I have a friend that does something similar, but only does video with the text gated behind a paid-only site. He makes pretty good money, but for the exact reas

I have a friend that does something similar, but only does video with the text gated behind a paid-only site. He makes pretty good money, but for the exact reasons you listed is why the site is paid-only. They have a much harder time stealing (as in posting as their own content) the video.