I had a channel that was demonetized on Jan 15th 2024 and then after 90 days I was refused reentry into the partner program because they claimed my channel had "reused content". Which was complete BS. 100% of the videos was recorded and edited by me. When I contacted YT about it, they simply reiterated the same canned nonsense as in this video. But they could not provide one example of any reused content. But it didn't matter. YT stole $100s of my already earned ad revenue and there was nothing I could do. YT and google is not an honest company. Small creators and even medium size creators don't stand a chance. They don't have the influence to create a big enough campaign to overturn these nonsensical rulings and they don't make enough money to sue YT for breach of contract. I don't even think my communication with YT was with a real person. It was too repetitive and we entered a logical loop multiple times. I am 99% sure I was talking with an AI.
What they want is you recording a video and explaining how you go about creating those videos. If you have the option to appeal, this is what what you need to do. They will re-approve your application. I've done it like 3 times on this channel and other 2 and it worked
@@AfricaRevealed I did that, a 5 minute video explaining the process. My voice, my face, my process, my creative theme and all that jazz. Uploaded set to unlisted and they were given the link.
@@BlenderRookie I did this over 9 times. One time the appeal video showed that no-one watched the appeal video and rejected me again. I contacted YT creator support team (via a email I had in the past) and they were completely rude to me with a robotic repetitive loop that I was denied. I called the bluff and requested a person to communicate with and they ended up watching less then a minute of my appeal and said I was denied. After a year of not being on the YT program I simply split my channel into two separate channels as I did not know what was re-used and I was monetized on both channels in no time after I did this. It took me 7 years to initially get my channel up and running (only 7k subs with great analytics) and now I know that I did not communicate to any human and did not have any human watch my appeal videos.
@@SuperFly_Kickz_ Yup. Same. My channel fell off a cliff (125k/day to 3k/day) after I was done for "reused content" that was all mine. Hasn't reovered after 2 years and is in recession. So demoralising and unjustified. And inconsistent - roll of the dice whether they let you back in on appeal.
Exactly, this channel took my content and YT allowed it: 10TopTechTY They take from everyones channel and are making profit on our work. I make no money from YT yet these channels can without even making their own content.
@@BackcountryTripper Kind of defeats the reason for them being called "Content Creators" when they make literally nothing just low effort leeches using others content and taking all the money and praise.
@@Spectre1Gaming 100%!!! We, as 'Content Creators,' lose incentive to create new content. Even when I requested the content removed, UA-cam favored these leeches. They said I have to get a lawyer to take the content down. LOL. I said, 'You mean a lawyer for the content I don't make money on? The content I spent hours editing, buying filming gear, and going to these locations?' But these people are allowed to simply take my content and upload as their own.
@@BackcountryTripper I feel sorry for you brother no one should have to go through that hopefully this is a start of that change, doesn't matter if you make revenue off it that is YOUR content not any one else's.
The main thing UA-cam needs to do is show us the creators where in the video is used content or give us a chance to correct the video. Not wake up to find our page is un-monetized and now we have to appeal which often fails just to wait 90 days to be back accepted!
YT is ditching shorts ! Particularly coming from the platform of Tiktok. If you have uploaded a video of yours. Then you are to make a short of the same video clip, YT is not going to like it. That is what he means
Yeah @daily dose of internet .... does that he get millions of views and he gets paid from yt sonstop saying that because you partner pays people to reuse content
I have a reused content channel, but I try to add as much value as possible, in terms of editing, music, and sound design. I try to spice up moments from podcasts and deliver them in small consumable bites that people who may not enjoy long-form content. Do you think that's BS too, or nah?
Here's feedback: Make HUMANS available to contact for all UA-cam partners instead of AI. Make it possible for creators to TALK TO SOMEONE when there's a TOS or demonetization issue.
I create all my own original content and just got demonetized for "reused content" and not being able to prove the content is actually mine. Not right. All of us creators work really hard and to have it be determined by a AI robot if we get demonetized is not cool.
UA-cam has demonetized my main citing "reused content" as a reason almost any time a video actually got popular on it, even though my primary content the past few months was livestreams with my voice interacting with chat which would not be able to fit this criteria by it's nature. When I would demand they tell me which videos they would flag as reused content, I would never get an answer. I got fed up with trying to play guessing games with what UA-cam is looking for after I deleted fan-demanded video contents off my channel and STILL couldn't avoid demonetization. The "reused content" policy is a sham.
This youtube system simply doesn't work. I advise any small time or middle Creator to NOT put your hope, love, sweaters, blood, and dreams, hard work into believing youtube is a fair way to go.
only took 20 years to figure out this was good for creators. we should get ALL the money made from our stolen content. This is a multi hundred million dollar business people have stealing content and monetizing it.
Dear UA-cam, DO BETTER and please reevaluate your AI/Content Duplication Test! My channel recently got removed from your Partnership Program for "reusing content" and, after submitting my 5 minute video to appeal, my monetization was DENIED for not explaining how I edit my videos and the origin of my content. I primarily do LIVESTREAMS. I DO NOT EDIT anything. All questions for tarot readings, discussion, fun, etc. originate from the viewers during collaborations. All of my content is NOT SCRIPTED. I collaborate with other channels through STREAMYARD and we SIMULCAST to our individual channels. Lisa Live! consists of me INTERACTING WITH A LIVE AUDIENCE! My theory is that STREAMYARD AND UA-cam are not interfacing appropriately. I mentioned ALL of this and more during my APPEAL VIDEO TO YOU. Pay close attention to the feedback you are receiving in your video. You are incorrectly penalizing the wrong people. - Lisa Smith / Spirit Intuitive Tarot
I’ve been reading so many comments here Lisa and I can’t believe how many people have had the same issue that you’re having. I love our Saturday’s together and I will continue to advocate for you to the best of my abilities. Too bad UA-cam is missing out on taking that 30% of donations 😂
I am very unhappy at the way Lisa Smith / Spirit Intuitive Tarot is being treated for a LIVE STREAM. It makes me think that you really are not reading the reasons for the appeal. This makes me believe you are just denying appeals. Please do better. Will you please reopen her appeal and truly read her reasons for her appeal? Thanks
I am very disappointed with how Lisa Intuitive Tarot is being treated by UA-cam. All her content is original. Maybe you should demonetize yourselves until you improve your performance!!
Make this Right UA-cam❤ Lisa does The most fun lives!!! She is an Extremely Bright Diamond 💎🪽✨🌀🌎✨🎇🥰🌌 Light in this Beautiful World . Requested a Tall Angel name of love based, heart centered, highest good exchanges only to Assist you UA-cam, at this time ⚖️
I got demonetized for that even though I showed them my Premiere timeline where I spent hours on the video. I think they don't use humans to review the appeal at all. Everything is AI or the Reviewers are not doing their job well.
Dear UA-cam, when content is demonetized for any reason, please specify where the violation occurred so that we creators can edit that portion of the video instead of throwing the whole thing out. You guys made timestamps a thing. Use them. Thanks!
Never reused any content and got demonetized for reused content. Lost my appeal and now have to wait 90 days to try again. It took me 10 months to get monetized and 3 month to get demonetized without a clear explanation. So now I’m watching every bit of content about this subject so I can learn from it and understand what’s going on. 🤦♂️
Dear UA-cam, please please please work hard at this... all these "montage" channels that straight up steal popular footage and mash them into a simple "best of the day" video is the weakest show of effort in "transformative” use. At minimum, healthy and clear auto attribution back to the original sources, plus fair and equitable distribution of monetization to the original creator would be the first in the industry, and truly groundbreaking.
you can use any video under fair use.. like pause and talk over it.. for commentary criticism.. creators dont understand fair use.. see h3h3 productions law suit they wont against creator who said they stole their content
Another common thing those channels do is include royalty free music and then register it was their music using the montage video as the "source". If you use UA-cam royalty free audio anywhere else you'll end up with copyright strikes because of that.
@@BackcountryTripper Did they comment over your content or put it in a compilation with other videos? Because that's why they were favored, doesn't break copyright law if they made it fair use
@@MrFalliorsLife Yes, they did, but their usage of it is borderline copyright infringement. If I use a few seconds of music, I would get a copyright infringement right away, but if they take a bunch of my frames from my video, that is okay? I understand where you are coming from, but there is a point where they are just taking content not because they are adding value but because they can use other content creators' work and make money from it. If a news channel used some of my content to report about me, I would be 100% okay with that. Side note: they also cropped out my videos to remove my logo watermark. Also this is YT's platform they can make their own rules regarding this stuff so that it's fair for us original content creators.
Reused Content Policy system is Broken. I've had my own channel removed from YPP for reused content while i create my Own Original Content and i've explained it to the review team so many times. also so many channels try & steal from my channel and use my own original clips in their videos and shorts. I want the system to be completely transparent because reused content policy strike is worse than a copyright strike, it completely removes you from YPP without any Warnings or indicators about a certain video.
They need to be more clear instead of automated ai demonetization channels and then give super vague responses, reminds me of world of Warcraft banning people with automated ai and then having to manually unban them after lol 💀
The most controversial and dishonest policy with no clear understanding whatsoever of what is "reused content" and what is not... A lot of channels still go on about producing videos with very little effort, slideshows with captions and background music, and they keep on and on, reopening new channels like mushrooms and they don't get demonetized ever. Double standards at its finest... UA-cam has to admit that they apply same rule differently to different group of people. It's a fact...
I think you understand WHY I'm watching THIS video: my channel with 432,184,912 views and 661k subscribers was de-monetized a few days ago for reused content despite that ALL the content is 100% mine (fishing and underwater videos + a few own documentaries). My appeal with the video where I'm clearly explaining that I have a PROOF of the ownership which is raw footage (that's the only proof of the ownership in the entire film industry) was rejected because as they (it if it was an AI) said I didn't film how I'm filming (underwater?). I strongly believe that there is something else going on behind this campaign with 'reused content' because: 1. What is the difference for youtube if a video generates profit (no copyright issues)? 2. WHY youtube doesn't warn users first, like with copyrighted content? Generaly speaking, youtube literally called me a thief and a liar so, now I need to think what to do with those official statements.
I have a lot of people re uploading my shorts with no modification whatsoever, but I let it go because to strike those channels, means giving my whole address and phone number to the person 💀💀
Yeah, and never get to see theirs, even if they're found guilty! I think it's weird that we have to provide our full name and information, and the offender remains anonymous the entire process.
Would UA-cam go through the effort to confirm you are the one being ripped off, or is there the risk that UA-cam might think you are the one reusing content? It sounds like it is a nightmare to file an appeal or even figure out which content is flagged.
false, they will not see your address unless they decline your dispute and decide to go to court, both of your informations are private and when the dispute is resolved no information is spread out to anyone. please don't spread missinformation, and if you're worried about your address and privacy just use the address and phone of your lawyer.
