Good News for Original Creators? YouTube Cracks Down on Clipping
If you're a regular user of YouTube Shorts, you’ll notice that an awful lot of what you see isn’t posted by the original creator. In many cases, it's short, edited versions of another creator's work, a practice which is known as “clipping.”YouTube has now cracked down on “clipping” in its latest update, with the aim of prioritizing original content in users' Shorts feeds, rather than chopped-up versions of other creators' content. You might not realize it, but clipping is a huge industry, which has seen massive growth as part of organizations' wider marketing strategies.
- ▪If you're a regular user of YouTube Shorts, you’ll notice that an awful lot of what you see isn’t posted by the original creator.
- ▪In many cases, it's short, edited versions of another creator's work, a practice which is known as “clipping.”YouTube has now cracked down on “clipping” in its latest update, with the aim of prioritizing original content in users' Shorts fe
- ▪You might not realize it, but clipping is a huge industry, which has seen massive growth as part of organizations' wider marketing strategies.
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If you're a regular user of YouTube Shorts, you’ll notice that an awful lot of what you see isn’t posted by the original creator. In many cases, it's short, edited versions of another creator's work, a practice which is known as “clipping.”YouTube has now cracked down on “clipping” in its latest update, with the aim of prioritizing original content in users' Shorts feeds, rather than chopped-up versions of other creators' content. The video streaming giant said the update will deliver a better experience for viewers and will ensure “creators publishing original content have the best chance to grow and succeed.”In practice, this means that channels which YouTube identifies as primarily aggregating or re-uploading other creators’ videos without significant changes “will likely see less…
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