More on YouTube monetizing videos and not sharing revenue
I've been asked for more background on this. Up until now, YT has run
ads on videos where creators have joined their "partner" program and
have requested that ads be run (for which creators can receive revenue,
based on views, Premimum memberships, etc.) The requirements (in terms
of numbers of subscribers, monthly view hours, etc.) to join that
program have relatively recently been made significantly more stringent.
With the newly announced policy, YT now apparently reserves the right to
monetize any video, even those of non-partners who will not receive any
associated revenue. YT says that only a limited number of non-partner
videos will be affected by this for now.
In any case, I find it quite puzzling that YouTube would make this
likely to be highly controversial change at this particular moment
in time.
Here's the actual language from the new Terms of Service:
"YouTube's right to monetize: YouTube has the right to monetize all
content on the platform and ads may appear on videos from channels not
in the YouTube Partner Program."
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