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In April 2019, [[WatchMojo]] - one of the largest YouTube channels with over 20 million subscribers and 15 billion views with an extensive library of videos that rely on fair use - released a video that relied on its 10-year experiences managing claims and strikes via Content ID to highlight instances of alleged abuse.<ref>{{Citation|last=WatchMojo.com|title=Exposing Worst ContentID Abusers! #WTFU|date=2019-05-02|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbs9UVelEfg|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref> In a follow-up video, the channel estimated that rights holders had unlawfully claimed over $2 billion from 2014–19.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://torrentfreak.com/youtube-content-id-abusers-could-face-millions-of-dollars-in-damages-190509/|title=YouTube Content-ID Abusers Could Face Millions of Dollars in Damages|date=2019-05-10|website=TorrentFreak|language=en|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=WatchMojo.com|title=Are Rights Holders Unlawfully Claiming Billions in AdSense Revenue?|date=2019-05-09|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w1f3olwqcg|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref>
On November 6, 2021, Jose Teran of [[Scottsdale, Arizona]] and his co-conspirator, Webster Batista, was charged by a federal grand jury of 30 felony counts which include Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, and Transactional Money Laundering. Teran, in pleading guilty, admitted that they created the fake music publishing company MediaMuv L.L.C. from which they claimed 50,000 songs and recieved royalty payments amounting to $20,776,517.31 using YouTube's Content ID System.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2023-06-28 |title=District of Arizona {{!}} MediaMuv L.L.C. Principal Guilty of Stealing Millions in Music Royalties Sentenced to 70 Months {{!}} United States Department of Justice |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/mediamuv-llc-principal-guilty-stealing-millions-music-royalties-sentenced-70-months |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Indicts Two Men for Running a $20 Million YouTube Content ID Scam * TorrentFreak |url=https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-indicts-two-men-for-running-a-20-million-youtube-content-id-scam-211203/ |access-date=2024-01-06 |language=en}}</ref> On June 26, 2023, Teran was sentenced to 70 months in prison by Judge Douglas L.
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