Obtaining the proper Documents for Youtube Video

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03-19-12 05:11 pm
AGamer

Obtaining the proper Documents for Youtube Video

Who would I ask or where would I go to see what specific rights I have to make a youtube video of Castle Empire? or while I am on the topic, any game. For instance I wish to make a small gameplay of Castle Empire of about 13 Minutes, including the game music and sounds as well as commentary from myself. In the description I include the link to the official game site Ex. http://www.castleempireonline.com/en/home

(I also wish to make a youtube Video of FarCry3 when it comes out. I shall obtain a copy by preording it. Seeing this is a Ubisoft Game, I suppose i can get an answer for that as well) Please and thank you.
03-19-12 05:20 pm
Bobj

Most publishers don't want you making these- and cant give you the "rights" to do it. It's a legal thing.
03-19-12 05:25 pm
AGamer

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Originally Posted by Bobj

Most publishers don't want you making these- and cant give you the "rights" to do it. It's a legal thing.

Then whats with all the videos of games on youtube?
03-19-12 07:24 pm
Aerose

I used to do TW commentaries and I may start again when FoTS is released in a few days. Most games don't care if you do make gameplay videos and commentaries. It's free advertising especially if you have a large subscriber base. CA also would donate TW memorabilia to commentator/community hosted tournaments. I've personally never seen a development team say 'take that down...'
03-19-12 09:01 pm
AGamer

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Originally Posted by Aerose

I used to do TW commentaries and I may start again when FoTS is released in a few days. Most games don't care if you do make gameplay videos and commentaries. It's free advertising especially if you have a large subscriber base. CA also would donate TW memorabilia to commentator/community hosted tournaments. I've personally never seen a development team say 'take that down...'

Youtube turns my monitization off though when I upload vids. They say I dont have proper documents. and what is TW?
03-19-12 09:10 pm
Bobj

I guess youtube is doing their homework then. If your trying to profit from posting videos of copyrighted material it could be a liability for them.
03-19-12 09:17 pm
Aerose

The total war series, I've never had youtube question any video game upload videos. Not even for CEO...
03-20-12 06:14 am
Dudicus

bobj makes a good point, it seems to be about the profit. if they only turned off your monitization and still let you post, i think that explains all the other video games on youtube.
03-20-12 06:19 am
AGamer

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Originally Posted by Bobj

I guess youtube is doing their homework then. If your trying to profit from posting videos of copyrighted material it could be a liability for them.

I sometimes make walkthroughs of a game for a certain level, Technically I am protected under Fair use for educational purposes. They still take it down.
03-20-12 06:22 am
AGamer

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Originally Posted by Dudicus

bobj makes a good point, it seems to be about the profit. if they only turned off your monitization and still let you post, i think that explains all the other video games on youtube.

But most videos have ads everywhere around videos of games.
03-20-12 12:43 pm
Hobknocker

So you're posting questions about Google's treatment of your videos ... here?

Am I following this correctly?
03-21-12 04:51 pm
AGamer

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Originally Posted by Hobknocker

So you're posting questions about Google's treatment of your videos ... here?

Am I following this correctly?

No. my original question was who or where I can figure out Ubisoft's policy on other taking videos of their games.
03-21-12 06:18 pm
Voidheartd

You can upload videos, you just can't make money off them.
03-22-12 06:18 am
AGamer

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Originally Posted by Voidheartd

You can upload videos, you just can't make money off them.

alright