@@RetrovexAmbient Does it say that somewhere? Have you received a copyright notice? I'm asking because I have filled out many take-down notices against people stealing my videos, and I don't remember ever seeing any statement saying that my information will not be sent to the offender. The summary email UA-cam sends me appears to be the same they will send to the offender, and it lists my information. I was always under the impression UA-cam states the information to the offender (if they don't, they don't make it very clear), and evidently other people are under the same impression. Short of filing a claim, is there anywhere I can go to see where this is stated?
@@BaltimoreAndOhioRR yes i got copyright problems before and contacted both youtube support via youtube studio chat and twitter and just to make sure i asked the community on reddit, they really dont make it clear on your first time dealing with this, but it is the way it is i said, you must remember that you are abiding by the law and your work being copyrighted is a very serious subject many people dont take seriously, ive taken down many videos with my copyrighted content and if someone is to lie that your content is theirs it is absolutely going to court and you cant do that without a phone number and an address, so again, give your lawyers details both phone and address if youre afraid of being exposed to the general public.
Why can't UA-cam put automatic link to the source video to help the original creator when more than 50% or more is used in another video that is being monetized?
There are channels with millions and millions of view that build upon short snippets of other creators videos, but those creators do not get any reward, they do not even know someone is building wealth upon their work, because the snippets are under certain threshold and they do not get reported by the Content ID sustem. Do you plan to do anything about that?
only few get wealth from others clips.. like thirdphaseofmoon and secureteam10 I make a loss myself and I use clips.. depends if you debunk or promote the fraud/fantasy
Reuse content is becoming even more popular than the real creator contents. UA-cam needs to need to do something about it. someone will take your video, put his face by one side and repost. its annoying
YT is ditching shorts ! Particularly coming from the platform of Tiktok. If you have uploaded a video of yours. Then you are to make a short of the same video clip, YT is not going to like it. That is what he means L
My account got demonetized because nobody told me that I can't repost my video as a YT Short. This is just a guess because UA-cam WONT TELL ME WHAT I'M DOING WRONG
I was checking my videos that get a bit traffic and notice that some of my videos show up after 30 views per page. BANG had a notice that this video was de-montized saying I had used a copyright music, which was obtain in VN royalty free. They gave my tiny earning to the music creator, which if that is the case okay. I quickly addressed this and edited it in Studio with YT music
Oh! come on youtube! We are on the same planet. What if my content uploaded is filming the blue sky in china, and someone also filming the blue sky in America? Is it mean that my content will reused content because someone also uploading same content filming with blue sky? Even if it is taken on the part of the earth? Oh come on. Why dont you just tell us what video or which part of our video has reused content? So that the original creator and non original can explain both sides just like what you did for example in copyright claims. We can show what video and which part of the video we are copyright, so that we can edit or delete it. Why you just send us that weve got reused content? you make us a fortune teller? Predicting what video has reused content.
UA-cam should have content CREATORS paid differently than content REGURGITATORS. That's like a baker taking another baker's cake and putting icing on it then going, "...I made a cake! I should be paid a lot for it!" No. You didn't bake it; someone else did all the work to bake it. You basically slapped icing on it for 20 seconds of time and claim it to be YOUR CAKE that you should be paid for. I can't stand regurgitators who say "...it's trending all over, so I'm gonna take all the videos I can find about it and upload it with MY FACE in the lower corner!!!"
YT is ditching shorts ! Particularly coming from the platform of Tiktok. If you have uploaded a video of yours. Then you are to make a short of the same video clip, YT is not going to like it. That is what he means
it's pretty cool tho that your stuff is good enough that ppl wanna use it and spread it around. 🤷♀️ can't it be watermarked or tagged somehow ? there's usually og creator signature on it somewhere. except shorts. I hate it when I can't link the full video.
If we reuse the content? Is there a forgiveness? Can you tell us what video is it? Sometimes, we forget that we already uploaded the same video and we didn't realize that.
As a content creator I do mostly Live Streams. I was just demonetized & my appeal was rejected for 'reused content', yet the only examples I was given was from simulcasting with other channels when we do collaborations together. Yet this topic is not even discussed. I'm not sure how to make it more clear that I'm 'simulcasting' when I have it in the title and in the description box. If simulcasting is not allowed then perhaps You Tube should let everyone know that it's not allowed. The only other example I was given was for a 30 second promotional video I created for an upcoming Live Stream where I used a 30 second clip of Christmas music (this was over 2 years ago & one of my very first videos) that was listed by You Tube as being 'safe to use'. Since I wasn't even eligible to monetize back then and since I've never monetized my promotional videos I couldn't get an explanation or response on how I broke the rules. The other 'reason' I was given for rejecting my appeal was that I didn't visually 'show' how I filmed, edited, or wrote scripts. FYI, you are supposed to do all of this in under 5 minutes. As I explained in my appeal, my filming was simple: I have a camera on top of my computer, I turn it on and I record - or go live. That's the extent of my knowledge with 'filming'. Next was editing. Again as I explained in my appeal, I don't know how to edit. So it's difficult to show how I do something that I don't know how to do. And the final issue was how I wrote scripts. Again, I do Live Streams so anything goes. I don't know how I'm supposed to 'show' how I do something that I don't do or don't know how to do. And while this video was good in pointing out all the issues many creators have of those trying to cheat the system, it never once covered the main reason I was demonetized (simulcasting) along with several other Tarot & Oracle Card Readers, who were all demonetized for the same reason. I would love to have that explained to us and how we can continue with simulcasting our collaborative Live Streams and not get taken down for it. It would really be nice if y'all could do another video, in under 5 minutes, explaining the main points I brought up. 1) using music marked SAFE from UA-cam's library; 2) show how the built in camera on your computer works (and shouldn't y'all already know how they work?); 3) cover the main issue that so many of us have been demonetized for - SIMULCASTING LIVE STREAMS; & 4) explain how a LIVE STREAM would require a script. I mean, it wouldn't be LIVE if it's scripted. So doing another video explaining these main points that we have all been dinged on would be very helpful.
It's utterly pointless that you don't actually tell anyone WHICH VIDEO is causing the problem, so they can work out if something has been misidentified, leaving the user to just delete loads of stuff. And get humans to help us, Team UA-cam is staffed by bots. And stop saying "off of". You mean "from".
The auto generated or minimally edited AI channels spamming results has gots to go. Let people block specific channels outright. Nothing worse then seeing 100 results from the same channel you want no part of.
I believe that if someone uses another person's content, irrespective of how transformative it is, the original creator should receive a fair share of the revenue. This opportunity shouldn't be limited only to creators enrolled in Content ID; it should be accessible to all channels and creators.
As a viewer, I get frustrated when I see videos where someone has stolen the original video and put a small video of themselves reacting to it. They are just taking advantage of someone else's hard work to get views for themselves. I am glad to hear that UA-cam is championing original videos. Reusing other people's videos and music is slimey. I am glad that you are taking steps to stop it. I mostly make shorts. Is there a way, where I can opt out of other people taking my videos and reusing them?
Why are “Reaction Videos” so popular then. These creators basically do nothing original but play another person video and say a couple things. The original video never gets anything from this .
Yet if a singer covers a song, the song writer will be half or more of the ad revenue. Why can't the people who made the original clip get that sort of deal?
Watermark your videos then so if someone reacts to it, people who are watching it will know what the original source is from. Then it'll be free exposure for you and your videos.
Quite extraordinary that it was never even mentioned that "reusing" somebody else's content without permission infringes copyright, so is illegal. This video basically says "hey, stealing other people's stuff is fine if you just alter it a bit" -- a very worrying position for UA-cam to take. Copyright law is what makes it possible for creators to earn their living online.
I like the sentiment of the "reused content" policy, but this policy is NOT being implemented by UA-cam. It takes me months, in one case it took me 2 years, to bring my ORIGINAL projects to UA-cam only to have other channels steal my work and claim "fair use." There is one channel with over 880,000 subscribers that didn't contact me or ask to collaborate with me they just straight up stole a year’s worth of hard work from me. At the time I had around 1000 subscribers. This larger channel cherry picked the best stuff from my videos, slightly edited it putting their face and commenting, and then she proceeded to make thousands of dollars off my work. Meanwhile, I have lost money on nearly every video I have made on my channel because I am putting in the work, buying the software, doing the research, doing the interviews, and putting my life on the line in a few cases to bring original content to UA-cam. Some of the videos that this larger content creator stole from me I wasn't even eligible to make money off of at the time, but that didn't stop this larger content creator from reusing my content and making over $10,000 off my hard work. UA-cam needs to do better. Anytime a content creator takes content from another content creator, "fair use" or not, the ad revenue needs to be split 50/50 at minimum. I have stopped making content on my channel for almost a year because I am sick and tired of losing money on every video I make but other content creators profit off my work simply by copying, pasting and commenting. I refuse to be exploited any longer.
It would be helpful if they told you which videos they are accusing of reused content. I got denied into the partner program for reused content. I had shorts of my own videos which I assume is what done it.
Any rules or guidelines on re-purposing content that we already own and have uploaded? (like compilations or shorter clips from our longform vids)? I know we aren't supposed to re-upload the same video that we have already uploaded, but what is allowed and what isn't? Any guidelines on this?
What about content creators who reupload their own old content repurposed or re-edited? Seems you are punishing creators who do that and not creators who steal and profit off of others videos Can we have access to content ID like MCNs use to do? I have an old MSN that still gets residuals from people uploading my content Is there anyway to have rights manager and be in control of your own content that is being reuploaded and stolen by others? Like choosing to monetize it or block it
It's utterly pointless that UA-cam doesnt' actually tell anyone WHICH VIDEO is causing the problem, so they can work out if something has been misidentified, leaving the user to just delete loads of stuff.
4 Minutes and 27 Seconds of saying Something, while saying Nothing at all. I had a Channel rejected when I recorded XDefiant Gameplay for the Background, Edited in Articles and Pictures, and read everything myself, but was STILL rejected. I dont want to do a Face Cam since it makes Editing more annoying and a distraction, but also I clearly am making my own stuff. This is just UA-cam being Greedy and being Predatory to Creators to not give them their Crumbs, which is why I use AdBlock and will always recommend it to everyone.
I just got hit for reused content I'm not sure why I was even flagged. I waited two weeks before I appealed then they found in my favor within an hour of my appeal wish I had done it faster, because it screwed up my payment for last month. Once they hit you for reused content they take away your ability to chat on the creator studio so you can't get any info on what's going on. I don't think it needs to be that stressful for the creators especially if they didn't do anything wrong?
@@JawTooth For Shorts, I assume this wouldn't apply, since UA-cam provides the tools for us to make Shorts from our existing videos, even including the link back to the original. Reposting our own videos, no one seems to have a definitive answer. I suspect that could be another area where they make the rules up as they go, depending on which YT employee makes the decision, or maybe which channel it is.
TUCKER CARLSON'S Videos are being reposted in several clips together with NO ALTERATION or REACTION. How is that fair? There are multiple channels doing this.
@ElGrimorio 0 seconds ago What about "reaction videos"? Its amazing how many people are reusing content of whole videos to make "reaction videos" which are rather an excuse to take advantage of the content someone else created.
