It looks like @TV.Cynic’s Airwaves AU channel has been terminated, so it has been his third termination since 2023. Could you please confirm, and is he moving to the Internet Archive? It had over 100 subs.
It was a small channel where I had uploaded some recent clips which was ok. But when I had some request and reasons to upload historical videos YT said that these were the same as the previous channel which isn’t allowed.
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Why is YouTube against these historical videos? Copyright issues?
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My suggestion? Sign up for a free Odysee account. Here are a couple more reasons to do so…
- Odysee is against censorship. Your content is likely to stay up there all of the time, so Odysee cannot remove your channel. Feel free to post all your recent uploads and historical stuff there.
- You can add custom thumbnails to your videos. In fact they are required so you could either make custom thumbnails for the content you’re uploading, or take a snap from the video to use as your thumbnail.
- @Bas_Tech recently signed up to Odysee and now has his Canberra Media Archive channel up. Other creators like @Didz, @Zampakid and @Petarkco are all also on Odysee alongside their YT originals. I have a heavy presence now on Odysee after my channels were terminated this year.
If you haven’t already, could you please sign up for a free Odysee account at odysee.com? All of us here will thank you later for doing so. And it’ll be worth every single bit.
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Most people in this thread just seem to get terminated because they are creating additional accounts after being terminated. Google know a lot about you, they will figure it out.
The main thing with older content is that it’s far less likely to be cleared in the automated copyright claim systems, which usually just result in the copyright holder (ideally) claiming ad revenue and not copyright striking the content.
Which means while 99% of archival content will be fine, and go unnoticed, the fraction that does are likely manual claims, which are far more likely to result in strikes rather than claims.
The other non-copyright thing is Google’s attempts to avoid channels that are full of repetitive content - if you’re uploading old promos on their own, you might be uploading multiple videos of exactly the same length, similar visual elements, etc. These trigger their anti-spam systems, which often are the cause for instant removal without strikes.
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Odysee is a great alternative for archiving content
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Isn’t Odysee one of those far-right nazi platforms they all pissed off to after 2021, or is this some other site that shares the name?
Is it just me or do many of the ads that i keep seeing on YouTube looks like they are for either some dodgy pyramid scheme or for some product that looks revolutionary but seems too good to be true. Not to mention sound like they are narrated by AI
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Looks like YouTubers who previously had their YT channels terminated may get another chance on the platform under a new program set to roll out.
It does, however, mean requesting a new channel. You’ll be starting from scratch, but you’ll have the opportunity to rebuild and re-up content that follows YT’s community guidelines onto your new channel. However, if that channel gets terminated, that’s it. Boom. Gone.
I’m still sticking to Odysee.
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This new UI is so badly designed.
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Edit - services being restored.
Quite ironic given YouTube TV is the naming sponsor of NBA Finals, which are shown in the US on ABC and ESPN.
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This’ll affect some TV archivers who upload historical TV content, including @Zampakid, @Petarkco, @Didz and @SouthCoastTV. Any 480p or 360p uploads made a few years ago that are still up today will probably look not so good now thanks to the deliberate AI upscaling.
Not good enough YouTube.
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I already turned it off.
Is there a feature where it can be turned off? I thought you couldn’t do so. Maybe because I was watching another video on this stuff.