YouTube changing how you upload videogame footage.

[Solkia]

Well

 

If it's any consolation, this means PewDiePie wont be getting rich anymore.

[Dejimon11]

Well

 

If it's any consolation, this means PewDiePie wont be getting rich anymore.

At the cost of everybody else getting screwed? I don't think it's worth it

[Solkia]

Neither do I, but some people might :U

[Badnik Mechanic]

Listening to the new video.

 

The people who will be labled partners are those who are close to the network, so Totalbiscuit will still be able to upload stuff unchallenge... however, despite how large his channel is. Angry Joe cannot, even though they're on the same network.

 

But theres a bigger controversy here.

 

Those signed upto the MCN's who are not being given partner status are not having a change in their contract. So if they agreed to give 40% of their revenue to the MCN's they still have to give that ammount, even though they're not getting the same benefit as other content proviers on the same network.

[Milo]

Youtube: "Let's ban everything! Surely this won't affect our site!"

 

YouTube: "Let's make our website even more shittier and even more unlikable than the last time we made it shittier and unlikable! Surely this won't affect our site and popularity!"

 

 

^ This needs a YouTube logo 'shopped on it.

[no one]

I'm still uploading RE4 footage and none have been removed. I doubt they'll see this through. YouTube is dumb but there's no way it's this dumb.

[TheGerkuman]

This is a court case waiting to happen, for sure. Pretty sure you're entitled to review an agreement if changes are made to a service that the agreement is based on, and if it isn't, it will be.

[MegasonicZX]

All this before I even get my recording device to start uploading video again too, I know it probably won't affect other people as much as some that are mentioned but I would say its a good guess to say that it might extend beyond it at some point.

[Mr Useful]

Gotta love Youtube's bullshit. When was the last time they did something worthwhile or good?

[T-Min]

I swear, one of these days, we're all going to have to migrate to blip.tv or something. Youtube just has this ungodly fascination with screwing its users over. It's even more ridiculous than the Xbone circa E3.

[Stacy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SK3y1a8TYs

 

Are you having a fucking laugh?

 

This is too bloody disgraceful even for Google.

 

What's next ban everything that isn't posted by some corporation?

[SIXTH-RATE SOMA]

Can someone sum this all up for the folks at home?

[the_serendipitous]

...god damn you, google.

 

That's several people's livelihoods ruined. NintendoCapriSun and Lucahjin are fucked, and it's all because you corporate cunts backpedaled.

[Winston]

So would people like Pewdiepie and Game Grumps be alright, or would they be fucked as well?

[SIXTH-RATE SOMA]

So would people like Pewdiepie and Game Grumps be alright, or would they be fucked as well?

 

Pewdiepie will live to shriek another day.

 

...Sadly.

 

As far as the Grumps, I'm honestly unsure, especially after Angry Joe.

[Solkia]

Felix is a cash cow, he's probably safe.

 

Don't know about Game Grumps, but I doubt that's their only source of income.

[Iggy]

Wait, this isn't a fucking rumor? It's been confirmed?

Holy shit, they just hammered in the last nail in their coffin, didn't they?

[JezMM]

Just wow then if this actually rolls out.  I hope they'll give veteran videos ample time to back up stuff.  My Left 4 Dead videos are of huge sentimental value to me because they contain footage of my BFF who died a year and a half ago.  I already backed them up but never backed up comments we made on them and stuff.  Need to get to doing that.

 

What's annoying is I know her Mum loves to watch these videos when she wants to hear her daughter's voice again.  Shit like this affects more than just incomes, video games can be an extension of people's lives these days.

[Place]

So what of the hundreds of licensed MOVIES that are hosted on the site and have been for years?
 

[Tara]

I'm sincerely hoping the obvious backlash that this will cause will be enough to get them to change their minds, but considering the hot water YouTube has been in lately, I'm a little anxious.

 

 

So what of the hundreds of licensed MOVIES that are hosted on the site and have been for years?
 

You mean the big-name companies who pay YouTube to host their movies on their service?  They'll be completely unaffected since they're the ones getting money for it, not the people who upload them.  (Or at least, they're getting a significantly larger portion of the money)

[Jet Prower]

Wow, they really do want to kill their site. If I can't watch LP's from the one or two people I watch on there, I honestly have no reason to ever go there again. LP's are what I do in the late evening and why I stay up in general because of my download limit. If I have no LP's to watch from my favorite people, then I might as well just go to bed early and not stay up late anymore. If Google really is this insane, someone needs to go kick these corporate idiots in the butt and tell them to stop being like Apple and actually listen to their customers.

[Solkia]

I'm sincerely hoping the obvious backlash that this will cause will be enough to get them to change their minds, but considering the hot water YouTube has been in lately, I'm a little anxious.

 

 

You mean the big-name companies who pay YouTube to host their movies on their service?  They'll be completely unaffected since they're the ones getting money for it, not the people who upload them.  (Or at least, they're getting a significantly larger portion of the money)

 

I think he means old movies that are uploaded in parts.

[Badnik Mechanic]

Rough sequence of events so far.

 

1: Popular youtuber claims videogame content will be banned in a SOPA esq youtube.

2: Youtuber claims Angry Joe and several other popular youtubers will have to change their show format.