What about newsworthy things? For example, the President's media department releases the same videos. All the news agencies put those scenes on their UA-cam channel. Because it is officially released. This same scene is posted on about 10 UA-cam channels. Because it's a news. Does a reused question come up in such cases?
For a Creator (me) who has been on the platform for more than 15 years with 100s of Videos, OF COURSE there will be some videos and content that PRE-Dates several of the new Content-policies; How YT is dealing with that? -> Instead of just placing a Flag next to your Videos (like the Copyright Field) so it's easy for me to "Clean up", YT just get a Full Demonitization the full channel, and with every appeal, they have a very vague and generic answer about content SOMEWHERE that needs to be removed, and I need to wait for 90 days for another TRY... [Suggested Solution Below] YT, and in Good Faith, 1) JUST FLAG The Problamatic Videos! 2) Give us enough notice to remove them (Pause Monetization for Few days to One week), 3) and THEN Demonatize the whole channel etc if we don't take necessarily actions... YT have evolved a lot throughout the years, and I admire how advanced they have become when dealing with Copyrights and Content-IDs etc; So It really shouldn't be hard for them to do so. Sincerly yours, SC
Why are you not going after these channels that are mass producing content. Nobody can make four 20 minute videos in one day everyday. These channels are using sites like storyblocks, then when regular folks upload the same clip, you call it re-use. How is this fair to anyone?
The biggest solution needed is for you to specifically flag the videos which are considered reused content on the channel instead of demonitising the whole channel without a warning ⚠️. Some people make a living through UA-cam and the 90 days ban should be fixed too depending on how big the channel is. For example, you can say channels with 1k-10k subscribes are banned for 90 days; those with 10k-20k subscribers are banned for 60 days; those with above 20k subscribers are only banned for 30 days.
As a brand, I'm in the middle of doing a collaboration with several UA-cam creators (for a movie) that will have permission to post it and do commentary around it (before/after) Is this going to impact us and them negativly?
Hello , How are you? My name is ATAUR.I'm a professional freelancer & digital marketing expert. Would you have some time to talk to me about growing your UA-cam channel?
Reused Content is one of the vaguest policies out there UA-cam has ever published. In the past 5 years, my channel has been demonetized and remonetized at least half a dozen times due to "Reused Content", all of that without ever changing a thing in what I do as a channel. For context, I am a gaming and anime reviews, news & editorial channel. Every single demonetization, whether after an immediate appeal or after numerous rejected appeals, has resulted in a "It appears we made a mistake, welcome back to YPP" with no accountability for the amount of revenue this constant mistake has caused me throughout. None of them provided any reasonable answers as to why I had been thrown out, despite having been manually reviewed and apologized to numerous times before, at which point, I can only assume that some AI bot is roaming around and doing things as it sees fit and there are in fact no "human reviewers" involved. UA-cam already has a full on Content ID system that allows original creators to redirect revenue from "stealing" creators, and then the DMCA system on top of that, both of which get abused to no end but are at least on a video specific level. The fact that one of the vaguest guidelines is being used to demonetize entire channels while stating "We are protecting creators and advertisers", while continuing to show ads anyways, is disingenuous at best, theft at worst.
Also their practice of guess whats wrong and not precising what videos are problematics are illegal with work related laws In any job, if youre doing something wrong they will point out the exact thing you do wrong. They not gonna be like "hehe guess i wont tell you precisely where something is wrong and forget your next paycheques as consequences" 😂
The system works exactly as intended. They leave it vague and leave creators in the dark and demonetize people in waves while still running ads on their videos so they no longer have to share revenue for a few months. Allows them to juice their earnings as a company
I want to sue you tube for such rude , illegal , cunning behaviour. Based on vague reuse policy , Even i am also aggrieved of it . I am a real lawyer Practicing in High court of India . I will sue google and youtube soon . Challange their transparancy and stealing our labour , our wages , our stress , I ll sue them soon in India । 👍
It would be beneficial if UA-cam implemented the following feature: when we use clips from someone else's content, we could mention it in the video and notify the original creator. If they approve, the video should not face a copyright strike. Additionally, if they neither approve nor deny within a few days, the content should not be considered reused.
Currently there are some audio marketing companies who download viral fair use songs from UA-cam and ID the content in their name. As a result, channels run by folk culture are being criticized and accused of false content ID claims. This is happening more in Bangladesh. UA-cam is requested to consider the matter and protect these affected channels. thank you
Nearly every time I've seen a creator be demonetized for "reused content" their doesn't fit this definition whatsoever. Its never about content that has been reused from another channel or from a copyrighted source. It's that UA-cam thinks their content is low effort. I've seen this happen to channels that use AI voices to narrate their videos for example. The more appropriate definition I've seen for this label is "low effort / repetetive content". Not content that reuses existing footage or audio from other videos or songs, hut content that feels like it was easy to produce and doesn't stand out much video to video. That being said, UA-cam very often mislabels channels for this as well due to their bad AI tools.
I frequently see Gardening TV programmes uploaded in their entirety without any kind of attempt to put a unique spin on any of the content. This breaches copyright, and also isn't fair on creators who do make their own content. But I can't see any way of reporting it. You can report someone who is breaching your own copyright, but there doesn't seem to be a route to reporting reused content that clearly breaches copyright uploaded by others. What do you suggest we do to report them?
You guys gotta find a better or more official way for channels to designate their second channel as a clips channel that is connected in some way to the main channel, because as it is now second channels keep getting clips flagged as being ripped off even though they are from the creator
I just got demonetized for reused content without any examples. All of my content is filmed and edited by me of MYSELF. Now I have to wait 90 days to reapply? Apparently there’s nothing I can do about this which is ridiculous
@@GamerSpawn appeal did not work unfortunately.. it’s really disheartening when they think my content is reused. We’ll have to try to reapply in 90 days.
no reused content and you got demonetized? THAT is scary!! I do not use any reused content either. I make sure that I am filming, editing, and even creating elements like arrows etc from scratch so that it won't affect my videos. Your experience, is shocking and I am so sorry that this happened! I hope that YT sorts it out sooner than the 90days! Wow, hang in there
I understand the point of using other peoples content. But how is this fair to those who pay for clips from sites like "Storyblocks". If 1000 people use the same clip of a sunset in their video, why should creator 1001 be penalized for using it also? These people pay for this footage, Re-used or not. They pay to use them. This does not seem very fair of UA-cam to do this to people.
I have a lot of people that upload my videos or add part of my video to their channels... it's not an easy process to get them to take it down.. I don't have time for it personally. I think UA-cam should be more diligent on this.. I am glad they seem to be addressing this issue. Many of us work hard to put up content and when it is pirated it's frustrating.
Far to many algorithms are running the show at Google, my main channel was demonetized for reused content, which was immediately appealed and re-monetized but that shouldn't of happened, I lost revenue while my channel was down.
UA-cam introduced content ID more than 10 years ago, but it doesn't apply to UA-cam creators, why? UA-cam knows who uploaded the content originally so it should be a piece of cake to direct all add revenue to the original creator automatically, just as if I post something with original music it automatically pays the artist, why don't you do it for UA-cam creators too? once I reached out about a channel stealing my content getting 12 million views in a video, I just wanted to get the ad revenue, but UA-cam just deleted the video! Makes no sense when I want to get paid I am happy people reusing my content! Also, you could easily automatically credit the original creator with a link directly to the original video! even deep link to time code of original video where content is from, auto credit by overlay "Content from: Charbax" for example on every second that my content is used.
THIS! Also, I should be able to reuse // remix // reinterpret my own original content over and over without it being problematic reused content. For example, my listeners request that I combine my episodes into hours long compilations all the time
@@LTPottenger What do I have to register? Can I add my 7000 videos to be recognized and monetized in Content ID whenever any clips of mine are re-used automatically? Why doesn't UA-cam just apply that functionality automatically?
*I appreciate Facebook's right manager tool. UA-cam needs to improve its system. I've been suffering due to a reuse penalty for 10 months, resulting in no income and a bundle of expenses*
I keep finding parts of my videos in those ubiquitous compilation videos that rack up millions of views. They just take my video, maybe put an inane comment on it, and stick it in with a bunch of other clips they took from other creators. I thought about adding a watermark over the top of my videos during editing but that also diminishes the experience for regular viewers.
A.I. channels literally take my videos, run them through an A.I voice engine and get away with it. Once again these videos (That youtube doesn't even engage with) are tone deaf.
I gotta laugh, I've been a original creator on the platform since 2007, I've had endless fights to claim back my content that others steal. Never has UA-cam assisted me in these battles and as I see over and over channels who steal content are making easy income from it. I've always had the feeling that this site assists others to use other producers original content. As for reused content sadly look how many tic toc videos are uploaded as shorts. When is that going to stop? I honestly don't feel rewarded on this site anymore. It's nothing like the very dynamic partner days prior to 2014.
I have 6,000 videos on youtube and still making very little money. I would like to know just what this guy thinks REWARDS should be. YT needs to change their bogus ESTMATED EARNINGS to actual earnings and YT has never helped me make more revenue. EVER. My channel members do that. And I just got insulted by a chat employee who said it was my fault that my video was uploading and skipping sections when it was doing by itself. I also get tired of hearing and seeing how great YT employees are in these videos when they have done nothing for me or my channel. Its patting themselves on the back time all of the time.
We get many channels taking our b-roll we shoot then cutting together commentary off the back of our hard work. I don't ever do a take down but it would be nice to try and get some rev share much like on audio tracks from other channels if they want to use content or can't shoot their own. I think it would allow other channels to spin up content while helping those who already have a big catalog.
Hello , How are you? My name is ATAUR.I'm a professional freelancer & digital marketing expert. Would you have some time to talk to me about growing your UA-cam channel?
This policy is not transparent. It does not tell you which video is causing the problem. I have 1.5k videos, and I don't know which ones reuse content, so I deleted 1k of my videos. This reuse content policy is much worse than copyright, because copyright tells you which video has a problem. I hope they can tell us which videos are considered reuse content, rather than just demonetizing your channel without warning.
i think its mainly just videos that arent altered or having added anything to it. like a clip of a tv show with subtitles would count as nothing of value added but someone reacting or dubbing the lines would count as added value.
I am agreeing with you because when UA-cam told me about one video is reused but they didn't say which one I deleted all my original content but still massage is reused reused .....
They look at the whole channel. If your channel is mot mostly original content it gets demonitzied. If all you do is make montages you will be demonitized. Every single video needs to be at least 50% original content. I deleted a lot of my content when I got monetized because every video like that is a risk and when I started I had no intention to get monetized so just put up clips I thought were important or interesting.
Whats worse is when you have other creators copy and repost snippets just for the intent of mocking the original creator, spread malicious lies about them or disparage them.
I dont like that my videos (Shorts included) get snipped. I use my own personally made music in some of my videos, and people can just snip it and use it for a short...
My channel is a perfect example of reused content that's been transformed to create something totally different. After 2 years of doing Dave Ramsey commentary and documentary video commentaries, June 2024 I finally made my 1K monetization goal and was made part of UA-cam partner program less than 24 hours afterwards. I see the issue many channels have with reused content. There's just not enough originality to transform the video.
