How to Deal with False Third-party Matches on YouTube

This guest post is by Jenny Dean of Floppycats.

Several months ago, I met  Michael Strange through YouTube. I noticed immediately the success of Michael’s YouTube endeavors and asked him if he could please help me out.

He was game, thank goodness, and he walked me through the steps on how to fix my YouTube channel. One of these was to address false third-party matches on the service.

Third-party matching indicates that your video is understood to infringe some third party’s copyright. You can’t monetize videos on which these matches are outstanding, so if you’re trying to make money through YouTube, third-party matches can be a problem.

Finding third-party matches

First and foremost, you might not even know if you have third-party matches. I knew I had some, but I wasn’t aware that videos that were entirely mine were flagged for copyright issues!

To see if you have third party matches on YouTube, just log in to your account and go to your Video Manager. On the left side of the Video Manager you’ll see an entry for Copyright Notices.  Select that, and you’ll see all your movies that have third-party matches.

In the list of movies you’ll see notes like “matched third-party content”. You have to address each one as a separate dispute, so hopefully you don’t have many.

To get started, click the blue hyperlink that states the reason for the copyright notice.

You’ll be taken to a screen that looks something like this:

Here you can see a general information statement about copyright matches, followed by a link that states, “I want to learn more about the dispute process.” When you select that, you’ll see some information about when you can and can’t dispute things.

Disputing the match

If, after you have read all the reasons to dispute or not to dispute the matches, you still feel that you should not have copyright issues, then you will want to dispute the claim. For example, a video that I’d created in my backyard had been flagged as a third-party match, but it was all my own content, so I decided to dispute it—and won.

To dispute a copyright notice, go to the bottom of the dispute information. You’ll see a link that says, “I believe this copyright claim is not valid.”

You will be taken to a screen that asks you to select the reason for your dispute.  Carefully select your reason and click on Continue.

You will then be taken to a screen where you will be asked to confirm that you own all the rights to the content.

Please note: the example that I am using here is not a valid one to dispute—a song plays in the background of my video that is not my content, therefore technically I cannot dispute it. I am using these screenshots to show the steps only.

After you click Continue, you will be taken to the dispute form.

Fill in the form and submit it. Then, you’ll want to walk through the same steps with any other videos that have false third-party matches flagged for them.

The dispute process

YouTube has recently improved the dispute process and will send you an email when a dispute claim has been received.

At that time you should check the status of the relevant movie and add the monetization details if necessary. You may need to manually check your disputes to see if you’re still awaiting an outcome, or some other problem has arisen.

If the dispute is resolved in your favor, it just drops off the copyright match list. You’ll need to go hunting for the movie in your video manager to then monetize it.

Unexpected matches

Like me, you can sometimes have a problem if the TV or radio was playing in the background when you recorded your video, as legally you would then be using that music in your movie without a valid license, and recording industry companies such as Sony could have a legitimate dispute against you.

In those cases, there is nothing you can do if you wish to monetize the movie, other than to remove the movie from YouTube, replace the audio track, and then re-upload the corrected movie.

Have you had third-party matches on YouTube that you’ve disputed? How have they gone? Share your stories in the comments.

Jenny Dean is the Editor over at Business Blog Writers, online SEO content writers.  She also has some of her own blogs, Floppycats, Antioxidant-fruits and Guide to Couponing. Business Blog Writers offers a YouTube enhancement service.

Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger

How to Deal with False Third-party Matches on YouTube

How to Mass Monetize Your YouTube Channel

This guest post is by Jenny Dean of Floppycats.

One of the joys of the Internet is the opportunity to become friends with a complete stranger on the other side of the world. Michael Strange and I had two things in common when we first met: we both owned Ragdoll cats, and we both had YouTube channels.

After an exchange of comments on each other’s videos, I discovered Michael knew a lot more than I did about being found on YouTube and being paid for being found.  I was making approximately $3 per month from  my YouTube channel and Michael showed me the potential to make 3500% more than that!

If you have a YouTube channel, you may not know that you can make money from your videos (if they are yours) through revenue sharing.

