The world can be kind of stupid...

That's obvious, right? 

Here's my story: I created a youtube video that I published.  It was based on a podcast I had done more than a dozen years ago, and included nothing new - it was a re-edit with videos included.

Having been that long ago, I didn't recall from where I sourced the materials, and rolled with it.  I did do a cursory search, to see if there was anything that I might have borrowed (if you will), but came up empty.

Flash forward to the video being active for a couple of weeks.  Some random guy posts that I have infringed on his copyright via a comment on the video.  I reply, and ask for details and offer an email address to contact me, (aside: sometimes you get weirdos commenting, so its better to take things like this "seriously" - but offline)

No answer.  Then, I get a notification from youtube that they received a copyright notice with a takedown request.  The name is the same as the guy who commented, and now I have an email address.  But two key things:

• the person claimed that his content was used in the entire video.  That was definitely NOT the case.  There is a section where I played audio, which was not his, and another few places where I talked about a few things that I had knowledge about. Those could not have been his. 

• As "proof" he pointed youtube to an archive.org site that contained NONE of what I had in the video.  And his actual site is no longer active. (to be fair, I have a recollection of visiting his site, and getting some info, but what and how much, I can't recall OR VERIFY)

Youtube provides no other information or ability to contact anyone, but suggested I reach out to the content owner to resolve the situation.  I did.  I asked if we could leave it up with attribution (and disabling any monetization), and he agreed.

But then I got notified that I didn't take action and the video was removed and I received a copyright strike.  And I have no further recourse, other than legal action.

So in other words, he claimed it was all his and provided "proof" that was anything but.  My video is gone.  And I can do nothing about it.

That's just stupid.  

Of course, I have thoughts about how this was handled.  The person who made the claim was kind of a dick about all of it.  Come at me and just put a takedown request without a discussion? And when I suggested he - as recommended -  simply rescind the takedown and instead submit a copyright notice, he basically blew me off.
Thanks for nothing, pal.