[cpcallen]

Indeed. For example, the video "Bruckner 8 trombone training" by Kevin Hertlein was uploaded to YouTube in 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0m2cLH1m8

Back in 2021 it bore a note saying "Music in this video: song: Calling You (Live), artist: FUN. Licensed to YouTube by TuneCore (on behalf of FUN)", and a link to another video entitled "Calling You (Live)" that was uploaded in 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-577Wp8yBQ (that has subsequently been taken down).

I contacted TuneCore about this shady use of their platform to make false copyright claims; I got a reply a couple of days later basically saying that they would only respond to reports made by or on behalf of the copyright holder; they seemed uninterested in the fact that they were (or at least appeared to be) accessory to copyright fraud—presumably at least in part because there was nothing to be gained financially by investigating and putting a stop to such fraud on their platform.

I'm glad to see that the false copyright claim was eventually dropped, but this whole thing could have been avoided if YouTube's content match system was a little more skeptical about claims made about music which has already been on the platform for some time.