This is wrong. Networks DO NOT provide any sort of licenses that you can use. You can still get in copyright troubles while in a network. HOWEVER, I have found that gamers that partner directly with YouTube usually get banned a lot. You can argue that it is because they clicked on their own ads, blah blah blah, but I have had experiences and heard experiences where I just think people have got kicked out of Adsense for no reason. In this case, I feel joining a network is safer because I have not heard of anyone getting kicked out of their partnership because of something to do with "clicking their own ads." I feel there is sort of a protection than going directly with YouTube-even though realistically, there isn't. Gamers who are big eventually get their own graphic designers and stuff like that. I don't think they get their own studio lool. Each network is also different.