Why cant i monetize bf3 videos????

Andi said:
EA will have copyrights on all the visuals within the video. EA are usually very strict on their games being uploaded.
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Generally they are only strict against single player and trailer footage.

OP, if you're talking about YouTube denying monetization requests, monetization requests seem very very random on YouTube. I can upload 4 videos of the exact same style content (audio and visual) and on average one will be instantly approved, 2 will be eventually approved (usually within 24 hours, sometimes takes much longer), and one will be denied. Rough averages for my game content. It is automated and RANDOM.

MarkRodriguez2012 said:
All games are copyrighted content. It's just that some games don't really care, like Minecraft... while other games, like ones made by EA made a real big deal out of it and slap copyright on you. I'm glad EA never made an super epic game I care about. It would suck to not be able to review 'so and so VS Street Fighter VS Dragonball Z' or whatever due to EA owning it.
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This is the 'most correct' post in this thread yet. It still is a bit wrong.
Minecraft (Mojang) DOES care - they give explict permission for monetization granted you respect a few basic rules. Full info is on their website.
EA - see previous line about single player and trailer footage. it is related to how the content-ID system works
 
I'm kinda lazy to look at the website... but I suppose Minecraft's rules are to give credit to the company that made it and to have commentary during gameplay.
 
Flammy said:
Generally they are only strict against single player and trailer footage.
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not sure where you got this information but it's wrong, most companies do not give permission for any of their visuals in their games to be uploaded with monetization enabled. You normally have to be partnered with a gaming network or a network with the right permissions and licences to be able to monetize these videos. There is a whole thread on which games you can monetize somewhere on this forum that the @OP could have a look at.
 
Andi said:
not sure where you got this information but it's wrong, most companies do not give permission for any of their visuals in their games to be uploaded with monetization enabled. You normally have to be partnered with a gaming network or a network with the right permissions and licences to be able to monetize these videos. There is a whole thread on which games you can monetize somewhere on this forum that the @OP could have a look at.
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Cite your source please. I have seen zero evidence to support that any networks have these licenses from video game publishers. Even if you ask a representative of a network point blank, they're not able to tell you anything about these supposed licenses. It just seems like something that YouTubers regurgitate just because it's a rumor that's been perpetuated for so long. Google's FAQs say "Video game content may be monetized if the associated step-by-step commentary is strictly tied to the live action being shown and provides instructional or educational value." And this is the exact same thing that even bigger networks like TGN and RPM tell you when you ask if you can monetize game videos.

The truth is that the overwhelming majority of game companies don't care if you monetize game footage. They're not going to waste money paying lawyers to sit on YouTube all day searching for videos and filing DMCA takedowns. What do they have to gain from silencing their fans?

Also why would they let you upload content, but only take it down if you monetize it? If they cared about people supposedly infringing copyright, why wouldn't they just take down any and all videos? Copyright infringement is still copyright infringement even without monetary gain.

Being in a network doesn't protect you from anything either. When SEGA went crazy and started taking down any and all videos related to Shining Force, even TotalBiscuit was hit with copyright strikes. And he's one of the biggest gaming channels in one of the biggest networks.

OPs videos were probably going through YouTubes review process and rejected due to his content not being advertiser friendly. He has 2000 total views on his channel. He has what appears to be copyrighted music playing over his gameplay. To top it off, he has a massive list of additional tags in his description box which is against YouTube rules regarding spam and misleading text.
 
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