| Monetize Videos? | 1chiro10 | 6/15/12 7:13 AM | I'm not sure I understand completely. On my Channel I record Let's Plays and Compose Orchestrated Music based on original Video Game Music, I also compose a bit of my own. I know many people use monetize on these videos. but how would this work for m |
| Re: Monetize Videos? | Colette W | 6/15/12 12:06 PM | you can monetize your own original work, anything else you would need permission for |
| Re: Monetize Videos? | James_AJ | 6/15/12 11:34 PM | Hi. I do let's play too! Getting monetized is NOT simple: you need to get 1000 views in one of your videos THEN you can set up the advertisements. Then there are SO MANY other steps. I haven't been able to get through them :P As for my videos, I did |
| Re: Monetize Videos? | Mxsmanic | 6/17/12 12:48 AM | Since your work is based on someone else's work, it's a derivative work and you'll need permission from the original copyright holders to use it in your videos. This is true whether you monetize them or not. Not taking credit makes no difference. |
| Re: Monetize Videos? | 1chiro10 | 6/17/12 7:04 PM | Well it's lets plays, it's quite obvious the game is someone else's, mainly I just wanted to understand since I can't use it yet. To use it to full existent, I'd need Adsense, and of course views. |
| Re: Monetize Videos? | James_AJ | 6/17/12 7:13 PM | Hi.There's a thing called 'fair use' where if you are using the gameplay for a 'fair use', then you are exempted from the original copyright holders' exclusive right because you are not using the video game footage for video game itself.For example, |
| Re: Monetize Videos? | 1chiro10 | 6/17/12 7:36 PM | That makes sense, the lets plays aren't meant out of showing gameplay, but for entertainment of others, especially recently. It also shows people to games they should think about getting. The one that shows this is my Pikmin LP that I'm now working o |