[Natsu]

"Anti-music" groups? Is there some group of librarians out there trying to hush anyone playing music or something?

We may not know why the complaint was issued, but we know that the artist released it on his own YouTube account and we know that the video was replaced by a copyright notice. Those are all things that any person browsing the web could verify for themselves.

Only the copyright holder or their agent can authorize a DMCA notice, so it's pretty hard to understand why the artists own upload got taken down.

[larrik]

Poor wording on my part. I meant anti music industry groups, (all of the RIAA haters, torrent websites, etc.). I count myself among them, although my reasons are a little different.

There were tons of stories about companies (especially TV studios, I believe) where the PR/Marketing team would post stuff to YouTube, and then Legal would file DMCAs to take it down. I believe that was even a part of the lawsuit against YouTube. So, the idea that something similar happened here isn't ridiculous, especially if Skepta thought he had rights to the music he signed away that he did not in fact have.