I'm considering making a YouTube channel, but I would like it to be anonymous. (In part because I'm a private person and in part because if I discuss politics or religion I don't want potentially offended people knowing who I am or getting my email address.) My plan was to add a new YouTube channel (with its own Google Plus page) that is managed by my personal Google account. This way it would be convenient for me to manage that and switch to using my personal YouTube account for regular use from YouTube.com without having multiple logins and accounts. Also I thought since I already have an Analytics account, a Play Store developer account, and I've purchased items from Google on the play store all with my personal account, it would be ready and easy for me to use that same account if I wanted to enable monitization of the YouTube channel at some point.
As far as I can tell, if I would make this new YouTube channel it would appear totally anonymous despite being managed by my personal account. Is this correct?
A side concern is that I have heard a while back that someone filed a fake copyright complaint about someone's YouTube video and that allowed them to access the uploader's personal information, is that also a possibility?
Best Answer
yes.
If you file a counter notification, the claimant does get your personal information, because the only way of keeping content down after receiving a counter notification is through going to court.
Claimants however do not just get your personal information handed if they file a takedown notification; quite the opposite in fact: You get to know their email address so you can contact them.