UA-cam claims "Re-branding" is a good idea when needed. It also says it is ok to re-upload your old content to your new brand channel. Yet, we are discussing "Re-use" as if it is a bad thing?
I hope this is the case. It seems to be a computer making this decision. How will it know if you are re-using your own content or someone else's? I would like a clear answer from YT on this. Where is your source from? I am happy to delete my old channel completely if necessary, but I would like direction on that.
EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS REUSED TO BE HONEST WE ALL ARE INSPIRED BY SOMETHING OR SOMEONE AND ARTIST DO IT ALL THE TIME SO AS TO IMPROVE ON WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN INVITED OR CREATED IM JUST SAYING
Hello , How are you? My name is ATAUR.I'm a professional freelancer & digital marketing expert. Would you have some time to talk to me about growing your UA-cam channel?
I've had a ton of videos pop up in the copyright section, where someone just ripped my full video and uploaded it to their account. It would be great if these got flagged another way, so there weren't so many legal requirements when requesting removal. If it's a straight-up 100% copy of the video, we should get a notification asking if we gave permission.
Thank you for covering this. But this policy and how it's enforced needs to seriously listen to feedback from creators and be reworked. My feedback / changes below, having been falsely hit with reused content, it took 2 months to get my channel back in the program, the appeals process was awful and upsetting. Too many creators of original content have suffered badly from this policy, please take it seriously. 1. Creators NEED MORE INFO when hit with this, you need to tell them WHICH video has flagged reused content so we can effectively dispute and appeal it, or make changes and learn from it. Hitting a channel with hundreds of videos and saying "good luck working out what you did wrong" is comical from a platform the size of youtube. I could not get help from the appeals team, or my partner manager on what I had actually done wrong. Still don't know. 2. It is INSANE to immediately demonetize without warning for a vague and reviewer subjective policy when LITERAL copyright strikes, you get 3. You get 0 warnings for this. This is people's livelihoods... You also extended the time people have to wait to apply again to the YPP if their appeal fails (which it always does), that plus this = career ending. 3. For faceless creators and gaming channels, this policy is consistently a nightmare, there seems to be 0 issue with for low effort reaction content "as long as a face is on screen", but UA-cam needs to respect that faceless and narrated content can add just as much value and usually the edit is even more extensive, that needs to be taken into account when judging channels. There needs to be protections or a process in place for faceless and gaming creators with regards to this policy. It was an experience that absolutely harmed the way I see UA-cam and I often dread that i'll end up going through again at some point despite all my content being original. I would LOVE to see this policy get the proper attention and transparency it needs. The sentiment behind it is great, we love original content, but this policy continues to be harmful to creators of that original content. Thanks. I know this was long but this policy really effected me and I want to see it change for the better.
I agree! It happened to me a few years ago. Yes, this is my livelihood. I had around 8,000 videos. NOBODY would tell me what my "reused content" was, not even a general idea. It would be unfairly helping my channel, I was told! I would never steal someone else's content. To this day, I still don't know what it was or even _if_ it was. It left a very bad taste in my mouth with the way the people at UA-cam treat their so-called "partners". I'm still upset over that situation.
Exactly it need deep reform. Cause youtube is wrong on its approach on reused content It should just be like copyright music. Identify the reused content and offer you to delete it for acess to ypp. AND END TO THE STORY WE MAKING MONEY AND ALL VIDEOS FOLLOW YPP GUIDELINE NOW I dont know whos the crazy delusional decision making manager who thought the guess what went wrong approach was such a good idea. But his approach is toxic, waste of time, illegal in term of work laws, and make lot of creators stop taking youtube seriously
I do 3d animation. If i use audio from a game or movie, IM NOT reuploading the original clip, ive f*cking modified it through SOURCE FILM MAKER, and Audacity. UA-cam does nothing but F*ck channels like mine over, when i havent violated the ACTUAL laws in the US. Its f*Cking bs at times.
My channel was adding English subtitles from Russian sources, a considerable task, and I did not monetise - and today my 10yr old channel was removed. Apparently trying to prevent WW3 is not a worthy use of UA-cam. Too bad You Tube - I have all my videos and another provider will get my business.
Yeah I got demonetised for "reused content" on my music channel that I made 100 % myself a few years go. Channel still no where near close to recovering.
Doesn't even matter. I appealed showing me editing MY OWN CONTENT (not even reused) and they still told me no, and instead critiqued the production value of the explanation video I made and didn't even once acknowledge any of the actual content of the video where I focused on showing how everything on my channel is OC. They said if they told me what they were basing their decision on it would take away from my journey of exploration and getting to know their policies. Like wtf does that even mean? They gave me the old "If you don't know what you did wrong, I'm not going to tell you" treatment, which is crazy because I had no idea my mom was making corporate policies at UA-cam.
@F1ENDS they keep doing me the same way saying they used ai and a combination of human reviewers. I even showed interviewees from my videos with me & they still denied me
This is a tough subject. The term “fair use” designates the acceptable use of copyrighted materials without obtaining specific permission from the holder(s) of the copyright. Fair use is generally granted for the purposes of comment, criticism, research, teaching, and scholarship.
I was just accused by UA-cam for having a reused content where infact all my videos are all my original creations. I have submitted an appeal but still it was denied. Now they require me to apply again for monetization and I not to comply the eligibility criteria which is 4000 watch hours and short vodeos with 10M views. I realized I wasted too much time making videos and editing my videos for UA-cam. I have deleted all my videos on UA-cam and I don't want to make a vlog anymore.
This is so important, absolutely behind it. UA-cam protects copy written content with an iron fist, it would be good to see our original content protected as well.
my account was demonetized even though I own the content I put up, I appealed and instantly (a couple of seconds later) it was rejected. When I contacted support via chat, they were extremely rude and wouldn't even allow me to explain that it was done by mistake. its been 2.5 months of not getting paid. please help.
Surely, using Content ID or similar, a creator should be able to claim a partial or entire amount of the income made from the reuser's video. It would make doing so less profitable, and therefore push it off the platform. Also, make it so if the algorithm detects that the content is from another video it is posted less in recommended or front page and instead promotes the original content. This would of course require safeguards and an algorithm that correctly determines where the content was uploaded first. I'm not personally someone affected by reused content directly, more so indirectly where react content takes half of the front page, but I sympathize with those content creators whose original content is massively overshadowed by "react" creators. If you truly want an original content platform, there are many ways to do it.
Can it really be that difficult to apply the terms of copyright legislation? Really? UA-cam dropped the ball on this issue ages ago. Try to use a tiny (fewer than eight bars) snippet of a song and you get a copyright strike. Use tens of minutes of someone else's video content and that's fine. Makes no sense whatsoever and encourages copyright theft on a grand scale. Got to ask - if these copying channels are making tons of cash then I'm assuming YT isn't too much in a hurry to lose their share of it?
As a Music Reactor, here on UA-cam, my channel was demonetized for 'Reused Content" after 3 years. It's ALL reused content, but I always add in my analysis, commentary, maybe some text or images to put my 2 cents in. I had to go through my entire catalogue, video by video to try and figure out WHICH video (s) caused the problem, as I couldn't get any detailed info from anyone. After MANY attempts. I took a wild guess on 2-3 videos from 2 years ago or more, and deleted all of my Live streams, just to see if that would help. After the 90 days, I re-applied and was approved. THANKFULLY! It would just be nice to be forewarned if a video somehow breaches the YPP TOS so the creator has the option to fix or delete the content. I have 2 channels, one for full reactions and the other is now for shorts (clips from my long-form videos). So, are you saying that I should be putting it in title/description/spoken in the short that it all from my own personal channel? Maybe just in the descriptions? when it comes to Music, Isn't MORE exposure GOOD exposure? I've had many independent artists reach out to me to thank me for reacting to their music. I've also had artists/bands email me asking me to react to their work. As the little red-headed step-child to UA-cam content creators, we LOVE and adore the subject and this niche has the most loyal fans and having that community is what makes all the headaches a little more bearable. AlSO- Is there a new rule about the options available when a video becomes blocked from a Live Stream (After it airs) where if there were several songs that detected content ID, I could just trim them out and the rest of the live was fine. NOW, the only option I have is to dispute. I can't edit out the song and move on like before. The entire Live stream is blocked due to just a couple songs. I am hoping this is something that can be fixed? I know ALL the bugs/kinks/changes will never be 100% complete, it would just be nice to have more input from your team. Jen
I had a channel that was demonetized on Jan 15th 2024 and then after 90 days I was refused reentry into the partner program because they claimed my channel had "reused content". Which was complete BS. 100% of the videos was recorded and edited by me. When I contacted YT about it, they simply reiterated the same canned nonsense as in this video. But they could not provide one example of any reused content. But it didn't matter. YT stole $100s of my already earned ad revenue and there was nothing I could do. YT and google is not an honest company. Small creators and even medium size creators don't stand a chance. They don't have the influence to create a big enough campaign to overturn these nonsensical rulings and they don't make enough money to sue YT for breach of contract. I don't even think my communication with YT was with a real person. It was too repetitive and we entered a logical loop multiple times. I am 99% sure I was talking with an AI.
What they want is you recording a video and explaining how you go about creating those videos. If you have the option to appeal, this is what what you need to do. They will re-approve your application. I've done it like 3 times on this channel and other 2 and it worked
@@AfricaRevealed I did that, a 5 minute video explaining the process. My voice, my face, my process, my creative theme and all that jazz. Uploaded set to unlisted and they were given the link.
UA-cam and Google are yank companies, so say no more on the honesty front
@@BlenderRookie I did this over 9 times. One time the appeal video showed that no-one watched the appeal video and rejected me again. I contacted YT creator support team (via a email I had in the past) and they were completely rude to me with a robotic repetitive loop that I was denied. I called the bluff and requested a person to communicate with and they ended up watching less then a minute of my appeal and said I was denied. After a year of not being on the YT program I simply split my channel into two separate channels as I did not know what was re-used and I was monetized on both channels in no time after I did this. It took me 7 years to initially get my channel up and running (only 7k subs with great analytics) and now I know that I did not communicate to any human and did not have any human watch my appeal videos.
@@SuperFly_Kickz_ Yup. Same. My channel fell off a cliff (125k/day to 3k/day) after I was done for "reused content" that was all mine. Hasn't reovered after 2 years and is in recession. So demoralising and unjustified. And inconsistent - roll of the dice whether they let you back in on appeal.
I don't think UA-cam is completely transparent and fair across the board. There are tons of channels out here that rack up solely off reuses content
That's why they are taking action and made this video.
Exactly, this channel took my content and YT allowed it: 10TopTechTY They take from everyones channel and are making profit on our work. I make no money from YT yet these channels can without even making their own content.
@@BackcountryTripper Kind of defeats the reason for them being called "Content Creators" when they make literally nothing just low effort leeches using others content and taking all the money and praise.
