I just ran into a huge problem that may be costing me thousands of $ each month, so any answers/help about this issue will be hugely appreciated.
First off, my MCN is Fullscreen. Here is a graph of my monthly earnings since I've been a partner:
As you can see, especially in the last year, I've been bringing home a decent amount of money (enough to make a decent living in my country). However, my fairytale seems to be coming to an end with the introduction of the new YT monetization requirements (4000 watch hours in last year and 1k subscribers). My problem is that the money that I have been raking in has mostly been coming in from Content ID, and not from my actual channel. Reason for this is, I only have 1 really viral video on my channel, but for some reason, lately, 99% of the views I have been getting have come from copies of my video on other channels. I only have about 1500 watch hours on my channel in the last year with 1800 subscribers, so I am far from the 4000 goal. I am not actively uploading as I have no content ideas or time to do this. Just yesterday, all monetization options have disappeared from my channel due to the new rules, and with this, I have also automatically been removed as a Fullscreen Partner until I accumulate 4000 watch hours in a year.
Now, how is this fair? While copies of my own video on other channels are receiving literally millions of views every month (for example, just one channel that has copied my video is receiving about 2M views EACH DAY these days), from yesterday on I will not be receiving a single dollar anymore? I tried talking to Fullscreen about this, but they seem to be most uninterested about solving my issue. All they said was they can not override YT's requirements.
So, my question is: whilst I'm losing hundreds of $ each day, is there any solution to my problem besides actually accumulating the 4000 watch hours on my own channel? Honestly, this is a lot of money to me, and if someone can help me with this, I am even prepared to pay for a solution to this (or offer a % of my earnings each month, depending on the solution). I do understand why YouTube did this, but to kick someone from monetizing their Content ID video, even though he/she is making thousands each month, doesn't seem fair.
Also, I received this message last month, as most of you probably did: "As a result, your channel will no longer be eligible for monetization starting February 20, 2018.". Yet, my monetization functions disappeared yesterday already. Does this mean I am not earning money through Content ID since yesterday, or am I safe until February 20 and still have time to find a solution to this?
Thanks for all the answers!
