Monetization disabled. How do you verify 
you have the appropriate 
commercial use rights?
Arrrrr.
What exactly is copyright content?
How do you know if your content is original? 
I am seeing tons of questions from people having 
problems understanding why 
YouTube is disabling their video and asking 
for documentation proving 
necessary commercial use rights 
for all elements, content, 
in the video.
A big part of the problem I see, 
is a misunderstanding of what really is 
original content.
Here’s an example to help you
visualize what original means.
Many years ago I had a friend that 
liked to bake cakes.
What is really funny 
about it is she made cakes from
A box.
The kind you add an egg, along with 
some water and oil, and pour in a pan.
She called these cakes 
homemade cakes.
We tried to explain to her, that 
homemade means making them from scratch,
with raw ingredients.
That buying a box mix at the 
store is not homemade.
She just didn’t get it.
In her mind, her cakes were homemade.
Homemade video content is content you 
create from raw ingredients.
Like me making this vlogging video.
If someone records gameplay video, 
even though they are playing the game, 
and doing the recording,
and editing on their computer,
it isn’t original content from raw ingredients.
And on YouTube, if you use music and/or 
gameplay content in particular, you run a
very high chance of receiving the dreaded,
“your videos have been disabled”
email.
And then you will need to submit, 
provide, commercial use rights documentation.
And it might take a long time for 
your video to be approved.
So if you want to monetize your videos, 
it is best if you create content
from raw ingredients.
If you have any questions about monetization,
please post in the comments
and I will do my best to answer them for you.
I hope you enjoyed this pirate lifestyle TV video. 
Be sure ta be
subscribin’
so you won’t be missing a thing.
Me goal be ta motivate and stimulate
YE friends ta be livin’ the pirate lifestyle!
Arrrrr. 
