vgjfelix
I've Got It
Many of us will have spent hours, days, months, even years building up their Youtube channels. But one mis-click of a URL that leads to a virus infecting your computer, or maybe even an accidental upload of a video with some copyright material in the background may bring your channel crashing down.
I'm nine months into my Youtube 'project' (so to speak) and I'm starting to think that if things progress as they are I might be able to make something of it. But at the same time it feels so fragile and vulnerable - in an instant everything could change. The content itself I'm not too worried about because it's all backuped at 'home' but I don't feel confident in my ability to protect my channel, my brand, my subs, views, monetization account.
I've already read on here about adsense accounts being suspended and on youtube forums themselves many account of people channels suddenly being suspended. Often these stories are from a year or two ago so has Youtube got any better in this regard.
Also does strength in numbers helps? Does partnering up with youtube or other partners 'protect' you in anyway? As of now I'm still going it alone in terms of all this so I don't know where I stand if something were to go wrong with my account. It's almost as if leave my bike chained up in the city centre every Saturday and just hope it's still there when I come back to use it again.
So the question is what can you do to protect your channel beyond your password? Can you and how do you protect and, if possible, backup your channel? And how 'binary' and 'persuasive' are Youtube themselves to 'mistakes' - for example I often use music in my videos and I am happy for them to be 3rd party-matched and happy for youtube to stick adverts over them but how on earth can I tell when I might cross the line, and how bad would the punishment be?
Hopefully we can start a useful conversation with opinions and advice (unless this topic has already come up and I've missed it)
I'm nine months into my Youtube 'project' (so to speak) and I'm starting to think that if things progress as they are I might be able to make something of it. But at the same time it feels so fragile and vulnerable - in an instant everything could change. The content itself I'm not too worried about because it's all backuped at 'home' but I don't feel confident in my ability to protect my channel, my brand, my subs, views, monetization account.
I've already read on here about adsense accounts being suspended and on youtube forums themselves many account of people channels suddenly being suspended. Often these stories are from a year or two ago so has Youtube got any better in this regard.
Also does strength in numbers helps? Does partnering up with youtube or other partners 'protect' you in anyway? As of now I'm still going it alone in terms of all this so I don't know where I stand if something were to go wrong with my account. It's almost as if leave my bike chained up in the city centre every Saturday and just hope it's still there when I come back to use it again.
So the question is what can you do to protect your channel beyond your password? Can you and how do you protect and, if possible, backup your channel? And how 'binary' and 'persuasive' are Youtube themselves to 'mistakes' - for example I often use music in my videos and I am happy for them to be 3rd party-matched and happy for youtube to stick adverts over them but how on earth can I tell when I might cross the line, and how bad would the punishment be?
Hopefully we can start a useful conversation with opinions and advice (unless this topic has already come up and I've missed it)
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