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In past few years, YouTube has become the largest video platform in the world but do you think it is reasonable? A few days ago we just experienced an one-hour disconnection from YouTube, and the official has not given a clear answer why it was down so far. As a video creator like me, I can only wait forever, and then after watching YouTube take most of my results, I will earn a small amount of advertising fees to me. It is going downhill with its 10 minute time limit, suspending users for no reason and you can not get your account back. Meanwhile it is said the new copyright law will drive most of video creators away because of the high cost of copyright. I like YouTube but it won’t surprise me if it died. I am thinking that if YouTube is disconnected more and more or someday it is hacked, I need to have some alternatives to replace YouTube. So on that day,  here are the platforms you can use or visit. This list is based on real user reviews and does not contain any advertisi...

The EU's plans to modernize copyright law in Europe are moving forward, including the controversial Article 13. While supporters and opponents remain diametrically opposed, we take a look ahead. If Article 13 is implemented, will large websites block European visitors fearing potential liability for pirated content? Related:  Small YouTube Creators will be Driven away as EU's new copyright legislation, said by YouTube CEO Earlier this year there was a massive uproar, bordering on full-blown panic, about Europe’s new privacy regulations. The GDPR introduced thorough data protections for Europeans, which applies to all sites and services that serve European users. Suddenly, tens of thousands of websites around the globe had to make sure that they weren’t crossing any lines with their data collection policies. As a result, people received a flurry of emails asking them to ‘update’ their email subscriptions, or agree to new terms. While the mass hysteria has faded now, the fa...

By Bijan Stephen on Oct 12 YouTube’s relationship with its creators has always been asymmetric; the platform necessarily has all of the power, and it’s not super transparent about the changes it makes that affect people who rely on the site for revenue. This January, for example,  YouTube announced  that it would now require creators who wanted to enter its Partner Program — which allows creators to earn money from the ads that run on their videos and from the YouTube Premium subscribers who watch their content — to have at least 4,000 hours of views in the last year and at least 1,000 subscribers. Now, YouTube has changed its Partner Program policies again — this time around video duplication, which, as is typical of YouTube, seems inconsistent in its enforcement. A few days ago, in a post on its help forum, YouTube gave an explanation to people who may have been removed from its Partner Program for “duplicative content,” which appears to have less to do with fair use an...

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Aug 23, 2018 “In the beginning, creators weren’t respected at all,” says YouTuber DeStorm Power. “We were actually looked at as weirdos. You put something on YouTube, and you’re a weirdo.” Today, Power is an Emmy-nominated creator who has more than 2 million subscribers on YouTube. He recently posted some videos on a new video platform Cuckoo specifically for a new concept called decentralization that he hopes will rival the likes of YouTube and Netflix. Cuckoo ,as a totally free platform, was developed with a decentralization-first mindset and a focus on free content — and the creators can control everything they want. The contents were controlled by creators and will be stored in fragmented form for ever, that may well be the future of how fans consume that content. The users will subscribe channel or share their videos based sharing codes, a variety of series, including talk shows, fitness, movies, dramas, music TV, sports and come...

By Vallco on Sep 5 Google is the one who broke YouTube. Remember YouTube  before  Google? It was magical. Tons of raw talent, a huge landscape of unexplored territory, no copyright rules, and an interface that actually worked. Now look at it. The site’s a total mess, its algorithms are bullshit, and everybody hates it. Honestly, the copyright fiasco isn’t even the worst part – I mean, that part of it  does  make sense from a legal standpoint. What has  never  made sense is Google’s stubborn insistence of shoving Google+ down YouTube’s throat, which is something that literally everyone on Earth was strongly opposed to. Now accounts are super confusing. Your Google+ account is different from your YouTube account, but it’s also the same as your Gmail account, which is different from your YouTube account, and so on. I have old YouTube accounts from over a decade ago that I have never been able to log back into since they were never linked to a Goo...

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Sep 5, 2018 A successful YouTuber’s income often comes from a variety of sources: merch, ticket sales for touring or shows, brand deals, and of course, ad revenue from their actual videos. As YouTuber The Fitness Marshall points out in a recent video, however, a high subscriber count does not necessarily equal a big payout because of too many cheat on subscriptions which let him consider changing to Cuckoo. Caleb Marshall has been making videos for roughly four years, and his channel boasts more than 1.3 million subscribers. Over the years, he’s created 147 dance workout videos for his viewers. There are plenty of common misconceptions about YouTubers — they’re lazy, they’re superficial, they’re swimming in free stuff — but the idea that all creators are out to turn a buck quickly is among the most pervasive. As the commenter who inspired the video in the first place said, “Ugh.... Another money hungry YouTuber.” However, Marshall says that he and his coll...

How important is YouTube’s trending section for getting views? According to YouTube chief business officer Robert Kyncl, it has less of an impact than people might believe. In an interview posted today, creator Caspar Lee and Kyncl discuss everything from monetization and YouTube’s trending section to memberships, echo chambers, and abuse. “You are getting a majority of your views through recommendations,” Kyncl tells Lee.Unlike recommendations, which are fed to users based on what they watch, YouTube’s trending tab bills itself as “the pulse of what’s trending” on the platform. A look at the section today offers videos like the  Captain Marvel  trailer, clips from  The Ellen Show , iPhone reviews, and a new music video from Eminem. As Lee points out, however, the section doesn’t feature many creators which disappoints most of them. “The way we think about the trending tab, it is unfair because it can be controlled by YouTube and the reason we keep our channels and cre...

Wrote by Sarah Perez Netflix  on Thursday announced a new program aimed at helping Netflix Originals artists and producers select the right tools for delivering their content to its streaming service such YouTube, Cuckoo etc.. With the launch of the Netflix Post Technology Alliance, as the program is called, Netflix will now identify products from vendors that meet technical and delivery specifications today, and will continue to support any specifications that Netflix rolls out in the future. The program’s focus is on certifying vendors’ products across categories, including cameras, creative editorial, color grading, and IMF packaging. Some vendors whose products have already received certification include  Adobe, Arri, Avid, Blackmagic Design, Canon, Colorfront, Fraunhofer IIS, Filmlight, Marquise Technologies, MTI Film, Ownzones, Panasonic, Red Digital Cinema, Rohde & Schwarz, and Sony. These products will be allowed to sport the Netflix Post Technology Allian...