Instant Monetization for Network Partners Ending

Is there any point to being with a network anymore? Maybe if you get a ***** from less money, but nothing else.
 
Does this mean gaming channels are getting screwed? If all gamer channels (except the huge lucky ones that will be "managed") have to go through the copyright bot now, how can any of them hope to reliably monetize their fair use gaming content? What about the networks that are specifically for gaming content?
 
Does anyone know if currently monetized videos, that were monetized instantly while with a network, will remain monetized after this change. My channel recently had a huge boom from GTA V videos, and if some of those videos were to have the monetization disabled for a few days, and then some of those videos were denied monetization after a review, I'd likely be losing out on a lot of money =[

From people I have talked to, very few channels will be managed. I do not expect my channel to be managed for instance. I know it isn't huge, but it is getting into that medium sized channel range.

Hopefully all currently monetized content will stay that way, and us youtubers will just have to adapt to making content about a week or so ahead of time, and settings it on a timed upload schedule so that it is accepted for monetization before it goes live.

IE. I make an excess of 10+ videos that I don't upload leading to this update, and then set them on a timed schedule where they will have time to be reviewed and accepted for monetization before going live, and can then continue making my one a day videos, but they would actually be uploaded in a week or so's time.

The only flaw with this would be videos that are rejected for monetization. That would truly suck.

Oh, and any Patch Note videos, or videos about things recently discovered would also lose their ability to quickly gain views that are monetized, because they would have to under-go the review process. Man this sucks.

I've heard that their will be a "review period" so to speak though, where even affiliate channels will regain their ability to instantly monetize videos, once they have proven for a certain period of time that they don't upload anything that isn't their own content/doesn't get copyright striked. From a source I have, they told me that youtube has stated that this will be a "short review period", but who knows how long short really is, as they haven't actually stated what kind of time-span "short review period" means.
 
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omgurheadsgone said:
Does anyone know if currently monetized videos, that were monetized instantly while with a network, will remain monetized after this change.
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I don't think anybody knows yet. You would think that the settings would remain the same. Can you imagine if they all switch over to 'under review'? There would be SO many videos for Google to review.
 
afaik the future uploads will be.. my network said it in on an email based on our partner forum that has been posted by one of the partners.
 
markkaz said:
I don't think anybody knows yet. You would think that the settings would remain the same. Can you imagine if they all switch over to 'under review'? There would be SO many videos for Google to review.
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Oh it would be HORRIBLE. I'd at least hope though that any currently monetized videos that haven't had any copyright strikes or content ID claims against them would naturally just stay at their current setting of monetized.
 
99% of network partners just got fd in the a big time.. the under review and need additional papers process gives me the creeps. I feel like my freedom has been taken away.
 
sammek said:
99% of network partners just got fd in the a big time.. the under review and need additional papers process gives me the creeps. I feel like my freedom has been taken away.
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Yep, same. The instant monetization ability that basically all MCN's offered was probably the #1 most attractive benefit to anyone that signed a contract with them. If youtube really does go through with these strict changes, this is definitely a massive step back for the average youtube gamer that is trying to grow and make a few bucks from their content. I am really scared in regards to what these changes will actually mean. Only time will tell.

EDIT: What I do hope that these changes mean, is that MCN's will from now on pay much heavier attention when reviewing the channels that apply to their network, and carefully check their current and previously uploaded content, verifying that they never risked a copyright strike, and took very careful precaution's when making their content, so that they always only posted content that has no means for a content ID claim or copyright strike .

Also, I'm sure some changes to most current MCN contracts would have to be made, that very clearly explain and state that the person signing the contract is 100% liable for any content strikes that they receive, especially when it means potentially serious legal issues. I know that most contracts currently do cover that, but it would have to be made very very clear from now on in my opinion.

Anyways, I hope this isn't as bad as it seems, only time will tell.
 
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