My response to YouTube telling me to go email myself - 4 October 2013

To the YouTube Copyright Team

I refer to your email below and to our earlier correspondence.  It appears that your email contains an error.

Your email states that I "may resolve this issue directly with the claimant at [MY EMAIL ADDRESS]@gmail.com".  That email address is my email address and is not the email address of the claimant.  You have previously indicated that "********@sonymusic.com" is the email address of the claimant.  Would you please confirm that this is the case.

As I have repeatedly requested, please identify the exact legal entity that has made a claim of infringement of copyright in respect of my video "Star Wars - The Election Edition" (accessible at "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1lYCbjzQ4I").  You have previously referred to that entity as "SME".  If known to you, would you also please provide the contact details of the person or persons at "SME" whom I should contact in relation to my claim.

A number of the emails I have received from "the YouTube Copyright Team" appear to contain pro forma text and are not responsive to the specific questions I have asked.  If you are unable to answer my specific queries, would you please forward my correspondence to a person within YouTube who is able to respond to my queries or, alternatively, to a member of your legal department.

I understand that YouTube says that it does not mediate or resolve copyright disputes.  All I am trying to do is to ascertain the entity which claims that I am infringing its copyright so that I may correspond with that entity directly.

Kind regards 

Hugh Atkin