@@Spectre1Gaming 100%!!! We, as 'Content Creators,' lose incentive to create new content. Even when I requested the content removed, UA-cam favored these leeches. They said I have to get a lawyer to take the content down. LOL. I said, 'You mean a lawyer for the content I don't make money on? The content I spent hours editing, buying filming gear, and going to these locations?' But these people are allowed to simply take my content and upload as their own.
@@BackcountryTripper I feel sorry for you brother no one should have to go through that hopefully this is a start of that change, doesn't matter if you make revenue off it that is YOUR content not any one else's.
The main thing UA-cam needs to do is show us the creators where in the video is used content or give us a chance to correct the video. Not wake up to find our page is un-monetized and now we have to appeal which often fails just to wait 90 days to be back accepted!
Yeah, I legit deleted over 200 videos over the last few months and they still think that my content is reused or stolen by other creators
I'm getting really tired of seeing stolen content on faceless AI channels, often misrepresenting the content they stole.
Bravo Lisa. This is NOT YOU. ❤
YT is ditching shorts ! Particularly coming from the platform of Tiktok.
If you have uploaded a video of yours. Then you are to make a short of the same video clip, YT is not going to like it. That is what he means
Yeah @daily dose of internet .... does that he get millions of views and he gets paid from yt sonstop saying that because you partner pays people to reuse content
I have a reused content channel, but I try to add as much value as possible, in terms of editing, music, and sound design. I try to spice up moments from podcasts and deliver them in small consumable bites that people who may not enjoy long-form content. Do you think that's BS too, or nah?
@@ActionShortsPodcasts Stolen content is stolen content.
I get demonetized for uploading archived videos but Sniperwolf, who uploads repeated content, is allowed to stay?! WHAT?!
Here's feedback: Make HUMANS available to contact for all UA-cam partners instead of AI. Make it possible for creators to TALK TO SOMEONE when there's a TOS or demonetization issue.
I create all my own original content and just got demonetized for "reused content" and not being able to prove the content is actually mine. Not right. All of us creators work really hard and to have it be determined by a AI robot if we get demonetized is not cool.
UA-cam has demonetized my main citing "reused content" as a reason almost any time a video actually got popular on it, even though my primary content the past few months was livestreams with my voice interacting with chat which would not be able to fit this criteria by it's nature.
When I would demand they tell me which videos they would flag as reused content, I would never get an answer. I got fed up with trying to play guessing games with what UA-cam is looking for after I deleted fan-demanded video contents off my channel and STILL couldn't avoid demonetization.
The "reused content" policy is a sham.
I agree.
This youtube system simply doesn't work. I advise any small time or middle Creator to NOT put your hope, love, sweaters, blood, and dreams, hard work into believing youtube is a fair way to go.
only took 20 years to figure out this was good for creators. we should get ALL the money made from our stolen content. This is a multi hundred million dollar business people have stealing content and monetizing it.
Are you supposed to be protected by UnderCurrent Entertainment against copyright thieve ?
Dear UA-cam, DO BETTER and please reevaluate your AI/Content Duplication Test! My channel recently got removed from your Partnership Program for "reusing content" and, after submitting my 5 minute video to appeal, my monetization was DENIED for not explaining how I edit my videos and the origin of my content. I primarily do LIVESTREAMS. I DO NOT EDIT anything. All questions for tarot readings, discussion, fun, etc. originate from the viewers during collaborations. All of my content is NOT SCRIPTED. I collaborate with other channels through STREAMYARD and we SIMULCAST to our individual channels. Lisa Live! consists of me INTERACTING WITH A LIVE AUDIENCE! My theory is that STREAMYARD AND UA-cam are not interfacing appropriately. I mentioned ALL of this and more during my APPEAL VIDEO TO YOU. Pay close attention to the feedback you are receiving in your video. You are incorrectly penalizing the wrong people.
- Lisa Smith / Spirit Intuitive Tarot
Live tarot readings, live mediumship, live discussion, and live comic improvisation all qualify as original content.
I’ve been reading so many comments here Lisa and I can’t believe how many people have had the same issue that you’re having. I love our Saturday’s together and I will continue to advocate for you to the best of my abilities. Too bad UA-cam is missing out on taking that 30% of donations 😂
I am very unhappy at the way Lisa Smith / Spirit Intuitive Tarot is being treated for a LIVE STREAM. It makes me think that you really are not reading the reasons for the appeal. This makes me believe you are just denying appeals. Please do better. Will you please reopen her appeal and truly read her reasons for her appeal? Thanks
I am very disappointed with how Lisa Intuitive Tarot is being treated by UA-cam. All her content is original. Maybe you should demonetize yourselves until you improve your performance!!
Make this Right UA-cam❤ Lisa does The most fun lives!!! She is an Extremely Bright Diamond 💎🪽✨🌀🌎✨🎇🥰🌌 Light in this Beautiful World . Requested a Tall Angel name of love based, heart centered, highest good exchanges only to Assist you UA-cam, at this time ⚖️
I got demonetized for that even though I showed them my Premiere timeline where I spent hours on the video. I think they don't use humans to review the appeal at all. Everything is AI or the Reviewers are not doing their job well.
💯
THIS 👆
Dear UA-cam, when content is demonetized for any reason, please specify where the violation occurred so that we creators can edit that portion of the video instead of throwing the whole thing out. You guys made timestamps a thing. Use them. Thanks!
Never reused any content and got demonetized for reused content. Lost my appeal and now have to wait 90 days to try again. It took me 10 months to get monetized and 3 month to get demonetized without a clear explanation. So now I’m watching every bit of content about this subject so I can learn from it and understand what’s going on. 🤦♂️
Dear UA-cam, please please please work hard at this... all these "montage" channels that straight up steal popular footage and mash them into a simple "best of the day" video is the weakest show of effort in "transformative” use. At minimum, healthy and clear auto attribution back to the original sources, plus fair and equitable distribution of monetization to the original creator would be the first in the industry, and truly groundbreaking.
Exactly I just claimed against a channel that used my content and they favored them instead of me. It's insane.
you can use any video under fair use.. like pause and talk over it.. for commentary criticism.. creators dont understand fair use.. see h3h3 productions law suit they wont against creator who said they stole their content
Another common thing those channels do is include royalty free music and then register it was their music using the montage video as the "source". If you use UA-cam royalty free audio anywhere else you'll end up with copyright strikes because of that.
@@BackcountryTripper Did they comment over your content or put it in a compilation with other videos? Because that's why they were favored, doesn't break copyright law if they made it fair use
@@MrFalliorsLife Yes, they did, but their usage of it is borderline copyright infringement. If I use a few seconds of music, I would get a copyright infringement right away, but if they take a bunch of my frames from my video, that is okay? I understand where you are coming from, but there is a point where they are just taking content not because they are adding value but because they can use other content creators' work and make money from it. If a news channel used some of my content to report about me, I would be 100% okay with that. Side note: they also cropped out my videos to remove my logo watermark. Also this is YT's platform they can make their own rules regarding this stuff so that it's fair for us original content creators.
Reused Content Policy system is Broken. I've had my own channel removed from YPP for reused content while i create my Own Original Content and i've explained it to the review team so many times. also so many channels try & steal from my channel and use my own original clips in their videos and shorts. I want the system to be completely transparent because reused content policy strike is worse than a copyright strike, it completely removes you from YPP without any Warnings or indicators about a certain video.
reused content may mean that youtube just dont want to pay creators ad revenue
They need to be more clear instead of automated ai demonetization channels and then give super vague responses, reminds me of world of Warcraft banning people with automated ai and then having to manually unban them after lol 💀
The most controversial and dishonest policy with no clear understanding whatsoever of what is "reused content" and what is not... A lot of channels still go on about producing videos with very little effort, slideshows with captions and background music, and they keep on and on, reopening new channels like mushrooms and they don't get demonetized ever. Double standards at its finest... UA-cam has to admit that they apply same rule differently to different group of people. It's a fact...
because they transform the video completely
I was demonetized over making highlights of my own streams. GREAT job.
I think you understand WHY I'm watching THIS video: my channel with 432,184,912 views and 661k subscribers was de-monetized a few days ago for reused content despite that ALL the content is 100% mine (fishing and underwater videos + a few own documentaries). My appeal with the video where I'm clearly explaining that I have a PROOF of the ownership which is raw footage (that's the only proof of the ownership in the entire film industry) was rejected because as they (it if it was an AI) said I didn't film how I'm filming (underwater?).
I strongly believe that there is something else going on behind this campaign with 'reused content' because:
1. What is the difference for youtube if a video generates profit (no copyright issues)?
2. WHY youtube doesn't warn users first, like with copyrighted content?
Generaly speaking, youtube literally called me a thief and a liar so, now I need to think what to do with those official statements.
I have a lot of people re uploading my shorts with no modification whatsoever, but I let it go because to strike those channels, means giving my whole address and phone number to the person 💀💀
Yeah, and never get to see theirs, even if they're found guilty! I think it's weird that we have to provide our full name and information, and the offender remains anonymous the entire process.
Would UA-cam go through the effort to confirm you are the one being ripped off, or is there the risk that UA-cam might think you are the one reusing content? It sounds like it is a nightmare to file an appeal or even figure out which content is flagged.
false, they will not see your address unless they decline your dispute and decide to go to court, both of your informations are private and when the dispute is resolved no information is spread out to anyone.
please don't spread missinformation, and if you're worried about your address and privacy just use the address and phone of your lawyer.
@@RetrovexAmbient Does it say that somewhere? Have you received a copyright notice? I'm asking because I have filled out many take-down notices against people stealing my videos, and I don't remember ever seeing any statement saying that my information will not be sent to the offender.
The summary email UA-cam sends me appears to be the same they will send to the offender, and it lists my information.
I was always under the impression UA-cam states the information to the offender (if they don't, they don't make it very clear), and evidently other people are under the same impression.
Short of filing a claim, is there anywhere I can go to see where this is stated?
@@BaltimoreAndOhioRR yes i got copyright problems before and contacted both youtube support via youtube studio chat and twitter and just to make sure i asked the community on reddit, they really dont make it clear on your first time dealing with this, but it is the way it is i said, you must remember that you are abiding by the law and your work being copyrighted is a very serious subject many people dont take seriously, ive taken down many videos with my copyrighted content and if someone is to lie that your content is theirs it is absolutely going to court and you cant do that without a phone number and an address, so again, give your lawyers details both phone and address if youre afraid of being exposed to the general public.
Why can't UA-cam put automatic link to the source video to help the original creator when more than 50% or more is used in another video that is being monetized?
There are channels with millions and millions of view that build upon short snippets of other creators videos, but those creators do not get any reward, they do not even know someone is building wealth upon their work, because the snippets are under certain threshold and they do not get reported by the Content ID sustem. Do you plan to do anything about that?
I just said this
Most of them are not monetized or got monetized by making original content initially but switched to reuse content after getting monetized.
Lifetime ban for violating the reuse policy. Period.
only few get wealth from others clips.. like thirdphaseofmoon and secureteam10 I make a loss myself and I use clips.. depends if you debunk or promote the fraud/fantasy
@@Nixontheman 100%
Reuse content is becoming even more popular than the real creator contents. UA-cam needs to need to do something about it. someone will take your video, put his face by one side and repost. its annoying
I thought they were not able to use more than 30 sec??
