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YouTube Now Requires Channels To Have More Than 10K Views To Make Money Off Ads (cnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the taking-a-stand dept.

YouTube is getting a little pickier about who can make money there. From a report on CNET: Google's massive video site said Thursday that channels must reach 10,000 total views before they qualify to run ads, the most direct way to make money there. The logic, essentially, is to remove one of the main incentives that spur bad actors to set up bogus accounts with somebody else's content -- the easy money. It also comes two weeks after YouTube suffered big advertiser pull-outs after a rash of news reports about brands' commercials running next to objectionable videos, like those with racist language.

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  1. Great. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I'm a piano and guitar player trying to improve. There are some incredibly talented professional jazz, folk, blues (and other non-pop) musicians who create teaching videos to supplement their income. Many only have a few thousand viewers.

    With streaming music services paying a fraction of a cent per song to the artist, well folks, if this keeps up we will only have Bubble gum pop and classic rock to listen to.

    We need a co-op video/music streaming service where the profits go to the artists.

  2. Unintended consequences? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Does this mean that ContentID won't scan videos on channels with under 10K views? Considering YouTube only care about copyright for purposes of advertising (who gets to monetize, etc.), these channels are no longer 'taking away money' from the Cartel, and so can be ignored.