Copyright Strike 

That dreaded thing you want to see on your YouTube channel. Usually, your YouTube channel gets a copyright strike by uploading a video with a copyrighted song or movie in it and YouTube takes that video down.

Dammn! I got a fucking copyright strike!

Copyright Strike by Minecraft1238 January 8, 2019

Copyright Strike 

Copyright strikes are warnings given to YouTubers for playing a song that is copyrighted or using copyrighted content.
A strike given to YouTubers for one of the three reasons:
- Stolen content
- Someone playing "ITS RAINING TACOS" and being an annoying little rat that you want to stomp its skull out
- Your channel being hacked and YouTube having no common sense

YouTuber: STOP TACO SONG IS PLAYING I'LL GET A COPYRIGHT STRIKE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Copyright Strike by le oof January 17, 2021

copyright strike

When used as an Urban Dictionary slang, this term refers to how long a free movie is (still able to be) around on YouTube before it's eventually taken down due to a copyright strike.

You’d better watch the "Florida Project" movie on YouTube right now, man. Yeah, it's a 2017 drama movie starring my favorite actor, Caleb Landry Jones. But since the full movie is on YouTube, its "theatrical window" is usually short before the studio hits it with a copyright strike.

copyright strike by Emotional Cruiser July 11, 2026

three copyright strikes 

this will get your youtube account terminated

I gave an idiot three copyright strikes for stealing my shit

three copyright strikes by PhoneGuyYT April 22, 2025

Six Strikes Copyright Alert System 

When the MPAA(Motion Picture Association of America) and RIAA(Recording Industry Association of America) decided that a free open internet was the thing of the past and coordinated with ISP providers: Comcast, Verizon, Cablevision, Time Warner Cable, AT&T and others to act as Big Brother on your internet downloads.

Arthur: I just illegally downloaded the new Batman movie from Torrents and it looks amazing.

Greg: Dude your ISP Cablevision is going to slow down your bandwidth or terminate your account if you keep that up.

Arthur: Why?

Greg: Haven't your hear of the Six Strikes Copyright Alert System that allows your internet provider to monitor your downloads?

Six Strikes Copyright Alert System by Concerned User July 3, 2014