but was happening across all sports, including the NFL. “I got 2 manual claims earlier this month. Nothing too serious, but I also got a manual claim on a recent vid 8 days after upload from the NFL. I think this is an industry-wide problem.”

Do you think these copyright claims will spell the death of smaller content creators from YouTube in the long run? Let us know your views.

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