You used to have to be a YouTube Partner in order to be able to monetize your videos, however, this is no longer the case.  All you need now is a YouTube account that has videos on it and an Adsense account.

If you sign into your account and go to Video Manager, more than likely you’ll see a notification letting you know that you can now monetize your videos. So if you don’t have an Adsense account set up, you will want to do that.

Then, you’ll need to follow these steps to connect the two, and monetize your videos.

Setting ad preferences

Log into YouTube, go to Video Manager, and you’ll see a dollar sign that may or may not be colored in.  For videos that are not yet monetized, the dollar sign is not colored in.  For videos that are monetized, the dollar sign is colored green.

Those already monetized, of course, can be skipped. The ones with a dollar sign button on a white background are the ones to select and update.

As of April 2012, YouTube made mass monetizing your videos easier than before. If you go to Settings, you’ll see they’ve added a new entry in the left-hand column, near Monetization,  called Ad Defaults.  Select all the ones you want (partner accounts will have three options; non-partners just two) and click on Save.

You can apply these preferences to all new uploads, but they won’t affect movies you’ve already monetized.

Mass monetize your movies

To mass monetize your videos, select ten movies at a time and use the Action drop-down to bulk monetize them using the default preferences you have just saved. If you go through all your movies you can update the ad types in bulk like this.

If you’ve already set those preferences for a movie, then setting it again will make no difference. If a video only had some of the new preferences set, they will be updated to the full range of options when you have selected them and applied your new preferences.

To mass monetize after you have set your monetization preferences, go to Video Manager, where you’ll see your uploaded videos listed.  Select the videos that you want to monetize, as below, then go to Actions and select Monetize.

A new window will pop up to confirm your preferences. Click on the blue Monetize button, and voila!  All of those videos are monetized to your preferences!

You’ll also see a confirmation that the videos previously selected have been monetized.

If you have not monetized your videos, if you have only monetized some of them, or even if you just don’t remember, I encourage you to go into your YouTube account and check everything out.

Update your preferences and more likely than not, in a few weeks time you will see your YouTube revenues climb. Thanks to Michael’s advice, I have had fantastic results from this tip, which has even given me a little debt relief!

What are some of the monetizing tips that work for you on YouTube? Share them with us in the comments.

Jenny Dean is the Editor over at Business Blog Writers, online SEO content writers.  She also has some of her own blogs, Floppycats, Antioxidant-fruits and Guide to Couponing. Business Blog Writers offers a YouTube enhancement service.

Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger

How to Mass Monetize Your YouTube Channel

Internet connects netizens with policy makers

We’re constantly inspired by the power of Internet, and how it can enable organizations and individuals to connect and communicate. Social platforms have enabled interactions between politicians and citizens. Understanding how crucial this has become in a large democracy like India, Gujarat Chief Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacted with people from across the world via a live Google+ Hangout for 2 hours on Friday, August 31.



The interaction was broadcast live on the CM’s YouTube channel and his Google+ page, making him the first Indian politician to debut on Google+ Hangouts, an application that facilitates group video chat with up to 10 people. The theme of the Hangout session was 'Strong and Glorious India Long Cherished by Swami Vivekananda', and the Chief Minister’s team received close to 20,000 questions over the course of 3 weeks. These questions for the hangout were submitted via the Internet and through other platforms.

The Hangout was watched live on YouTube by close to 82,000 people from 116 countries. Millions watched across other media platforms. Previously, other leaders like US President Barack Obama, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and South African President Jacob Zuma have hosted similar Hangouts on Google+.



In the past, various governmental organizations and political parties in India, including the Ministry of External Affairs (Indian Diplomacy, MEA YouTube channel, Google+ page) , Rajya Sabha TV and the Indian National Congress have used YouTube and Google+ for citizen engagement. In addition to opening up new platforms for people to express themselves, these initiatives redefine the meaning of a democracy, where governments connect directly with its citizens.



