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Friday, December 13, 2013

Video Games: YouTube goes hunting copyright

Google had already YouTubers out of them after changing its system of comments on the video platform. The Internet giant has given them a new reason to get excited , especially for those who are interested in video games.

YouTube has just updated its policy to respect the copyright to the videos monetized rights. Whether this control exists at present , it will be greatly strengthened from January 2014. According to an information page on the support of Google, for a video can be monetized, the user will be " able to provide documents proving that [he has ] the commercial rights to all audio and video " .

YouTube and video games , a great love story

The quickest to respond to this ad community that specialize in video game YouTubers . Testing programs, " walkthrough ", " playthrough " : Many videographers offer contained in this field , so much so that the chain for most is the " gamer " PewDieDie . In fact, the practice is so usual that the next gen consoles , Xbox and Playstation 4 One , integrated capture and share videos on the internet.

In addition, the affiliate program allows content creators to earn money based on the number of views. For the most popular, this can represent tens of thousands of dollars.

If not for Nintendo, which claimed rights to YouTube in May , most video game publishers tolerate the practice. They derive their party : this type of content made ​​them effective advertising campaign ... and free. But that was before .

Numerous complaints

Since the beginning of the week, YouTubers video games could only find that many of their videos posted on the platform are challenged for violation of copyrights . For this YouTube uses its Content ID tool , an algorithm created in 2007 , which automatically detects the problematic content . The novelty is that this Content ID is now attacking generated content networks . " YouTube wanted separate premium channels (TV Groups , Groups Media, Publishers video games, Major Companies Audio ... ) and chains attached to a network of affiliates ( Wizdeo , Fullscreen , Machinima ... ) " explains "Le Figaro" .

In fact, some offending videos remain online , but are flanked an advertisement whose incomes are in the pocket of the copyright holder who has made a complaint. In other cases , the videos are cut by one of their members ( the soundtrack for example) or simply deleted.

Thus, the most prominent YouTubers have been affected by this new policy. TheRadBrad , which almost 2 million subscribers, has received numerous complaints because of the background music videos.

YouTube cam in like a wrecking ball . pic.twitter.com / iQyJUloYSr

- TheRadBrad (@ thaRadBrad ) December 9, 2013


In France also , many users were surprised by the situation on Twitter:

Blow to youtubeurs , videos with third party content (music, video games ) are deleted. And that's a lot of good videos .

- Cyprien IOV (@ MonsieurDream ) December 10, 2013


I will not touch gold coins on my Youtube videos , I could make my flunch more every 6 months " Youtube regia " (

- Valentin Lormeau (@ LN_Yamato ) December 10, 2013


In our case we are currently considering the safeguarding of all our videos on Daily. In case of triple strike .

- TheFantasio974 (@ TheFantasio974 ) December 10, 2013


The videographer Dany Caligula held him back on the situation on YouTube. " I was in the assembly
on the last ' Doxa ' [ the name of the program , Ed] ," he explains . " Suddenly, at about 5 o'clock in the morning , I get a message telling me that my video ' Doxa # 5 has been blocked in all countries . "

On a more humorous, MrMeeea imagine the future of video game testing with the new conditions set by YouTube: Can not mention the name of the game, to show graphics or listen to the soundtrack.
Support publishers

Users can at least count on the support of some editors. Capcom, Deep Silver and others have ensured that they had not completed any complaints this week. " If you encounter this problem, 1) let your online video, 2) send us the URL of the video and the name of the company claiming copyright 3) We will make sure you meet the day , "says Ubisoft.

@ KayaneFR We accept it all, no interest will allow the community to create content on all of our titles . Be investigated .

- Capcom France (@ capcom_france ) December 11, 2013


If you make videos on Youtube and receive messages related to copyright , be sure to challenge you to approve .

- StarCraft_FR (@ StarCraft_FR ) December 11, 2013

If you're a YouTuber and are happy receiving send matches with the new exchange , please be safe to contest em so we can approve Quickly em .

- Diablo ( Diablo @ ) December 11, 2013


For its part, YouTube defends itself by saying that it is the content owners rights that set . In addition, " the owners of chain can easily dispute complaints Content ID if they think they are invalid ," wrote a spokesman for YouTube in an email to PC World.

It must be said that the YouTube algorithm gives rise to incredible situations . And Andre , the BlackNerdComedy chain says on Twitter that he has received a complaint alleging infringement of copyright ... so that's the company he uses images that asked him to shoot the video .


I got YouTube copyright claim notices for videos by companies That Personally Asked me to make the videos ! Perfect new monetization service!

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