@@StudyEnglishwithFrank And who will stop them ?
YT is ditching shorts ! Particularly coming from the platform of Tiktok.
If you have uploaded a video of yours. Then you are to make a short of the same video clip, YT is not going to like it. That is what he means L
My account got demonetized because nobody told me that I can't repost my video as a YT Short. This is just a guess because UA-cam WONT TELL ME WHAT I'M DOING WRONG
Imagine😢
Creator with reused content should share the reward with the original creator or they should have less ad or less revenue from the ads.
I was checking my videos that get a bit traffic and notice that some of my videos show up after 30 views per page. BANG had a notice that this video was de-montized saying I had used a copyright music, which was obtain in VN royalty free. They gave my tiny earning to the music creator, which if that is the case okay. I quickly addressed this and edited it in Studio with YT music
Oh! come on youtube!
We are on the same planet.
What if my content uploaded is filming the blue sky in china, and someone also filming the blue sky in America? Is it mean that my content will reused content because someone also uploading same content filming with blue sky? Even if it is taken on the part of the earth? Oh come on.
Why dont you just tell us what video or which part of our video has reused content? So that the original creator and non original can explain both sides just like what you did for example in copyright claims. We can show what video and which part of the video we are copyright, so that we can edit or delete it. Why you just send us that weve got reused content? you make us a fortune teller? Predicting what video has reused content.
You got a point. Are they even reading this😢?
@@Ohsoadorableee I’m starting to feel like UA-cam doesn’t care about their community anymore
UA-cam should have content CREATORS paid differently than content REGURGITATORS. That's like a baker taking another baker's cake and putting icing on it then going, "...I made a cake! I should be paid a lot for it!" No. You didn't bake it; someone else did all the work to bake it. You basically slapped icing on it for 20 seconds of time and claim it to be YOUR CAKE that you should be paid for. I can't stand regurgitators who say "...it's trending all over, so I'm gonna take all the videos I can find about it and upload it with MY FACE in the lower corner!!!"
Unfortunately, the money is in being a regurgitator. It is far more efficient than being creative and crafting quality.
YT is ditching shorts ! Particularly coming from the platform of Tiktok.
If you have uploaded a video of yours. Then you are to make a short of the same video clip, YT is not going to like it. That is what he means
it's pretty cool tho that your stuff is good enough that ppl wanna use it and spread it around. 🤷♀️ can't it be watermarked or tagged somehow ? there's usually og creator signature on it somewhere. except shorts. I hate it when I can't link the full video.
If we reuse the content? Is there a forgiveness? Can you tell us what video is it? Sometimes, we forget that we already uploaded the same video and we didn't realize that.
As a content creator I do mostly Live Streams. I was just demonetized & my appeal was rejected for 'reused content', yet the only examples I was given was from simulcasting with other channels when we do collaborations together. Yet this topic is not even discussed. I'm not sure how to make it more clear that I'm 'simulcasting' when I have it in the title and in the description box. If simulcasting is not allowed then perhaps You Tube should let everyone know that it's not allowed.
The only other example I was given was for a 30 second promotional video I created for an upcoming Live Stream where I used a 30 second clip of Christmas music (this was over 2 years ago & one of my very first videos) that was listed by You Tube as being 'safe to use'. Since I wasn't even eligible to monetize back then and since I've never monetized my promotional videos I couldn't get an explanation or response on how I broke the rules.
The other 'reason' I was given for rejecting my appeal was that I didn't visually 'show' how I filmed, edited, or wrote scripts. FYI, you are supposed to do all of this in under 5 minutes. As I explained in my appeal, my filming was simple: I have a camera on top of my computer, I turn it on and I record - or go live. That's the extent of my knowledge with 'filming'. Next was editing. Again as I explained in my appeal, I don't know how to edit. So it's difficult to show how I do something that I don't know how to do. And the final issue was how I wrote scripts. Again, I do Live Streams so anything goes. I don't know how I'm supposed to 'show' how I do something that I don't do or don't know how to do.
And while this video was good in pointing out all the issues many creators have of those trying to cheat the system, it never once covered the main reason I was demonetized (simulcasting) along with several other Tarot & Oracle Card Readers, who were all demonetized for the same reason. I would love to have that explained to us and how we can continue with simulcasting our collaborative Live Streams and not get taken down for it.
It would really be nice if y'all could do another video, in under 5 minutes, explaining the main points I brought up. 1) using music marked SAFE from UA-cam's library; 2) show how the built in camera on your computer works (and shouldn't y'all already know how they work?); 3) cover the main issue that so many of us have been demonetized for - SIMULCASTING LIVE STREAMS; & 4) explain how a LIVE STREAM would require a script. I mean, it wouldn't be LIVE if it's scripted. So doing another video explaining these main points that we have all been dinged on would be very helpful.
It's utterly pointless that you don't actually tell anyone WHICH VIDEO is causing the problem, so they can work out if something has been misidentified, leaving the user to just delete loads of stuff.
And get humans to help us, Team UA-cam is staffed by bots.
And stop saying "off of". You mean "from".
I AGREE WITH YOU!!! UA-cam TO POINT OUT THE VIDEO THAT GOES AGAINST THE POLICY!!!!!!!
@@Mek_wi_talk Thankyou! 😃
The auto generated or minimally edited AI channels spamming results has gots to go. Let people block specific channels outright. Nothing worse then seeing 100 results from the same channel you want no part of.
All the top videos on YT are zero effort reaction clips and copy pasted videos. This "reused content" policy is a joke.
I believe that if someone uses another person's content, irrespective of how transformative it is, the original creator should receive a fair share of the revenue. This opportunity shouldn't be limited only to creators enrolled in Content ID; it should be accessible to all channels and creators.
As a viewer, I get frustrated when I see videos where someone has stolen the original video and put a small video of themselves reacting to it. They are just taking advantage of someone else's hard work to get views for themselves. I am glad to hear that UA-cam is championing original videos. Reusing other people's videos and music is slimey. I am glad that you are taking steps to stop it. I mostly make shorts. Is there a way, where I can opt out of other people taking my videos and reusing them?
Why are “Reaction Videos” so popular then. These creators basically do nothing original but play another person video and say a couple things. The original video never gets anything from this .
yup
Yet if a singer covers a song, the song writer will be half or more of the ad revenue. Why can't the people who made the original clip get that sort of deal?
We react to songs and make no money from it. The original video/band does get all of the money unless they turn on sharing, which is a rarity.
Watermark your videos then so if someone reacts to it, people who are watching it will know what the original source is from. Then it'll be free exposure for you and your videos.
@@bluerabbit1236 it’s still free exposure. They know who the original source is. A person. Could always file a copyright claim.
Quite extraordinary that it was never even mentioned that "reusing" somebody else's content without permission infringes copyright, so is illegal. This video basically says "hey, stealing other people's stuff is fine if you just alter it a bit" -- a very worrying position for UA-cam to take. Copyright law is what makes it possible for creators to earn their living online.
"Reused content"?!? I think most of the world calls that copyright infringement.
THING IS THE CREATOR DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING COPYRIGHTED LIKE MOST OF US WE HAVE NOTHING SHOWING WE OWN WAT WE CREATE IN WRITING IM JUST SAYING
You guys need to work on fair use and fight to get the DMCA system changed. Its antiquated and abused.
I like the sentiment of the "reused content" policy, but this policy is NOT being implemented by UA-cam.
It takes me months, in one case it took me 2 years, to bring my ORIGINAL projects to UA-cam only to have other channels steal my work and claim "fair use."
There is one channel with over 880,000 subscribers that didn't contact me or ask to collaborate with me they just straight up stole a year’s worth of hard work from me. At the time I had around 1000 subscribers. This larger channel cherry picked the best stuff from my videos, slightly edited it putting their face and commenting, and then she proceeded to make thousands of dollars off my work. Meanwhile, I have lost money on nearly every video I have made on my channel because I am putting in the work, buying the software, doing the research, doing the interviews, and putting my life on the line in a few cases to bring original content to UA-cam. Some of the videos that this larger content creator stole from me I wasn't even eligible to make money off of at the time, but that didn't stop this larger content creator from reusing my content and making over $10,000 off my hard work.
UA-cam needs to do better. Anytime a content creator takes content from another content creator, "fair use" or not, the ad revenue needs to be split 50/50 at minimum. I have stopped making content on my channel for almost a year because I am sick and tired of losing money on every video I make but other content creators profit off my work simply by copying, pasting and commenting. I refuse to be exploited any longer.
It would be helpful if they told you which videos they are accusing of reused content. I got denied into the partner program for reused content. I had shorts of my own videos which I assume is what done it.
Any rules or guidelines on re-purposing content that we already own and have uploaded? (like compilations or shorter clips from our longform vids)? I know we aren't supposed to re-upload the same video that we have already uploaded, but what is allowed and what isn't? Any guidelines on this?
What about content creators who reupload their own old content repurposed or re-edited? Seems you are punishing creators who do that and not creators who steal and profit off of others videos
Can we have access to content ID like MCNs use to do? I have an old MSN that still gets residuals from people uploading my content
Is there anyway to have rights manager and be in control of your own content that is being reuploaded and stolen by others? Like choosing to monetize it or block it
It's utterly pointless that UA-cam doesnt' actually tell anyone WHICH VIDEO is causing the problem, so they can work out if something has been misidentified, leaving the user to just delete loads of stuff.
"profit from", not "profit off of". The latter doesn't even make sense.
Whoever use a reused content should share their revenue with the original content creator
not if it's transformative.
@@gregsvlogshow but thats not what the issue is
Not true ! All of my channel's contents are mine and UA-cam kept spamming me with reused content issue .. no transparency nor credibility
4 Minutes and 27 Seconds of saying Something, while saying Nothing at all.
I had a Channel rejected when I recorded XDefiant Gameplay for the Background, Edited in Articles and Pictures, and read everything myself, but was STILL rejected. I dont want to do a Face Cam since it makes Editing more annoying and a distraction, but also I clearly am making my own stuff. This is just UA-cam being Greedy and being Predatory to Creators to not give them their Crumbs, which is why I use AdBlock and will always recommend it to everyone.
whats adblock?
I just got hit for reused content I'm not sure why I was even flagged. I waited two weeks before I appealed then they found in my favor within an hour of my appeal wish I had done it faster, because it screwed up my payment for last month. Once they hit you for reused content they take away your ability to chat on the creator studio so you can't get any info on what's going on. I don't think it needs to be that stressful for the creators especially if they didn't do anything wrong?
Yeah, UA-cam has a _really_ convoluted way of doing things. Happened to me a few years ago, I still feel cheated.
@@BaltimoreAndOhioRR Does that mean we can't repost our own videos? I also wonder how it affects shorts.
