Monetizing NS2 videos
Vingdoloras
Join Date: 2012-10-10 Member: 161998Members
Join Date: 2012-10-10 Member: 161998Members
Are we allowed to monetize videos of Natural Selection 2 gameplay (as in, record ourselves playing/spectating/commentating etc, putting it up on Youtube and running ads on that video)?
I recently heard someone talk about Microsoft not allowing people to monetize game footage anymore, and he mentioned games like Minecraft and FTL that allowed everyone to do so (look at <a href="http://youtu.be/oeTLMMpd2YM?t=8m" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/oeTLMMpd2YM?t=8m</a> for some information), so I am just interested in where some other games stand. Is there an official statement from the developers somewhere?
I recently heard someone talk about Microsoft not allowing people to monetize game footage anymore, and he mentioned games like Minecraft and FTL that allowed everyone to do so (look at <a href="http://youtu.be/oeTLMMpd2YM?t=8m" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/oeTLMMpd2YM?t=8m</a> for some information), so I am just interested in where some other games stand. Is there an official statement from the developers somewhere?
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Microsoft can do it because they're big and corporate and have millions on ads. Not the same thing at all.
I doubt UWE would have a problem with that, but good luck anyway. Cough, ahem..
monetizing indie play videos week?
Not sure how much truth there was in it.
But as I say, if you have hundreds of thousands and millions of people watching footage of NS2 regularly or at all (take total biscuits vid for example) then I doubt UWE would complain about that, as it equates to potentially millions in sales.
I've hear that as a rough estimate in the 'business' of business, for every £1 you spend on advertising, you get £1.50 in return from exposure.
I know that UWE have said before that you can upload footage all you like, but I don't recall if they addressed monetising them. I imagine they'd be fine with it as it can only help spread awareness of NS2.
ohh yeah long long time ago i met a program called addblock.
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Probably won't change your mind but adblock prevents the the content creator from gaining any money for that view, on YT and on twitch. The channels are still floating now, but if adblock isn't addressed at every opportunity this free media bubble can very much burst and a lot of your favourite content can easily go right down the pan.
TB stated recently that at least half of all his views aren't monetised because of adblock, so that £500 a day would probably be closer to £200. Nice amount if you're living on YT and nothing else, not so great when you own your own business with employees to pay and a Starcraft 2 team to finance.
<!--quoteo(post=0:date=:name=Noxstreak)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Noxstreak)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I hope that soon we will be able to recognize people running adblock and just not send them any of the content. Youtube ads are not even invasive.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I just cannot believe what I'm reading here. I'll not start at it, there are endless discussions about author's rights and how the YouTube/Internet generation doesn't think authors have to be paid and complain about locked content on YouTube. Now the YouTube guys want the same. I just can't believe it. Lol.
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UWE are the authors of the content you just film. It is their choice. If they don't want to be marketed over YouTube for example, where other people earn money by showing their stuff, one shouldn't do it. So it's good you ask.
Was that sarcasm?
On the other hand, it's Microsoft, so it's not really surprising that they don't 'get it'.
That said, it does annoy me when videos are clearly rushed to market, to be the first one to upload a video of a new game. Especially (and inherently because) they have no idea how to play the game. Those people are adding significantly less value (offering no insight or knowledge) to the final product. In that case, yeah it's much more like they're just reselling someone else's product.
Poor TB must be starving on only £70k a year.
You also need individual permission from every publisher for every game you wish to monetise videos on. This is why a lot of people sign up with networks like Machinima and TGS, as they already have those contracts in place.
edit: and now I look like I just copied what NeoRussia wrote. :P
<!--quoteo(post=1989510:date=Oct 11 2012, 03:12 AM:name=Wilson)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Wilson @ Oct 11 2012, 03:12 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1989510"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Poor TB must be starving on only £70k a year.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Eh, not gonna defend him. Just saying adblock directly screws over the person who's content you're enjoying.
That's exactly what I heard, so unless you've signed up with a network like Machinima or TGS or there's a general statement by the devs (or other people responsible for deciding that) that everyone is allowed to do it, you'd need personal permission. So, what I am looking for is an answer by a dev, or a general statement somewhere that I missed :)