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Greezus
Greezus asked in Computers & InternetInternetYouTube · 7 years ago

Looking to make a gaming channel?

Hello, YA. In 2014, I'm going to make an attempt to really get off my ***. The various ideas I have include a gaming channel for Youtube. I would mainly cover N64/PS2 era games, and the channel would not be monetized AT ALL. I'd actually feel a little bad monetizing this channel if it were to come to fruition; it's no more than a guy playing and talking about games he enjoys.

Now, the obvious problem: The insanely restrictive new copyright garbage currently going on with Youtube. I'll skip the ranting and just get my questions out of the way.

1. Even if my channel were to have absolutely NO ads/monetization/etc. on it, should I be worried about copyright claims?

2. If this were to be the case and Youtube did flag my stuff, what's your experience with appeals?

3. Do you think this is a truly awful time to be an aspiring Youtube gamer and I should look for an alternative host instead?

Thanks.

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago
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    No, you won't be dealing with copyright issues, unless you include copyrighted material. This usually doesn't apply for logos or games as that is in fair use policy. I mean songs and clips, those are the ones you should worry about. So you can monetize away with no problem.

    5 years experience in YouTube

    answer mine? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201312...

  • Nuff Sed
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    By definition, it is a copyright infringement to distribute copies of someone else's copyrighted works without permission. That includes, sounds and images of games. Get a clear license or an opinion of a lawyer about an exemption before you invest any amount of time and effort in the venture.

    Whether or not you "monetize" is not relevant to liability for civil copyright infringement -- only to the amount of damages you would pay in excess of the statutory $150,000 for each infringed work.

    17 USC 504

    Source(s): 17 USC 106
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