@@JawTooth For Shorts, I assume this wouldn't apply, since UA-cam provides the tools for us to make Shorts from our existing videos, even including the link back to the original. Reposting our own videos, no one seems to have a definitive answer. I suspect that could be another area where they make the rules up as they go, depending on which YT employee makes the decision, or maybe which channel it is.
@@BaltimoreAndOhioRR I have wondered about that for a long time because I see ppl do that a lot.
TUCKER CARLSON'S Videos are being reposted in several clips together with NO ALTERATION or REACTION. How is that fair? There are multiple channels doing this.
Look at how many "fake" Joe Rogan channels are doing the same thing.
@ElGrimorio
0 seconds ago
What about "reaction videos"? Its amazing how many people are reusing content of whole videos to make "reaction videos" which are rather an excuse to take advantage of the content someone else created.
What about newsworthy things? For example, the President's media department releases the same videos. All the news agencies put those scenes on their UA-cam channel. Because it is officially released. This same scene is posted on about 10 UA-cam channels. Because it's a news. Does a reused question come up in such cases?
For a Creator (me) who has been on the platform for more than 15 years with 100s of Videos, OF COURSE there will be some videos and content that PRE-Dates several of the new Content-policies; How YT is dealing with that? -> Instead of just placing a Flag next to your Videos (like the Copyright Field) so it's easy for me to "Clean up", YT just get a Full Demonitization the full channel, and with every appeal, they have a very vague and generic answer about content SOMEWHERE that needs to be removed, and I need to wait for 90 days for another TRY... [Suggested Solution Below]
YT, and in Good Faith,
1) JUST FLAG The Problamatic Videos!
2) Give us enough notice to remove them (Pause Monetization for Few days to One week),
3) and THEN Demonatize the whole channel etc if we don't take necessarily actions...
YT have evolved a lot throughout the years, and I admire how advanced they have become when dealing with Copyrights and Content-IDs etc; So It really shouldn't be hard for them to do so.
Sincerly yours,
SC
Absolutely
Why are you not going after these channels that are mass producing content. Nobody can make four 20 minute videos in one day everyday. These channels are using sites like storyblocks, then when regular folks upload the same clip, you call it re-use. How is this fair to anyone?
The biggest solution needed is for you to specifically flag the videos which are considered reused content on the channel instead of demonitising the whole channel without a warning ⚠️.
Some people make a living through UA-cam and the 90 days ban should be fixed too depending on how big the channel is. For example, you can say channels with 1k-10k subscribes are banned for 90 days; those with 10k-20k subscribers are banned for 60 days; those with above 20k subscribers are only banned for 30 days.
As a brand, I'm in the middle of doing a collaboration with several UA-cam creators (for a movie) that will have permission to post it and do commentary around it (before/after)
Is this going to impact us and them negativly?
Hello ,
How are you?
My name is ATAUR.I'm a professional freelancer & digital marketing expert.
Would you have some time to talk to me about growing your UA-cam channel?
Also, you're not mentioning that reusing someone else's work can violate copyright!
Reused Content is copyright infringement and violates international laws.
Reused Content is one of the vaguest policies out there UA-cam has ever published. In the past 5 years, my channel has been demonetized and remonetized at least half a dozen times due to "Reused Content", all of that without ever changing a thing in what I do as a channel. For context, I am a gaming and anime reviews, news & editorial channel. Every single demonetization, whether after an immediate appeal or after numerous rejected appeals, has resulted in a "It appears we made a mistake, welcome back to YPP" with no accountability for the amount of revenue this constant mistake has caused me throughout. None of them provided any reasonable answers as to why I had been thrown out, despite having been manually reviewed and apologized to numerous times before, at which point, I can only assume that some AI bot is roaming around and doing things as it sees fit and there are in fact no "human reviewers" involved.
UA-cam already has a full on Content ID system that allows original creators to redirect revenue from "stealing" creators, and then the DMCA system on top of that, both of which get abused to no end but are at least on a video specific level. The fact that one of the vaguest guidelines is being used to demonetize entire channels while stating "We are protecting creators and advertisers", while continuing to show ads anyways, is disingenuous at best, theft at worst.
but thats the issue with fair use in america law so YT is limited too..
Also their practice of guess whats wrong and not precising what videos are problematics are illegal with work related laws
In any job, if youre doing something wrong they will point out the exact thing you do wrong.
They not gonna be like "hehe guess i wont tell you precisely where something is wrong and forget your next paycheques as consequences" 😂
The system works exactly as intended. They leave it vague and leave creators in the dark and demonetize people in waves while still running ads on their videos so they no longer have to share revenue for a few months. Allows them to juice their earnings as a company
I want to sue you tube for such rude , illegal , cunning behaviour. Based on vague reuse policy , Even i am also aggrieved of it . I am a real lawyer Practicing in High court of India . I will sue google and youtube soon . Challange their transparancy and stealing our labour , our wages , our stress , I ll sue them soon in India । 👍
It would be beneficial if UA-cam implemented the following feature: when we use clips from someone else's content, we could mention it in the video and notify the original creator. If they approve, the video should not face a copyright strike. Additionally, if they neither approve nor deny within a few days, the content should not be considered reused.
Currently there are some audio marketing companies who download viral fair use songs from UA-cam and ID the content in their name. As a result, channels run by folk culture are being criticized and accused of false content ID claims. This is happening more in Bangladesh. UA-cam is requested to consider the matter and protect these affected channels. thank you
as for the 100's of my videos that have been re uploaded by other channels and monetised ?! why is this allowed?
wait really? yikes.
How do you find out if these other channels are monetised?
They follow the principle of fair use
Nearly every time I've seen a creator be demonetized for "reused content" their doesn't fit this definition whatsoever. Its never about content that has been reused from another channel or from a copyrighted source. It's that UA-cam thinks their content is low effort. I've seen this happen to channels that use AI voices to narrate their videos for example. The more appropriate definition I've seen for this label is "low effort / repetetive content". Not content that reuses existing footage or audio from other videos or songs, hut content that feels like it was easy to produce and doesn't stand out much video to video.
That being said, UA-cam very often mislabels channels for this as well due to their bad AI tools.
I frequently see Gardening TV programmes uploaded in their entirety without any kind of attempt to put a unique spin on any of the content. This breaches copyright, and also isn't fair on creators who do make their own content. But I can't see any way of reporting it. You can report someone who is breaching your own copyright, but there doesn't seem to be a route to reporting reused content that clearly breaches copyright uploaded by others. What do you suggest we do to report them?
You guys gotta find a better or more official way for channels to designate their second channel as a clips channel that is connected in some way to the main channel, because as it is now second channels keep getting clips flagged as being ripped off even though they are from the creator
I just got demonetized for reused content without any examples. All of my content is filmed and edited by me of MYSELF. Now I have to wait 90 days to reapply? Apparently there’s nothing I can do about this which is ridiculous
@@GamerSpawn appeal did not work unfortunately.. it’s really disheartening when they think my content is reused. We’ll have to try to reapply in 90 days.
no reused content and you got demonetized? THAT is scary!! I do not use any reused content either. I make sure that I am filming, editing, and even creating elements like arrows etc from scratch so that it won't affect my videos. Your experience, is shocking and I am so sorry that this happened! I hope that YT sorts it out sooner than the 90days! Wow, hang in there
@@vinhgeta After 90 days. you must have 4000 watch hour
I understand the point of using other peoples content. But how is this fair to those who pay for clips from sites like "Storyblocks". If 1000 people use the same clip of a sunset in their video, why should creator 1001 be penalized for using it also? These people pay for this footage, Re-used or not. They pay to use them. This does not seem very fair of UA-cam to do this to people.
what if i reupload my old video since the original one is deleted long time ago. can i get a reused content violation?
Good question, I’m not sure
I have a lot of people that upload my videos or add part of my video to their channels... it's not an easy process to get them to take it down.. I don't have time for it personally. I think UA-cam should be more diligent on this.. I am glad they seem to be addressing this issue. Many of us work hard to put up content and when it is pirated it's frustrating.
Far to many algorithms are running the show at Google, my main channel was demonetized for reused content, which was immediately appealed and re-monetized but that shouldn't of happened, I lost revenue while my channel was down.
Same here
Where does copyright infringement enter into this?
UA-cam introduced content ID more than 10 years ago, but it doesn't apply to UA-cam creators, why? UA-cam knows who uploaded the content originally so it should be a piece of cake to direct all add revenue to the original creator automatically, just as if I post something with original music it automatically pays the artist, why don't you do it for UA-cam creators too? once I reached out about a channel stealing my content getting 12 million views in a video, I just wanted to get the ad revenue, but UA-cam just deleted the video! Makes no sense when I want to get paid I am happy people reusing my content! Also, you could easily automatically credit the original creator with a link directly to the original video! even deep link to time code of original video where content is from, auto credit by overlay "Content from: Charbax" for example on every second that my content is used.
EXACTLY
THIS! Also, I should be able to reuse // remix // reinterpret my own original content over and over without it being problematic reused content. For example, my listeners request that I combine my episodes into hours long compilations all the time
@@wakemeupmornings Yes!
It does apply you have to register it
@@LTPottenger What do I have to register? Can I add my 7000 videos to be recognized and monetized in Content ID whenever any clips of mine are re-used automatically? Why doesn't UA-cam just apply that functionality automatically?
*I appreciate Facebook's right manager tool. UA-cam needs to improve its system. I've been suffering due to a reuse penalty for 10 months, resulting in no income and a bundle of expenses*
I keep finding parts of my videos in those ubiquitous compilation videos that rack up millions of views.
They just take my video, maybe put an inane comment on it, and stick it in with a bunch of other clips they took from other creators. I thought about adding a watermark over the top of my videos during editing but that also diminishes the experience for regular viewers.
A.I. channels literally take my videos, run them through an A.I voice engine and get away with it. Once again these videos (That youtube doesn't even engage with) are tone deaf.
Also how about explaining how to appeal?
I gotta laugh, I've been a original creator on the platform since 2007, I've had endless fights to claim back my content that others steal. Never has UA-cam assisted me in these battles and as I see over and over channels who steal content are making easy income from it. I've always had the feeling that this site assists others to use other producers original content. As for reused content sadly look how many tic toc videos are uploaded as shorts. When is that going to stop? I honestly don't feel rewarded on this site anymore. It's nothing like the very dynamic partner days prior to 2014.
I miss those days on UA-cam!
I have 6,000 videos on youtube and still making very little money.
I would like to know just what this guy thinks REWARDS should be.
YT needs to change their bogus ESTMATED EARNINGS to actual earnings and YT has never helped me make more revenue.
EVER.
My channel members do that.
And I just got insulted by a chat employee who said it was my fault that my video was uploading and skipping sections when it was doing by itself.
I also get tired of hearing and seeing how great YT employees are in these videos when they have done nothing for me or my channel.
Its patting themselves on the back time all of the time.
We get many channels taking our b-roll we shoot then cutting together commentary off the back of our hard work. I don't ever do a take down but it would be nice to try and get some rev share much like on audio tracks from other channels if they want to use content or can't shoot their own. I think it would allow other channels to spin up content while helping those who already have a big catalog.
what should football editors do then?
