Margaret Stewart: How YouTube thinks about copyright

http://www.ted.com Margaret Stewart, YouTube's head of user experience, talks about how the ubiquitous video site works with copyright holders and creators to foster (at the best of times) a creative ecosystem where everybody wins.

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[TrailsOfDoom]

Actually what is breathtaking is how you can work for YEARS making original youtube content, and as soon as adsense has to pay out, they ban you for "possible" fraudulent clicks... Not actual fake clicks, just the possibility of fake clicks. And when you protest, they send you a form letter at 4:00AM in the morning. (clearly a computer generated response).

And guess who gets to keep those years of payments for your content? Yup, Google Adsense... What a scam!

[rmcdaniel423]

WMG hates the idea of spreading joy.

[TrailsOfDoom]

Yeah, I protested, and they still kept me out of the system for "possible" invalid clicks... I use BlipTV for my best content now, and they DO pay... I use my youtube for short stuff, and my long stuff goes on BlipTV.

[RiaRadioFMHD773]

Been there, done that. I had my minimum threshold set at just that, minimum. As soon as that threshold was reached it went into some kind of "review" and I never got paid. So now I advise anyone wanting to monetize their content to NOT do it through Google.

[MajorasFlask]

what was the name of the system she said? skynet?

[robotpanda77]

When you think about it, youtube doesn't really create any of its own content, its users do. Kind of weird.

[King Penguin]

i only want to post some amv ...

[은성 이]

Copyright saps all the joy out of life :(

[shmufle]

what a waste of a TED talk lol!