Most people on the internet have gooten used to "its free", partly because Google built that model out. now they want to charge.... there would be a big backlash. Its not as if YT makes its own content either, people would pay for netflix or similar, not for random videos on YT.
That's important to note, all that YT content could go elsewhere, all the music to a different streaming channel (MTV online might reappear) and the good scraps to their own channels, or get picked up by other broadcasters to get delivered alongside their own content. Could I see Dust or Omellete on Netflix.. yes, easily. Could I see "OMG you'll never believe the top ten thing you never knew about what Microsoft does in Windows"... doubtful.
There is plenty of pirated content of youtube that are both monetized to someone other than the owner and also not uploaded by the owner. Many of these are specially constructed to avoid youtubes content-id system, so google keeps making money off it until the owner discovers it manually, and then google sometimes continues to make money off it because the owner then just claims all further monetization.
That is just talking about commercial content also. Vir
Just look at music, how many "with lyrics" videos are there that show some song not uploaded by the artist or label, but with lyrics added as subtitles. Millions of views and "original work" excuses later, they're still there making the uploader ad revenue that should relly be going to the actual content creator or owner.
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probably not (Score:4, Interesting)
Most people on the internet have gooten used to "its free", partly because Google built that model out. now they want to charge.... there would be a big backlash. Its not as if YT makes its own content either, people would pay for netflix or similar, not for random videos on YT.
That's important to note, all that YT content could go elsewhere, all the music to a different streaming channel (MTV online might reappear) and the good scraps to their own channels, or get picked up by other broadcasters to get delivered alongside their own content. Could I see Dust or Omellete on Netflix.. yes, easily. Could I see "OMG you'll never believe the top ten thing you never knew about what Microsoft does in Windows"... doubtful.
As for pirate content, kurzgesagt did a great piece on FB doing the exact same thing [youtube.com]. And it continues because the pirates end up giving FB the revenue that would not end up in the hands of the content creators.
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There is plenty of pirated content of youtube that are both monetized to someone other than the owner and also not uploaded by the owner. Many of these are specially constructed to avoid youtubes content-id system, so google keeps making money off it until the owner discovers it manually, and then google sometimes continues to make money off it because the owner then just claims all further monetization.
That is just talking about commercial content also. Vir
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''pirated content of youtube that are both monetized to someone other than the owner''
Citation please.
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Just look at music, how many "with lyrics" videos are there that show some song not uploaded by the artist or label, but with lyrics added as subtitles. Millions of views and "original work" excuses later, they're still there making the uploader ad revenue that should relly be going to the actual content creator or owner.