RE: Qurator 2.0 - UPDATE POST - Guidelines | Registration Details | Tier Changes
You guys are usually spot on with your guidelines but this one a little off
"RE: YouTube and Dtube- if the video links you are posting are NOT your own, you need to give credit to the person(s) responsible for creating and making the original video posting."
By embedding a youtube video into a post you've already been granted permission to use the content. This is how YouTube works and embedding actually helps the creators tremendously.
So please don't put hoops in front of this common practice.
Embedding is not the same as reuploading as when you watch the video you are rewarding the original creator with a monetary reward. There is no copyright breach here.
Of course, copy and paste should not be allowed without some commentary to go along with it.
Also, you may not realize that embedding a Youtube video in each and every post will help to improve the google search results for that post and overall will help the platform.
There is no need to "give credit to the person(s) responsible for creating and making the original video posting" period.
Just don't re-upload.
You know what, you are absolutely right! Saw this comment and thought about it for quite a while before I decided to reply. Think we might have taken that rule and made it a bit too strict. We are just seeing so many posts with only a youtube video and little text. If we can at least get some info about the video and real opinions we will appreciate it.
We will remove the rule and appreciate the feedback and views on this. Thank you!
Yeah, totally agree Youtube links by themselves are about as useless as a photo with no supporting commentary. And I appreciate you taking another look.