YouTube Partnership Question for Game Content

Sam Walter OFFICIAL

Sam Walter OFFICIAL

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What's going on YTtalkers! I have a quesiton regarding the YouTube Partnership Program for Gamers.

It is obvious that the rumor about 3rd party gaming networks holding rights to copyrighted games has been debunked. With that out of the way, does that mean that Partnership with YouTube for gamers is still an option?

The reason that I ask is because while I know that the 3rd party networks cannot protect you from copyright violation, can they still help? I still hear rumors that YouTube is pretty quick to bring the banhammer down on gamers who post copyrighted material. Can a 3rd party network help in anyway? Like help dispute and resolve the issue? I would assume YouTube wouldn't dispute itself!

I am aware of Fair Use, but I also am aware that sometimes, those things don't work out in your favor. I know copyrighted material is copyrighted material and a 3rd party network certainly is not obligated to be your guardian angel, but I figured maybe a 3rd party network could at least get you to take it down before issues could emerge.

In short, is it smart to partner with YouTube as a gamer, and can 3rd party networks help in any way in a copyright dispute?

(My apologies if this is a common thread, I felt like my question was a bit more unique than the typical gamer network question.)

Thanks! :)

Sam
 
At your kind of channel size no, a network would not help you regarding copyright issues. I'd say only the top channels in a network would get that kind of backing from their network.
 
Well I am not really looking for partnership at the moment, but you think even the semi-large channels get some support? Is it still beneficial to shoot for a 3rd party or is YouTube's program sufficient for gamers?
 
Sam Walter OFFICIAL said:
Well I am not really looking for partnership at the moment, but you think even the semi-large channels get some support? Is it still beneficial to shoot for a 3rd party or is YouTube's program sufficient for gamers?
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It's more likely that large channels are able to negotiate licenses with the copyright holders, rather than much to do with networks.
 
I'll just go on the record right now and say that the few issues (none of them were copyright) that we've had could not be remedied by our network, despite our asking. We deal with issues on our own or we ask a youtube rep to help us. I'm not actually sure at what level a network would get involved-one of our friends had issues with a viral video (close to 7 million views) and his channel is much larger than ours-the network wasn't able to do anything for him either.
 
Wreckless Eating said:
I'll just go on the record right now and say that the few issues (none of them were copyright) that we've had could not be remedied by our network, despite our asking. We deal with issues on our own or we ask a youtube rep to help us. I'm not actually sure at what level a network would get involved-one of our friends had issues with a viral video (close to 7 million views) and his channel is much larger than ours-the network wasn't able to do anything for him either.
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MCNs can push YouTube to remove strikes only if the strike was falsely given, in the case of community guideline strikes MCNs don't like to get involved as those are given by YouTube themselves it would be like going against their judgement.
 
<3UKVloggers said:
MCNs can push YouTube to remove strikes only if the strike was falsely given, in the case of community guideline strikes MCNs don't like to get involved as those are given by YouTube themselves it would be like going against their judgement.
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We have never had strikes of any kind, so the issues we asked for help with weren't a reach. A quick call to a youtube rep usually takes care of the issues.
 
How quickly do copyright strikes occur? Is it only if the original owner wants it gone? Can you just remove the content and not have to worry about anything?
 
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