Comments on: YouTube’s First Public Statement About Earning Potential for Creators

By: Raven

Raven — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:51:01 +0000

Wow, after reading through some of these threads some of these adults are so immature. Its like blaming some corporation because you didnt get the job. LIKE WAKE UP! Its like blaming the talent scouts because they said you had no talent. LIKE WAKE UP! Its like blaming the folks at the audition because you didnt get the part. LIKE WAKE UP! Youtube is no different then these examples. They will pick whom they think will make money. Some folks just need to grow up or they obviously got everything that they tried out for, every job that they applied for and certainly could be no judge for any talent show. Just think how impossible it would be for them. ALL would get the position and there would be no criteria for whose better.

By: Monday 12-17 links | News Videographer

Monday 12-17 links | News Videographer — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:09:13 +0000

[...] YouTube is expanding its program so more video creators can get money from their videos. [...]

By: marquisdejolie

marquisdejolie — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:50:59 +0000

I’ve been down there a couple of times, jischinger. So far, no exciting litigants. All suits.

By: jischinger

jischinger — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:54:01 +0000

marquis take your camera down there and play journalist

By: TET

TET — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:50:30 +0000

I’ve been right all along with my assessment of YouTube. Brand you videos with your own URL and monetize your web site in whatever way you can.

The real money is in products not ad revenue. Unless you run a portal site or successful online community – in which case adsense revenue can be a nice side earner if you know what you’re doing.

Selling products to your niche market is far more lucrative in my opinion.

(and why is this extension of the partner program limited to the USA and Canada when some existing partners from the first round are outside both those regions? wtf!)

By: marquisdejolie

marquisdejolie — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:39:42 +0000

I already quit my day job, but I’m going to buy a monkey (see link) to represent me in my ScrewTube Partners Program Application hearing.

Thanks for the link, Steve! And about the CC licensees (artists) changing their license, I’m not worried. I’ll have no legal liability for stuff I ran under the “by” license and I can easily edit out the music and exchange it for something else for future “commerce.” And one of the main federal copyrights cases courts in the U.S. is five miles from my house. I need to get out more anyway.

By: DahliaK

DahliaK — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:05:56 +0000

If I were you I wouldn’t, NutCheese.

By: NutCheese

NutCheese — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:00:48 +0000

Does this mean I should quit my day job?

By: jischinger

jischinger — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:57:32 +0000

#17 too much info

sukatra toss in all these mock YT sites that embed YT users names, these site look just like your youtube channel only in bare text and they are full of ads.

Here’s a dumb question, when you embed a video elsewhere do you still get the count and credit?

Now, what does 1000 mean? 1000 in a day, week, all time?

A few things I have noticed on youtube – when a partner or someone who has a good number of viewers links another user’s video or gives them a shout out their numbers leap way up and more people subscribe. So, partners have power to help others users, but I think anyone who gets featured on youtube’s front page will pick up a good number of hits and subscribers no matter what the content is, so grabbing a lot of views is really about exposure and who at YT decides what gets exposed?

Still want full disclosure.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:33:21 +0000

My youtube videos are on pace for 5 million views per year,as ive mentioned before.I think i should be able to become a partner based on those numbers alone,regardless of whether i upload another video or not! Thats just a bad business decision on gootubes part,to put these vague restrictions on acceptance into the partners program.Marquis,thanks for the info on the CC licenses,but what happens if an artist later decides to change their license,so their works cant be used commercially? I create my own guitar & keyboard music,but i do use sounds effects from http://www.partnersinrhyme.com ,which can be used commercially.*regarding comment #14 above,thats a load of CRAP!!,sure metacafe “discloses” payments and how much the top creators have earned,but its all LIES! They accepted one of my videos into the rewards program,or whatever its called,then cancelled my account the same day! Those lowlife thugs should be in prison! Try vume.com instead,sure its got its bugs,and low traffic,but i hit the refresh button every few minutes,and watch my profits rise!