Saturday, May 04, 2013

Youtube monetisation #fail

So, I am taking the plunge and calling myself a Youtube partner and I am allowing Youtube to place advertisements next to my content and maybe, I’ll get a cheque in the post some-day. Like, does anyone actually know anyone who got money out of Google? Anyway, so I clicked the checkbox to monetise this vid:
 
And I get a snotty message on my channel saying I don’t have commercial use rights to this video of a dragonfly.




Explain in the text box below how you own commercial use rights to your content. You are welcome to use the suggested information as a starting point. However, it is up to you to provide all necessary details. Please note that YouTube may need to ask you for additional information.


Well, I told them: "I made this video. It is shot on my Nikon D3100, with a Nikkor Q 135mm lens sitting on a selection of teleconverters and extension tubes. The audio is crickets chirping (real live crickets, not recorded crickets), waves crashing about 50 yards away and my own voice. The video shows a real live free-living dragon fly (created by God if you believe in that sort of thing, but I don't think he holds enforceable copyright seeing as he's been dead at least since Nietzsche). I guess his shadow still looms.

Like, dudes, WTF?

I have no idea why you are not allowing this to be monetised. I probably have images of the set-up of the camera to send you if you still don't believe I made it myself. I consider this non-approval a little crazy and look forward to a swift resolution."

So let’s see how they react. If you like the vid and it isn’t too shaky for you, click through to youtube and watch it HD, then click on the ads, why not?

5 comments:

Ξάδελφος said...

Where are the ads on Youtube?

Stelios said...

Status update: For three days the video is being monitored for possible review. Τρέχα γύρευε. Λες να τους ενόχλησε το σχόλιο με τον θεούλη;

Stelios said...

One month on - still monitoring for review... what a bunch of muppets!

Stelios said...

2 months on - new mail to Google...

Stelios said...

Status update (Octobr 2013):
Issue resolved (with no help from Google's side) by turning monetisation off on my whole account, and then turning it on again... how tedious...