YouTube no longer allow monetizing channels under 10,000 views??

I guess it's a good thing. I've been on it so long I must have broken 10K views by now.

I do remember getting verified being a big deal and hard to do back in the day, and many people complaining that now anyone can get partnered. So I guess now those people can stop complaining?
 
I don't usually swear, especially not in public, but this is f*****g FANTASTIC. No longer will it be worthwhile for scammers and thieves to steal videos, re-upload them, and monetise them. Sure, the hardcore ones will still do it, but it will be easier to dmca strike them, and at least be confident they didn't steal any money from hard working creators. If anything, I would have set the threshold at 1k subs and 100k views, ensuring scammers go back to email schemes... who wants that $23,990,00 from a dead Florida businessman via a Nigerian attorney?
 
KiddieToysReview said:
I don't usually swear, especially not in public, but this is f*****g FANTASTIC. No longer will it be worthwhile for scammers and thieves to steal videos, re-upload them, and monetise them. Sure, the hardcore ones will still do it, but it will be easier to dmca strike them, and at least be confident they didn't steal any money from hard working creators. If anything, I would have set the threshold at 1k subs and 100k views, ensuring scammers go back to email schemes... who wants that $23,990,00 from a dead Florida businessman via a Nigerian attorney?
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That is my reaction too. It's good news for channels who create original content and play by the rules.

But they don't actually specify if the manual review will be checking for copyright theft. I really hope it does but I'm concerned that YT won't be investigating any potential copyright issues unless the copyright owner flags the videos. After all, how could YT know who does and doesn't own the rights to a video by just a manual review?


In a few weeks, we’ll also be adding a review process for new creators who apply to be in the YouTube Partner Program. After a creator hits 10k lifetime views on their channel, we’ll review their activity against our policies. If everything looks good, we’ll bring this channel into YPP and begin serving ads against their content. Together these new thresholds will help ensure revenue only flows to creators who are playing by the rules.
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I wonder what they define as "everything looks good?" :)
 
Crown said:
That is my reaction too. It's good news for channels who create original content and play by the rules.

But they don't actually specify if the manual review will be checking for copyright theft. I really hope it does but I'm concerned that YT won't be investigating any potential copyright issues unless the copyright owner flags the videos. After all, how could YT know who does and doesn't own the rights to a video by just a manual review?

I wonder what they define as "everything looks good?" :)
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I pray their content id engine will be expanded into cover e.g. all videos with over 1 million watched or something like that. And that when you cross 10k, content id process will verify your channel. Wishfull thinking maybe!

Today google also signed a deal with comscore, this might be used for the 10k review process too?
 
Crown said:
That is my reaction too. It's good news for channels who create original content and play by the rules.

But they don't actually specify if the manual review will be checking for copyright theft. I really hope it does but I'm concerned that YT won't be investigating any potential copyright issues unless the copyright owner flags the videos. After all, how could YT know who does and doesn't own the rights to a video by just a manual review?




I wonder what they define as "everything looks good?" :)
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well, I just asked my YouTube Network this question about copyright and they are unsure. my Network clears cover songs already without the copyright issues. Yet the network doesn't know if my videos can't be monetized because of copyrighted content
 
I honestly didn't see this coming. I thought YouTube was just going to continue down the "demonetise videos that go against their advertiser-friendly policy" route - which is great and all, but this is an even better move.

While this does absolutely nothing to prevent the worst offenders (since, if someone really wants to get around it, buying an account that's already monetised or something similar) it does act as a barrier to stop the vast majority of others from taking advantage of the system.

The most important part to take note of is that they say even after achieving the 10,000 views, your channel isn't automatically approved for monetisation. In fact, your channel is then audited to see if it's suitable for monetisation. If that's correct, and the review process is actually decent, then this is great.

Just as an example. Person A decides he wants to make racist videos. Posts them on his channel. Realises he needs to get 10,000+ views to monetise, so keeps making videos, and finally amasses 10,000 views. Now he applies for monetisation, YouTube look over his content, come to a resounding decision of: Nope.. and, he's left unable to monetise his channel or forced to start over and try again without such content.

This not only helps with the current advertiser situation, but it may actually deter a lot of people like that from using YouTube in the first place. That's a good thing because that too will skyrocket advertiser confidence in the site, and also make it a nicer place to be in general.

Now we just have to hope that the review process is thorough - however, in light of recent events, I think it likely will be, since they know they're at a turning point where they can either encourage all the advertisers who left to return, or lose a lot more if things don't go as planned.
 
This is great! : D YouTube is making a good move this time! ^_^ 25 videos with about 400 views each would put a YouTuber at 10k views, which is very attainable for a new creator.

TBH, I'm surprised the threshold isn't higher. 10k views feels like it would have been a good threshold for 2009, but I guess they'd receive a ton of scrutiny if they set the bar too high.
 
i also saw this news earlier this day, and they do it for the greater good. On the other hand, reaching that 10k lifetime view will be a training ground for new youtubers to experiment and find their own style in making videos
 
This is no big deal, to be honest but a good step to be strict at least. It's still hard to earn subscribers, views and money.
 
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