3: Tweets from Angry Joe are found supporting the above.

4: 2nd vid is found from another popular youtube supporting the claims that youtube will be changing how it works.

5: 2nd vid claims that it's more to do with MCN partnerships.

 

MCN partnerships = Can upload videogame footage with adverts on them without youtube vetting or authorising the use of adverts

 

6: 2nd vid says people will still be able to upload videogame content, but those who are under contract with MCN's will only be able to add adverts without checks if their MCN upgrades them to partners.

7: 2nd vid says that only people close to the higher ups at MCN's have been given partnership status, which is less than 10%.

8: 2nd vid says that the other 90% affiliates are still tied into paying their MCN's nearly 40% of their add revenue with no sign of being able to negociate a change in contract.

 

 

What they all have in common:

 

Come January, YouTube will change how videogame content is handled on it's site.

 

What they disagree on:

 

Who will be affected and to how severe e.g. Every user will be banned from uploading new videogame content, or how bad the level of authorisation/checking will be.

[T-Min]

What's next ban everything that isn't posted by some corporation?

"After the overwhelmingly negative response to the seamless integration of our fluid social networking service, GOOGLE+, into our famous YOUTUBE video sharing service, which we acquired in 2006, there was much deliberation on the highest floors of GOOGLE HEADQUARTERS as to how to respond to the public outcry. Some suggested banning all dissenting accounts and some suggested drowning another sack of puppies. Instead, we came to the conclusion that merely integrating GOOGLE+ didn't meet the needs of our increasingly dissatisfied base of consumers. And so, in the hopes of putting all criticism of our fine company's name to rest, we shall be putting all Google services under a single umbrella. Introducing the new and improved...

 

GOOGLETUBE

 

Yes, GoogleTube is Google's new and exciting hub for all your Google wants and needs! By placing all of our services - GOOGLE+, YOUTUBE, GOOGLE MAPS, and G-MAIL - on a single, convenient website, we hope to ensure the satisfaction and happiness of all of our (important) customers! Through GOOGLETUBE you shall be allowed to enjoy all of our services with a streamlined interface. Features of GOOGLETUBE include:

 

• All GOOGLE services occupy the four corners of your screen, allowing you to use each at once! And no, you can't hide any of them - they're always there. This should lead to streamlined interface and intuitive interaction between all of our services/
• Easy, convenient search engine allows quick access to all GOOGLE content, particularly websites that pay us enough to not be blacklisted.
• Video sharing service allows access to visual media from all of our your favorite content providers, including such names as: VEVO, Viacom, GOOGLE itself (including advertisements and promotions for products and services thereof) and anyone else who bribes - er - PAYS A SMALL FEE to have their content officially featured on the site.
• Love our ads? Can't get enough of them? Good for you! GOOGLETUBE automatically disables Adblock (which is also our service) so that you can enjoy thirty-second advertisements before and during use of any of our services! GOOGLETUBE even scans conversations via GOOGLE+ and G-MAIL for any potentially relevant key terms to tag a special advertisement onto each message, which plays automatically as soon as the message is received and cannot be paused or closed.
• GOOGLE MAPS operates as you send messages to your friends and acquaintances on the GOOGLE+ and G-MAIL services, tracking their approximate location via their IP address and showing a full picture of their house, apartment, or other such abode, depicting the address and street number, in order to provide the illusion of a more personal interaction.

 

'But can I still create and upload my own content onto the YOUTUBE service as I was able before?' you may ask. Well, of course you may! But as with any major changes to a website comes a new Terms of Service.

 

• By signing up for and/or uploading content onto GOOGLETUBE, you agree that we may edit, change or otherwise manipulate any and all videos you upload or messages you send to suit our ever-changing needs or for (constant) advertising purposes.
• We have special systems in place to scan uploaded videos or messages that violate copyright laws. Such violating content includes:
• Any fleeting reference (including parody) to any intellectual property what-so-ever. Such intellectual properties disallowed from being depicted in videos uploaded to GOOGLETUBE include:
• Any and all video game footage, including memorabilia such as cases, screenshots, boxes, figurines, systems, controllers, or other depictions of video game accessories or characters.
• The appearance of any human face or body that does not belong to the video uploader (and even then, we have to be one hundred percent sure)
• Any animals that do not give express, written consent to be filmed and uploaded in order to be "d'awwed" at.
• And the appearance of any sort of furniture, clothing, or household appliance (someone made that, you know)
• Any videos or messages that criticize, insult or otherwise defame GOOGLE and/or its affiliates will result in an immediate permanent ban and potential lawsuits for cause of libel or defamation. In other words, keep your mouth shut.

 

We believe that our new and improved GOOGLETUBE will provide the best possible GOOGLE experience for all of our demographics, and be the biggest entertainment and personal hub of all the Internet for the rest of time. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a giant "G" slamming into a human face over and over again - forever.

 

2 + 2 = GOOGLE

 

WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"

 

Wow, this was probably the biggest waste of my time ever.

 

(also, I'm aware the Nineteen Eighty-Four reference doesn't completely fit. But I couldn't resist.)

[Milo]

To be honest, I'm slightly more worried that if YouTube are going to go this far with people/affiliates uploading videogame footage, what would stop them from doing something similar with film reviewers and video commentators?