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Misleading, or at minimum not the full picture. First: The December changes did make the majority of partners ("Affiliates") have no copyright protection. Ho
by Flammy 13y ago
Misleading, or at minimum not the full picture.
First:
The December changes did make the majority of partners ("Affiliates") have no copyright protection. However there are a few huge mitigating factors: The newly established "Managed" partner status is exactly like the old partnership, full content-ID protection, and how the networks have reacted/changed.
Second:
Many networks are now offering "Managed" status to many partners, if not all. There are indeed some networks who offer managed status to all partners.
Third:
Google has yet to take (public) action against any networks for copyright violations under the new managed system. Until they do networks will continue to treat copyright as a joke and partnerships will remain a cash cow and little partners will remain unsupported.
Source: I'm a YouTube content creator (90k subs, 12m views). Feel free to drop by reddit.com/r/PartneredYoutube if you have any in depth questions, or ask here.
- tehwebguy 13y agoHuh, so basically it is the same but now opt-in on a channel level. I stand corrected.
- Flammy 13y agoYeah basically. However if Google does enforce copyright violations against networks, we will actually see partnerships start to mean something again... which would be a good change. Currently the majority of networks are little more than scams: promising the world and not following though. Yes, even the big guys. There are many problems with this business: Copyright and Content-ID, network recruiters (aka highschool kids paid for referrals), lack of visibility into advertising revenue, etc.