Posted by Naman Pugalia, Public Policy & Government Affairs Analyst

YouTube invites you to cheer for Indian athletes at the London 2012 Olympic Games

With the excitement building up for the London 2012 Olympic Games, we’ve lined up a special treat for all of you by bringing live coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games to India and 63 other countries and territories across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa on the IOC’s channel www.youtube.com/olympics. And we’re inviting all of you to join us and cheer for the Indian squad at the Olympics 2012.



As part of this initiative, we’re very excited to launch a special theme song composed by the noted music composer Shantanu Moitra and lyricist Swanand Kirkire titled “Aap Agar Saath Hain. Tou Jeet Bhi Saath Hai”. And that’s not all, to gather more support for the athletes from their hometowns, we’ve also launched the YouTube Bus for Olympics, which will travel across nine key cities including hometowns of the athletes from Punjab and Haryana. The bus will offer an opportunity to watch Olympic Games live on YouTube on the bus and learn more about the history of Indian athletes at the Olympics.










Millions of Indians will be able catch 10 high-definition live-streams of the London games and one dedicated Olympic news feed. All these feeds will be available to users on their desktop, tablet, or mobile device free of cost. Users will also be able to watch catch-up content and highlights, divided by event.



In addition to the anthem, we’ve also produced a series of specially shot ‘Know your Stars’ & ‘Know your Sport’ videos featuring the Indian athletes like Sandeep Singh (Indian Hockey team), Mary Kom (Boxing), Heena Sidhu (Shooting) and many more. We hope that these videos will help YouTube users to know more about our Indian contingent at the Olympic Games 2012 and the sports they play.



YouTube Bus for Olympics will commence its journey from Gurgaon on 26th July and end at Jalandhar on the 14th of August covering nine key cities in Punjab & Haryana in this period.





Details of the Bus Journey:

• 26th July - 27th July - Gurgaon


• 28th July - 29th July - Sonipat


• 30th July - 31st July - Bhiwani


• 1st Aug - 2nd Aug - Hissar


• 4th Aug - 5th Aug - Kurukshetra


• 6th Aug - 7th Aug - Dera Basi


• 8th Aug - 9th Aug - Patiala


• 11th Aug - 12th Aug - Faridkot


• 13th Aug - 14th Aug - Jalandhar

Posted by Nikhil Rungta, Country Head Marketing, Google India

Protecting yourself and others in YouTube videos

[Cross-posted from the Google Public Policy Blog]



YouTube is proud to be a place where citizens and activists come to tell their stories -- stories that may otherwise go unnoticed. A study released this week by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism found that YouTube is a top destination for news and that “citizens play a substantial role in supplying and producing footage.”



But this level of exposure can be risky to the citizens shooting the footage and the people who appear in their videos.



Today, we announced a new face blurring tool that represents a first step toward providing visual anonymity in video.



Of course, anonymity is never a guarantee, and people who capture sensitive video footage should consider taking other precautions to keep themselves and their subjects safe. Here are three suggestions:




1. Assess your risk. You and the people you film may face risk by posting video online. You may risk your own safety and that of your subjects while filming sensitive footage, during the editing process, and when you distribute your film online. After assessing the vulnerability you and your subjects face, you can make more informed decisions about when to film, whether to distribute your footage, and how widely you want to share it.



2. Consider other information which may give away identity. Video footage of your face is not the only way someone can detect your identity. Other factors that may be caught on video can also identify you or your subjects. Watch out for vocal identifiers, like recognizable voices or saying someone’s name on camera. Other footage can give away identity like a license plate, a name tag, or even the background scenery. Make sure that the imagery in your videos does not give away information about your location or identity.



3. Protect yourself when uploading. Consider, for example, local laws that may allow authorities to track the mobile device from which you upload. In certain countries, merely purchasing a sim card puts users at risk of tracking by government.



Over the past seven years, YouTube has evolved into a destination for citizen reporting. Along with curating projects like the Human Rights Channel and CitizenTube, we hope that the new technologies we’re rolling out will facilitate the sharing of even more stories on our platform.



Posted by Victoria Grand, Director, Global Communications and Policy, YouTube

YouTube workshops for bloggers & content creators!!! Sign Up today...

