I decided to have a giveaway for Christmas, but I've been informed giveaways are against YT policy. I saw the overview of Giveaway TOS, but it's VERY confusing and vague. Basically my contest is:
1. Be a subscriber
2. Follow me on twitter, and tweet at me that you want to take part
3. wait till Christmas Eve for the winner
Is this against YT policy, and/or will this give me a strike on my channel (or worse: termination)?
I'm really paranoid now about this, but I'm hesitant to take down the video until I know for sure that it's not allowed (considering everyone already is hyped about this giveaway).
I've seen arguments from people on other forums insisting that the guidelines I looked at don't apply to giveaways, as giveaways =/= contests.
Here's a copy+paste of the Google Guidelines I'm referring to:
Help!
1. Be a subscriber
2. Follow me on twitter, and tweet at me that you want to take part
3. wait till Christmas Eve for the winner
Is this against YT policy, and/or will this give me a strike on my channel (or worse: termination)?
I'm really paranoid now about this, but I'm hesitant to take down the video until I know for sure that it's not allowed (considering everyone already is hyped about this giveaway).
I've seen arguments from people on other forums insisting that the guidelines I looked at don't apply to giveaways, as giveaways =/= contests.
Here's a copy+paste of the Google Guidelines I'm referring to:
- You are solely responsible for your contest.
- Your contest on YouTube must comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations in the jurisdiction(s) where your contest is offered or promoted.
- Your contest cannot infringe upon or encourage the infringement of any third party rights or the participation in any unlawful activity.
- Your contest may only accept entries from users aged 18 and up, or, the age of majority in the jurisdiction(s) where your contest is offered or promoted if it is over 18.
- You cannot ask the user to give all rights for, or transfer the ownership of, their entry to you.
- Your contest must be free to enter.
- Your contest must be a game of skill where the winner is determined by a set of clear judging criteria.
- You may not utilize channel functions, such as video likes or view counts, to conduct your contest.
- You may only use any data collected from entrants for contest administration purposes and cannot re-use the data for marketing purposes (even if the user has expressly opted-in to that use).
- You cannot use the the YouTube embedded player or YouTube API to run a contest offsite.