Hello ,
How are you?
My name is ATAUR.I'm a professional freelancer & digital marketing expert.
Would you have some time to talk to me about growing your UA-cam channel?
This policy is not transparent. It does not tell you which video is causing the problem. I have 1.5k videos, and I don't know which ones reuse content, so I deleted 1k of my videos. This reuse content policy is much worse than copyright, because copyright tells you which video has a problem. I hope they can tell us which videos are considered reuse content, rather than just demonetizing your channel without warning.
i think its mainly just videos that arent altered or having added anything to it. like a clip of a tv show with subtitles would count as nothing of value added but someone reacting or dubbing the lines would count as added value.
I am agreeing with you because when UA-cam told me about one video is reused but they didn't say which one I deleted all my original content but still massage is reused reused .....
They look at the whole channel. If your channel is mot mostly original content it gets demonitzied. If all you do is make montages you will be demonitized. Every single video needs to be at least 50% original content. I deleted a lot of my content when I got monetized because every video like that is a risk and when I started I had no intention to get monetized so just put up clips I thought were important or interesting.
Whats worse is when you have other creators copy and repost snippets just for the intent of mocking the original creator, spread malicious lies about them or disparage them.
I dont like that my videos (Shorts included) get snipped. I use my own personally made music in some of my videos, and people can just snip it and use it for a short...
My channel is a perfect example of reused content that's been transformed to create something totally different. After 2 years of doing Dave Ramsey commentary and documentary video commentaries, June 2024 I finally made my 1K monetization goal and was made part of UA-cam partner program less than 24 hours afterwards.
I see the issue many channels have with reused content. There's just not enough originality to transform the video.
UA-cam claims "Re-branding" is a good idea when needed. It also says it is ok to re-upload your old content to your new brand channel. Yet, we are discussing "Re-use" as if it is a bad thing?
I hope this is the case. It seems to be a computer making this decision. How will it know if you are re-using your own content or someone else's? I would like a clear answer from YT on this. Where is your source from? I am happy to delete my old channel completely if necessary, but I would like direction on that.
EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS REUSED TO BE HONEST WE ALL ARE INSPIRED BY SOMETHING OR SOMEONE AND ARTIST DO IT ALL THE TIME SO AS TO IMPROVE ON WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN INVITED OR CREATED IM JUST SAYING
What if someone copy’s ur own content?
Hello ,
How are you?
My name is ATAUR.I'm a professional freelancer & digital marketing expert.
Would you have some time to talk to me about growing your UA-cam channel?
I've had a ton of videos pop up in the copyright section, where someone just ripped my full video and uploaded it to their account. It would be great if these got flagged another way, so there weren't so many legal requirements when requesting removal. If it's a straight-up 100% copy of the video, we should get a notification asking if we gave permission.
Thank you for covering this. But this policy and how it's enforced needs to seriously listen to feedback from creators and be reworked.
My feedback / changes below, having been falsely hit with reused content, it took 2 months to get my channel back in the program, the appeals process was awful and upsetting. Too many creators of original content have suffered badly from this policy, please take it seriously.
1. Creators NEED MORE INFO when hit with this, you need to tell them WHICH video has flagged reused content so we can effectively dispute and appeal it, or make changes and learn from it. Hitting a channel with hundreds of videos and saying "good luck working out what you did wrong" is comical from a platform the size of youtube. I could not get help from the appeals team, or my partner manager on what I had actually done wrong. Still don't know.
2. It is INSANE to immediately demonetize without warning for a vague and reviewer subjective policy when LITERAL copyright strikes, you get 3. You get 0 warnings for this. This is people's livelihoods... You also extended the time people have to wait to apply again to the YPP if their appeal fails (which it always does), that plus this = career ending.
3. For faceless creators and gaming channels, this policy is consistently a nightmare, there seems to be 0 issue with for low effort reaction content "as long as a face is on screen", but UA-cam needs to respect that faceless and narrated content can add just as much value and usually the edit is even more extensive, that needs to be taken into account when judging channels. There needs to be protections or a process in place for faceless and gaming creators with regards to this policy.
It was an experience that absolutely harmed the way I see UA-cam and I often dread that i'll end up going through again at some point despite all my content being original.
I would LOVE to see this policy get the proper attention and transparency it needs. The sentiment behind it is great, we love original content, but this policy continues to be harmful to creators of that original content. Thanks. I know this was long but this policy really effected me and I want to see it change for the better.
Excellent!
I agree! It happened to me a few years ago. Yes, this is my livelihood. I had around 8,000 videos. NOBODY would tell me what my "reused content" was, not even a general idea. It would be unfairly helping my channel, I was told! I would never steal someone else's content. To this day, I still don't know what it was or even _if_ it was. It left a very bad taste in my mouth with the way the people at UA-cam treat their so-called "partners". I'm still upset over that situation.
Exactly it need deep reform. Cause youtube is wrong on its approach on reused content
It should just be like copyright music. Identify the reused content and offer you to delete it for acess to ypp. AND END TO THE STORY WE MAKING MONEY AND ALL VIDEOS FOLLOW YPP GUIDELINE NOW
I dont know whos the crazy delusional decision making manager who thought the guess what went wrong approach was such a good idea. But his approach is toxic, waste of time, illegal in term of work laws, and make lot of creators stop taking youtube seriously
I do 3d animation. If i use audio from a game or movie, IM NOT reuploading the original clip, ive f*cking modified it through SOURCE FILM MAKER, and Audacity. UA-cam does nothing but F*ck channels like mine over, when i havent violated the ACTUAL laws in the US. Its f*Cking bs at times.
My channel was adding English subtitles from Russian sources, a considerable task, and I did not monetise - and today my 10yr old channel was removed.
Apparently trying to prevent WW3 is not a worthy use of UA-cam. Too bad You Tube - I have all my videos and another provider will get my business.
Yeah I got demonetised for "reused content" on my music channel that I made 100 % myself a few years go. Channel still no where near close to recovering.
The only issue I have is that if I get denied and I appeal it, and get told I need to show proof of me editing a 15yr old video
AGREED
Doesn't even matter. I appealed showing me editing MY OWN CONTENT (not even reused) and they still told me no, and instead critiqued the production value of the explanation video I made and didn't even once acknowledge any of the actual content of the video where I focused on showing how everything on my channel is OC.
They said if they told me what they were basing their decision on it would take away from my journey of exploration and getting to know their policies. Like wtf does that even mean? They gave me the old "If you don't know what you did wrong, I'm not going to tell you" treatment, which is crazy because I had no idea my mom was making corporate policies at UA-cam.
@@F1ENDS 100%. I felt the same way. Zero explanation, just commented on appeal video content (which looked canned).
@F1ENDS they keep doing me the same way saying they used ai and a combination of human reviewers. I even showed interviewees from my videos with me & they still denied me
@@FloridaGurlInterviewz I chatted into creator support and demanded a supervisor and they resolved it within about 15 minutes.
This is a tough subject. The term “fair use” designates the acceptable use of copyrighted materials without obtaining specific permission from the holder(s) of the copyright. Fair use is generally granted for the purposes of comment, criticism, research, teaching, and scholarship.
please youtube can you guys just pin point the particular video with the reused content issue cuz most time people end up deleting the wrong video
I was just accused by UA-cam for having a reused content where infact all my videos are all my original creations. I have submitted an appeal but still it was denied. Now they require me to apply again for monetization and I not to comply the eligibility criteria which is 4000 watch hours and short vodeos with 10M views. I realized I wasted too much time making videos and editing my videos for UA-cam. I have deleted all my videos on UA-cam and I don't want to make a vlog anymore.
i'm so sorry dude
This is hilarious they're having this discussion given how much they've promoted SSSniperwolf.
This is so important, absolutely behind it. UA-cam protects copy written content with an iron fist, it would be good to see our original content protected as well.
my account was demonetized even though I own the content I put up, I appealed and instantly (a couple of seconds later) it was rejected. When I contacted support via chat, they were extremely rude and wouldn't even allow me to explain that it was done by mistake. its been 2.5 months of not getting paid. please help.
Get use to it man. I was told my stream highlights are reused...they're my streams. Not all of them were streamed to youtube.
Same my main channel 3months not paid after appeal is see : you can appeal again 15okt 😅😢 6 months in total 😟😔
So sorry to hear that😢
I think UA-cam/Creator Insider didn't read any comment on comments section
When will youtube stop the channels buying subs and views?
@SamRecap they can take the channels down that are doing it.🤷🏻♂️ that would work
Surely, using Content ID or similar, a creator should be able to claim a partial or entire amount of the income made from the reuser's video. It would make doing so less profitable, and therefore push it off the platform. Also, make it so if the algorithm detects that the content is from another video it is posted less in recommended or front page and instead promotes the original content. This would of course require safeguards and an algorithm that correctly determines where the content was uploaded first.
I'm not personally someone affected by reused content directly, more so indirectly where react content takes half of the front page, but I sympathize with those content creators whose original content is massively overshadowed by "react" creators.
If you truly want an original content platform, there are many ways to do it.
Can it really be that difficult to apply the terms of copyright legislation? Really? UA-cam dropped the ball on this issue ages ago. Try to use a tiny (fewer than eight bars) snippet of a song and you get a copyright strike. Use tens of minutes of someone else's video content and that's fine. Makes no sense whatsoever and encourages copyright theft on a grand scale. Got to ask - if these copying channels are making tons of cash then I'm assuming YT isn't too much in a hurry to lose their share of it?
As a Music Reactor, here on UA-cam, my channel was demonetized for 'Reused Content" after 3 years. It's ALL reused content, but I always add in my analysis, commentary, maybe some text or images to put my 2 cents in. I had to go through my entire catalogue, video by video to try and figure out WHICH video (s) caused the problem, as I couldn't get any detailed info from anyone. After MANY attempts. I took a wild guess on 2-3 videos from 2 years ago or more, and deleted all of my Live streams, just to see if that would help. After the 90 days, I re-applied and was approved. THANKFULLY! It would just be nice to be forewarned if a video somehow breaches the YPP TOS so the creator has the option to fix or delete the content. I have 2 channels, one for full reactions and the other is now for shorts (clips from my long-form videos). So, are you saying that I should be putting it in title/description/spoken in the short that it all from my own personal channel? Maybe just in the descriptions? when it comes to Music, Isn't MORE exposure GOOD exposure? I've had many independent artists reach out to me to thank me for reacting to their music. I've also had artists/bands email me asking me to react to their work. As the little red-headed step-child to UA-cam content creators, we LOVE and adore the subject and this niche has the most loyal fans and having that community is what makes all the headaches a little more bearable.
AlSO- Is there a new rule about the options available when a video becomes blocked from a Live Stream (After it airs) where if there were several songs that detected content ID, I could just trim them out and the rest of the live was fine. NOW, the only option I have is to dispute. I can't edit out the song and move on like before. The entire Live stream is blocked due to just a couple songs. I am hoping this is something that can be fixed? I know ALL the bugs/kinks/changes will never be 100% complete, it would just be nice to have more input from your team.
Jen