WolfWraith
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There's an email for WB games now?! For years I've waited and never seen 1 to directly email them. Only a stupid form that was useless as it required me to predict the future.
First and foremost regardless of whether you get caught or not, WB (a company that used to seem like 1 of the least LP friendly publishers around) has been kind enough to reply to you and give you permission to at the very least upload videos using content from games they own the copyrights to but have asked you not to montise them and the first thing you want to do is monetise the videos behind their back? Seriously? Common. Although I'd have to see the email to see what exactly was stated, if they directly said no or if they said they can't specifically provide permission (like 2k games), this is usually an ambiguous way of them saying "we won't say yes, but maybe if your channel was bigger" lol
Secondly, if they do catch you & are unhappy with it, they can actually slam you with an instant DMCA take down, no friendly content ID claims first just straight to a copyright strike. And if your video doesn't fall under YouTube's T&Cs for monetising, you're in even more hot water because you'll be unable to dispute or appeal the strike.
Thirdly the only time you can monetise against a publishers wishes (which anyone with half a brain usually advises against) is if your video does fall under fair use which is subjective & under YouTube's T&Cs are fairly ambiguous at times, this is actually to protect all 3 parties involved but believe it or not, it's more to protect both YouTube and the creators. So YouTube may allow you to monetise in some cases without asking for proof of copyright or licensing/permission, but if you do it against YouTube's rules, again you'll struggle to appeal a DMCA takedown if & when it happens.
Regardless of YouTube's T&Cs, you should always seek permission for both usage and/or monetisation rights for any game you upload, and even in cases where they have information on their website.
Now if you don't mind, I need to go find this email you speak of, I really wanted to showcase Dying Light & Shadow of Mordor but couldn't find any emails to do so.
There's no such thing as "NO copyrights" on games. As soon as you create something from scratch you own the copyrights to it.
First and foremost regardless of whether you get caught or not, WB (a company that used to seem like 1 of the least LP friendly publishers around) has been kind enough to reply to you and give you permission to at the very least upload videos using content from games they own the copyrights to but have asked you not to montise them and the first thing you want to do is monetise the videos behind their back? Seriously? Common. Although I'd have to see the email to see what exactly was stated, if they directly said no or if they said they can't specifically provide permission (like 2k games), this is usually an ambiguous way of them saying "we won't say yes, but maybe if your channel was bigger" lol
Secondly, if they do catch you & are unhappy with it, they can actually slam you with an instant DMCA take down, no friendly content ID claims first just straight to a copyright strike. And if your video doesn't fall under YouTube's T&Cs for monetising, you're in even more hot water because you'll be unable to dispute or appeal the strike.
Thirdly the only time you can monetise against a publishers wishes (which anyone with half a brain usually advises against) is if your video does fall under fair use which is subjective & under YouTube's T&Cs are fairly ambiguous at times, this is actually to protect all 3 parties involved but believe it or not, it's more to protect both YouTube and the creators. So YouTube may allow you to monetise in some cases without asking for proof of copyright or licensing/permission, but if you do it against YouTube's rules, again you'll struggle to appeal a DMCA takedown if & when it happens.
Regardless of YouTube's T&Cs, you should always seek permission for both usage and/or monetisation rights for any game you upload, and even in cases where they have information on their website.
Now if you don't mind, I need to go find this email you speak of, I really wanted to showcase Dying Light & Shadow of Mordor but couldn't find any emails to do so.