Are you an online content creator? Do you run a column, a blog, a website - in short an online destination where you share your thoughts, ideas, experiences, learnings, reviews, tutorials etc? Have you ever thought about vlogging? If the answer to any of these questions is a Yes - then here's a chance for you to learn more about the exciting world of vlogging on YouTube!



We're excited to share that we will be hosting a series of events for bloggers at our offices across the four cities -

• Mumbai on (June 9) 


• Hyderabad (June 15) 


• Bangalore (June 16) 


• Gurgaon (June 20)

The sessions will focus on helping bloggers & original content creators to learn more about using video as an alternative means of expression that could complement your existing content. The sessions will also cover the hows, what's & why's of the YouTube Partner Program. We will also be joined by some of our successful Indian YouTube content partners who will share their success mantras.



The entry to the event is free and is open to any blogger or original content creator. Since the events will be hosted in our office premise, we will only be able to accommodate a limited number of guests - so we encourage you to sign up for the event today itself. The registration form can be found here.




Posted by Aditi Rajvanshi, YouTube Operations Team

Here is your chance to become a Bollywood Star!

T-Series launches a star hunt for the lead pair in Aashiqui 2 (sequel to the 90s super hit Aashiqui) on YouTube



It does not get bigger than this. If you’ve always dreamed of becoming a Bollywood star, here is your chance. Starting today - Vishesh Films and T-Series bring to you ‘Aashiqui 2 Star Hunt’ on YouTube. For the first time ever, the lead pair for a mainstream Bollywood film will be selected on YouTube. All you need to do is log on to: www.youtube.com/aashiqui2 and upload a 2 minute video from a list of scenes and songs on the Aashiqui 2 channel. Your audition videos will be screened by a Creative Jury, Producer/Director of the film and will subsequently go for Public Voting on the Aashiqui 2 channel.



When Vishesh Films & T-Series released Aashiqui, 22 years ago – it became one of the most successful musical blockbusters in Indian cinema. It gave movie goers and music lovers, music that people still love to listen to. Carrying forward the spirit of Aashiqui from Director Mahesh Bhatt & Producer Gulshan Kumar are Director Mohit Suri and Bhushan Kumar from T-Series.







You can also stay updated with all the news on Aashiqui 2 on the Official Google Plus Page of T-Series.

You can also join the Hangout on Google plus with Director Mahesh Bhatt on this page on Monday, 26th March, at 11:30 am.



This is a fantastic opportunity for aspiring and deserving artists to audition on YouTube and get a chance to be the Next Big Thing in Bollywood! Auditions Open Now!



Posted by Nikhil Rungta, Country Head Marketing Google India, recently watched Aashiqui Enact Scene 1

19,000+ episodes of Indian TV on YouTube Shows

[Cross posted from the Youtube blog]



India is one of world’s largest producers of TV shows. With more than 400 terrestrial and local channels available, Indians often face the challenging question: What am I going to watch?



The good news is that we increasingly don’t have to worry about when to watch. Over the last few years, major Indian broadcasters such as Sony Entertainment Television, Colors, ImagineTV, Star India, and VikatanTV have been bringing their shows to YouTube so that you can watch them whenever you want.



Now that our Indian TV partners offer more than 19,000 full episodes of 300 programs in six different languages (Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, and Punjabi), we wanted to offer our Indian viewers an updated Shows page at youtube.com/shows to help you better follow shows you love and discover new favorites. For the rest of the world, you can still find the shows through youtube.com/shows/other-languages.

You’ll find programs into genres like drama and comedy, as well as the latest and top watched episodes featured on the page. Missed the last episode of Bade Acche Lagte Hai? It’ll be right there in the channel waiting for you. If you’re looking for a few good places to start, check out popular shows like Balika Vadhu, Ramayan, CID, Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah and Thendral.



These 19,000+ episodes are just a start, so we hope we can keep delivering more and more content that viewers across India—and around the world—want to see.



Posted by Ajith Rao, Software Engineer, recently watched “Adaalat - Episode 104,” and Gowri Ramkumar, Technical Account Manager, recently watched “Kuch toh log Kahenge - episode 118.”