> Jeff Geerling
> > Eventually (about 12 hours into the ordeal), the TeamYouTube account on X mentioned they were looking into it (after the appeal had been rejected).
> > 
> > After there was some coverage on /., Hacker News, and a few tech news sites, I was contacted by the YouTube Creator Liason (Rene Ritchie, great guy who often has to be the go-between for creators and whatever internal machinery spits out these decisions) and he said they would be restoring the video.
> > 
> > Almost exactly a day after I got the initial strike/warning, the video was restored. 
> > 
> > But the rejection notice still shows up in my YouTube Studio dashboard, go figure :D
> > 
> > I wouldn't care too much about a single video like this... except the exact reason for why it violated community guidelines (and survived the first — and for most creators who don't have the social media reach I do — only appeal) still hasn't been given.
> > 
> > This kind of rejection can have a chilling effect on certain types of content. Like was it a mention of Kodi, or LibreELEC, or just the idea of having a local media library? Or was it triggered by showing the playback of a movie outside (legally acquired on physical media, mind you) of some movie studio's boutique streaming service?
> > 
> > Who knows...