Maker is being an a**

TigerXtrm

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So apparently this (reddit.com/r/YogscastHannah/comments/3zwamw/psa_maker_and_privated_videos_again/) is happening. Basically Maker (and/or Polaris) are throwing a fit over gaming videos in their network. They're saying that a number of videos with copyrighted music in them need to be completely private or they will remove them from the channel entirely. Apparently they want to 'avoid copyright strikes' or some BS like that because their own internal flagging system says the video may potentially be flagged by YouTube.

In the case of Hannah she can't get out of the contract until March, which for me brings up the question again: Why would someone enter into a contract that can't be canceled on a monthly basis? Especially if you have over a million subscribers, termination conditions of the contract would be at the top of my negotiation list.
 
Managed channels should stop acting like gods and follow the rules like everyone else does.
 
Sure, but it's not up to the networks to decide what 'the rules' are. YouTube decides copyright rules, networks have no business privating or removing videos because they MIGHT be flagged.
 
Have you seen her contract? I think she might have special clause that say "No copyrighted content, or else", because from what I have read, the network can be severely punished if managed channel get a copyright strike.
 
Of course I don't know what's in her contract. The point is that Maker shouldn't be touching their channel's videos just like that and setting them private or deleting them without proper communication. Of course I agree that rules are rules, part of being in a network (especially managed), is that they work WITH you and help you where needed. Maker is doing the exact opposite.
 
Maker is merely protecting their interests and that is about it. If you would be running multi-million operation and some employee would pose risk to f*ck it all up, what would you do?
 
TigerXtrm said:
Why would someone enter into a contract that can't be canceled on a monthly basis?
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For bigger channels, apart from help with copyright issues by far the most major reason to sign with a network is sales (I'm talking influencer campaigns/ branded content not instream) and from a network's POV, they aren't going to be able to do much sales if their partner's contracts say that they can leave mid-campaign or mid-negotiation..

So while for smaller-medium channels, "no lock-in" contracts are quite common, in really any contract with a large-huge channel where the benefit for the channel is high-revenue brand integrations and not just the normal features such as free music etc, then 4-12 month contracts are the norm for the "low-end" of contract lengths.
I know the Yogscast have done several branded content campaigns or in other words being paid to feature certain games in the past with Maker/ Polaris so this is likely a major reason why they signed with them..
 
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