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Message: [QUOTE="Shamiso, post: 16566, member: 160"] You'll eventually run into copyright issues down the line because the content belongs to the person who owns it unless they are okay with it or if they transfer their exclusive rights to you (which is less likely to happen anyway). For example, when Zim socialites post their content on social media technically it's their IP ("intellectual property") assuming it's all original work. And yasss, even those live videos that they do belong to them as long as there isn't interpolated 3rd party material e.g., music/soundtracks playing in the background, or any visuals that belong to other entities. So getting back to your question, I have browsed through [I]KUPAIDEA YOUTUBE[/I] and [I]Paguhwa Dot Com[/I], and literarily over 90% of their content is from various Zim internet personalities' Facebook and Instagram live videos. Nonetheless, it's somehow monetized on YouTube because for now, YT doesn't seem to mind users uploading other people's live videos and adding little to no commentary to it as long as you meet their monetization requirements. Otherwise, such channels would have already been kicked out of the YouTube Partnership Program. And I am sure you can see where this is going. It's only a matter of time before some of these Zim celebrities start saving their own social media live videos, editing them with commentary on top, and uploading them to their official YT channels. Consequently, they will give both [I]KUPAIDEA YOUTUBE[/I] and [I]Paguhwa Dot Com [/I]two simple and straightforward options: [LIST=1] [*]to stop screen recording and take down content on YouTube that isn't theirs. [*]or receive copyright strikes on their channels should they refuse to comply. [/LIST] [HEADING=2]Why?[/HEADING] Well, because they'd want people to watch their videos on their own official channels so that they get paid themselves. Think of this in terms of music publishing royalties and you will understand where I am coming from. After all, it's just business there's nothing personal. That's why these types of YT channels aren't sustainable in the long run. It's not something you'd want to invest all your time and effort into. If it was really a good business idea — Zimcelebs, Mafaro and etc. would have been early adopters of the game making gains already. P.S. When I say "Mafaro", I mean Mafaro's website linked to Newsdzezimbabwe and not [USER=636]@Munyaradzi Mafaro[/USER]. [/QUOTE]

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