{"text":"RT @stigatle @shoju What I mean is that it's not a 'right' to get money for your videos uploaded to youtube. They are a company that can set the rules for what they want to put ads on. \n Why is it a problem if they decide not to let you earn money for video X? \n Is it a problem because money is expected? is it a problem because 'you' use a 'free' service and they set the rules? is it a problem because people would not make videos unless they get the revenue from ads? \n\n And to answer your question \"Why should their content be given away for free\", that's the thing, they do\u00a0 not *have* to use youtube, but they do - because they expect to get money from what they upload. They could easily fire up their own webserver and host it there ad-free, but there is not any money in that, so no one does it, they just complain about youtube, and do nothing on their own end it seems. Complain about a free service not giving them money, feels like beggars on the street complaining about not getting money.","truncated":false,"created_at":"Tue Oct 10 14:47:09 -0400 2017","in_reply_to_status_id":null,"uri":"tag:gs.jonkman.ca,2017-10-10:noticeId=64510:objectType=note","source":"web","source_link":null,"id":64510,"in_reply_to_user_id":null,"in_reply_to_screen_name":null,"geo":null,"user":{"id":2,"name":"Bob Jonkman","screen_name":"bobjonkman","location":"Elmira, Ontario, Canada","description":"Computer Consultant, Instructor, Project Manager, System Administrator\u2026\nVolunteer at Radio Waterloo\nCo-founder of http:\/\/kwvoip.ca\nGnuPG Key fingerprint = 04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA Political me is @BobJonkmanGreen https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/BobJonkmanGreen","profile_image_url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-48-20170904122929.jpeg","profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-48-20170904122929.jpeg","profile_image_url_profile_size":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-96-20170904114939.jpeg","profile_image_url_original":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-300-20170904114939.jpeg","groups_count":82,"linkcolor":false,"backgroundcolor":false,"url":"http:\/\/bob.jonkman.ca\/blogs","protected":false,"followers_count":294,"friends_count":589,"created_at":"Mon Sep 04 07:47:34 -0400 2017","utc_offset":"-14400","time_zone":"America\/Toronto","statuses_count":705,"following":false,"statusnet_blocking":false,"notifications":false,"statusnet_profile_url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/bobjonkman","favourites_count":644},"statusnet_html":"RT @stigatle<\/a> @shoju What I mean is that it's not a 'right' to get money for your videos uploaded to youtube. They are a company that can set the rules for what they want to put ads on.
\n Why is it a problem if they decide not to let you earn money for video X?
\n Is it a problem because money is expected? is it a problem because 'you' use a 'free' service and they set the rules? is it a problem because people would not make videos unless they get the revenue from ads?
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\n And to answer your question "Why should their content be given away for free", that's the thing, they do\u00a0 not *have* to use youtube, but they do - because they expect to get money from what they upload. They could easily fire up their own webserver and host it there ad-free, but there is not any money in that, so no one does it, they just complain about youtube, and do nothing on their own end it seems. Complain about a free service not giving them money, feels like beggars on the street complaining about not getting money.","statusnet_conversation_id":28987,"favorited":false,"repeated":false,"retweeted_status":{"text":"@shoju What I mean is that it's not a 'right' to get money for your videos uploaded to youtube. They are a company that can set the rules for what they want to put ads on. \n Why is it a problem if they decide not to let you earn money for video X? \n Is it a problem because money is expected? is it a problem because 'you' use a 'free' service and they set the rules? is it a problem because people would not make videos unless they get the revenue from ads? \n\n And to answer your question \"Why should their content be given away for free\", that's the thing, they do\u00a0 not *have* to use youtube, but they do - because they expect to get money from what they upload. They could easily fire up their own webserver and host it there ad-free, but there is not any money in that, so no one does it, they just complain about youtube, and do nothing on their own end it seems. Complain about a free service not giving them money, feels like beggars on the street complaining about not getting money.","truncated":false,"created_at":"Tue Oct 10 13:44:33 -0400 2017","in_reply_to_status_id":null,"uri":"tag:quitter.no,2017-10-10:noticeId=5060804:objectType=comment","source":"ostatus","source_link":null,"id":64361,"in_reply_to_user_id":null,"in_reply_to_screen_name":null,"geo":null,"user":{"id":112,"name":"stig atle","screen_name":"stigatle","location":"Kristiansand, Norway","description":"Atheist, father of two, and a engineer. enjoy programming - 3d animation - linux amongst other things.","profile_image_url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/112-48-20180702034805.jpeg","profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/112-48-20180702034805.jpeg","profile_image_url_profile_size":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/112-original-20180701231509.jpeg","profile_image_url_original":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/112-original-20180701231509.jpeg","groups_count":0,"linkcolor":false,"backgroundcolor":false,"url":"https:\/\/stigatle.no","protected":false,"followers_count":2,"friends_count":1,"created_at":"Mon Sep 04 16:36:06 -0400 2017","utc_offset":"0","time_zone":"UTC","statuses_count":204,"following":false,"statusnet_blocking":false,"notifications":false,"statusnet_profile_url":"https:\/\/quitter.no\/stigatle","favourites_count":60},"statusnet_html":"@shoju<\/a> What I mean is that it's not a 'right' to get money for your videos uploaded to youtube. They are a company that can set the rules for what they want to put ads on.
Why is it a problem if they decide not to let you earn money for video X?
Is it a problem because money is expected? is it a problem because 'you' use a 'free' service and they set the rules? is it a problem because people would not make videos unless they get the revenue from ads?
And to answer your question \"Why should their content be given away for free\", that's the thing, they do\u00a0 not *have* to use youtube, but they do - because they expect to get money from what they upload. They could easily fire up their own webserver and host it there ad-free, but there is not any money in that, so no one does it, they just complain about youtube, and do nothing on their own end it seems. Complain about a free service not giving them money, feels like beggars on the street complaining about not getting money.","statusnet_conversation_id":28987,"favorited":false,"repeated":false}}