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"Claim ownership of" is within the context of YouTube's ecosystem and YouTube's TOS. As a YouTube partner, they have the right to monetize videos that YouTube a
by raganwald 13y ago
"Claim ownership of" is within the context of YouTube's ecosystem and YouTube's TOS. As a YouTube partner, they have the right to monetize videos that YouTube agrees they "own," block them, &c.
I don't think that asserting ownership within YouTube is equivalent to asserting legal ownership of all of the IP involved. For example, I can't see them rebroadcasting any of these videos in another medium.
- belorn 13y agoCan the actually author of the video take down the videos (ie take control of the copyright)?
- sp332 13y agoYeah, the video is still on the account and under control of the original uploader. The only thing that's changed is they can't control is that the ads on their videos now fund Nintendo instead of themselves.