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YouTube Partner Program Terms updated

Arty
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So i just got this notfication

i dont remeber how it is before, but at least thier upfront with us

 

 

This is going into effect june 15/15

 

Together with the YouTube Terms of Service and the YouTube Partner Program Policies (each of which may be updated from time to time and are incorporated herein by reference), the following YouTube Partner Program Terms apply to your participation in the YouTube Partner Program (the "Terms"). Please read the Terms carefully. If you do not understand or accept any part of these Terms, you should not upload Content for monetization on YouTube.

  1. Monetization Revenues. YouTube will pay you as follows:

    1. Advertising Revenues. YouTube will pay you 55% of net revenues recognized by YouTube from ads displayed or streamed by YouTube or an authorized third party on your Content watch pages or in or on the YouTube video player in conjunction with the streaming of your Content. YouTube is not obligated to display any advertisements alongside your videos and may determine the type and format of ads available on the YouTube Service. For clarity, YouTube reserves the right to retain all other revenues derived from the YouTube service, including any revenues relating to ads on search result pages.

    2. Subscription Revenues. YouTube will pay you 55% of the total net revenues recognized by YouTube from subscription fees that are attributable to the monthly views or watchtime of your Content as a percentage of the monthly views or watchtime of all or a subset of participating content in the relevant subscription offering (as determined by YouTube). If your Content is included in and viewed by a user in multiple subscription offerings, YouTube will pay you based on the subscription offering with the highest amount of net revenues recognized by YouTube, as calculated by YouTube.

  2. Payment Account Requirement. In order to earn or receive payment of any revenues hereunder, you must at all times have an active AdSense account associated with your YouTube user account(s) (or such other payment method as required by YouTube). YouTube does not owe you for any revenues that may be associated with your Content during any period in which you do not have a valid method of payment.

  3. Payment Terms, Limitations and Taxes. YouTube will pay you for any revenues due within approximately sixty (60) days after the end of any calendar month, so long as your earned balance is at least US $100 (or its equivalent in local currency) at the time payment is due. You are not entitled to earn or receive any revenues in connection with your Content in any of the following circumstances: (a) if one or more third parties claim rights to certain elements of your Content except in cases where YouTube’s policies or systems support sharing a portion of the revenues with you, as determined by YouTube; ( B) if monetization is disabled on your Content by either you or YouTube; or © your participation in the YouTube Partner Program is suspended or terminated pursuant to Section 4 below. YouTube will use reasonable efforts to notify you if any of these circumstances should occur.

  4. Termination. Either party may terminate these Terms for convenience with 30 days prior written notice to the other (including via electronic means). YouTube may either suspend or terminate your participation in the YouTube Partner Program immediately upon written notice (including via electronic means) if YouTube reasonably determines or suspects that you have violated these Terms. For clarity, in the event of any termination of these Terms the YouTube Terms of Service will survive and continue to apply to your use of the YouTube service.

  5. Governing Law. The governing law and dispute resolution provisions of the YouTube Terms of Service will also apply to these Terms.

  6. Miscellaneous. Capitalized terms used but not defined in these Terms will have the meanings given to such terms in the YouTube Terms of Service. These Terms replace all previous or current agreements between you and YouTube relating to the YouTube Partner Program, including any prior monetization agreements that are in effect between you and YouTube as of the effective date. Except as modified by these Terms, the YouTube Terms of Service remain in full force and effect. YouTube’s right to modify or revise the Terms of Service (as described in the YouTube Terms of Service) will also apply to these Terms.

 

 

 

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Can someone put that legal speak into actual recognizable language?

Ketchup is better than mustard.

GUI is better than Command Line Interface.

Dubs are better than subs

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So they get 55% of ad money. What was it before?

wasn't 50 or 45% i can't remember lmao. 

im sure @LinusTech or @Slick would know

 

 

 

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Can someone put that legal speak into actual recognizable language?

Pretty much you will get 55% of all ad revenue and subscription revenue. YouTube has the right to remove ads from being displayed alongside your video. That is the important parts from the top, that is the only part I can see that has changed.

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Hopefully some will clarify this not sure about the 60days coz usually I get my payment every end of the month so that's 30 days but not sure if the new terms have changed that 

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Did they changed the part where they steal all your video profits if you have even half a second of other company game/movie/sound whatever?

Else idont care, #scumbagoogle.

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Did they changed the part where they steal all your video profits if you have even half a second of other company game/movie/sound whatever?

Else idont care, #scumbagoogle.

Yeah that is there, it is called copy right. You have to give proper credit and follow the laws

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*Please note that this is speculation*

 

The partner program revenue from YouTube varies on several different factors, but the original revenue that the content producers earn is a ballpark of 60-70 percent. So in that case, the YouTubers get an approximately 10% reduction of money earned per ad view or ad click.

Read the community standards; it's like a guide on how to not be a moron.

 

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The thing I don't understand is why there are only 20 countries eligible for the Youtube Partner Program. I live in Malta which is part of the European Union and monetisation is not available for my country... yet frickin South Africa has it.

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Here is the email that they have sent out:

 

 

Dear YouTube Partner,

Your fans want choices. Not only do they want to watch what they want, whenever they want, anywhere and on any device they choose, they want YouTube features built specifically with their needs in mind. Over the past several months, we’ve taken bold new steps to bring these experiences to life. Since inviting hundreds of thousands of fans into our YouTube Music Key Beta, we've seen tremendous engagement. And we've seen an equally enthusiastic response for our new YouTube Kids app, designed to give families a simpler and safer video-viewing experience – it’s already crossed 2 million installations in less than a month.

We’re excited to build on this momentum by taking another big step in favour of choice: offering fans an ad-free version of YouTube for a monthly fee. By creating a new paid offering, we’ll generate a new source of revenue that will supplement your fast growing advertising revenue.

So what’s next?

Launching a new paid offering will require us to update your terms through your Creator Studio Dashboard – a process that should feel familiar to anyone who went through a similar process three years ago when we began distributing and monetizing your content on mobile devices. Today, mobile represents over half of all watchtime and mobile revenue has increased by 200% in the last year. Just as with mobile, we’re confident that this latest contract update will excite your fans and generate a previously untapped, additional source of revenue for you. Please look out for our notification, review it and let us know your thoughts.

It’s an exciting year for YouTube, as we push ourselves into uncharted territories. But we continue to be guided by a desire to deliver the choices fans want and the revenue you need. By working closely with you, we know it’ll be a successful journey.

The YouTube Team

 

I dont monetize so its not something that bothers me as a "creator". Its nice to know that their revenue has increased by 200%, YouTubers have been telling a very different story about their own profits recently :/

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