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Since Google's acquisition of it back in 2006, Youtube has always been a bit of an opaque organisation. Getting through to support has never been easy and often changes are made without much consultation with the content creators. Lately that lack of transparency is causing real problems for some video makers, who have found themselves unable to monetise videos with no warning whatsoever. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC3NIdiZF_E']
The problem seems to stem from the age old copyright claims being made against videos, or channels, though it doesn't always appear to be for copyrighted video. While Channel Awesome lost access to its monetisation for a dispute with Japanese animation firm, Studio Ghibli, others it seems got in trouble for just using still images – despite both being easily protected by fair use law. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mld4GYqbX3c']
In some cases though it's not just the ability to put adverts on videos that has been halted either. Channel Awesome also had its videos limited to just 15 minutes a piece and had many of the back-end, advanced features of channel management locked. The I Hate Everything channel was deleted by Youtube altogether. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH-8PqS84qA']
Fortunately through the support and publicising of many other content creators, he got it back, but not everyone has been so lucky to receive a quick turnaround. Others have been facing weeks with no response from Youtube about their complaints. While that's not a huge deal for those that use Youtube as a hobby, for many people making videos is their job. If they can't make money from it, they can't pay their bills. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlwpODdXOrg']
It's a difficult situation of course, because as big as Youtube is, it receives hundreds of thousands of DMCA requests every single day. That means that there is just no way a human can go through and check all of them, there has to be some automation, but with automation comes mistakes and Youtube just doesn't correct them quickly enough. Worst still, it doesn't trust content creators enough, so when they are hit with one copyright claim, they can lose monetisation on everything.
That certainly needs to change.
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KitGuru Says: It wouldn't be that hard to put a trust rating on accounts. Once they've gone a certain amount of time, or have posted a certain number of videos without DMCA complaints, they should get a pass if someone files a complaint against them, or at least warrant a more detailed look at the video in question. At the very least, Youtube should only down that video, rather than killing the monetisation of the entire channel.
Good, maybe they’ll get off their arse and work for their money now.
YouTube is not a “job”, it’s a hobby.
Creating digital content that gets millions of views generates ad revenue. It takes a lot of work and is a job people deserve to be paid for.
It really isn’t.
I “did” YouTube around a year back, grinding out two videos everyday, it really wasn’t difficult at all, and it most certainly did not feel like a “job”.
It requires certain skill sets such as video editing and narration and generates income up to and over a living wage, not only that but the income is taxable which pretty much makes it official. It’s a job. it’s not a typical desk job that you would look to hate but whether you like it or not that’s what it is. Stop crying because your youtube channel fell flat on its face while others are making a decent living
YouTube content creators earn money from ads, they run their own businesses and employ people (see Linus Tech Tips). Its a job by all standards.
Was it a job as in a hobby or a job as in you earned all your money that you required to pay bills and support yourself from YouTube ad revenues?
If they get paid for what they do, your opinion of what is and is not a “job” don’t apply
When I said millions of views I was hinting that it was content of quality. Did you get millions of views?
Anyone can grind out several vids a day, that is no achievement at all, now whether they were worth watching is something entirely different. Judging by your responses I highly doubt that you were succesfull with youtube. Ofcourse it is hard, but those who are able to make a living out of it can certainly see it as a job. If you don’t know what a job is, go look it up in the dictionary then.
I’m not sure if you’re just trolling or if your head is just stuck up your own arse.
lmao clearly jealousy then. I’m glad many YouTubers make enough to make a living, it allows them to dedicate their time to making high quality videos which is certainly noticeable on a number of channels I watch. It’s no less of a job than being on TV except with YouTube, you are usually doing the on-screen and off-screen stuff.
Being successful on YouTube actually takes a lot of work…
The solutions to this copyright nonsense are being proposed here:
YouTube search: YouTubers Unite To End Unjust Copyright Strikes, Bans Of Channels, AdSense & Monetization
Facebook search: YouTuber Bill Of Rights Forum
I’d post the links myself but then the comment would like get blocked.