First:
The December changes did make the majority of partners ("Affiliates") have no copyright protection. However there are a few huge mitigating factors: The newly established "Managed" partner status is exactly like the old partnership, full content-ID protection, and how the networks have reacted/changed.
Second:
Many networks are now offering "Managed" status to many partners, if not all. There are indeed some networks who offer managed status to all partners.
Third:
Google has yet to take (public) action against any networks for copyright violations under the new managed system. Until they do networks will continue to treat copyright as a joke and partnerships will remain a cash cow and little partners will remain unsupported.
Source: I'm a YouTube content creator (90k subs, 12m views). Feel free to drop by reddit.com/r/PartneredYoutube if you have any in depth questions, or ask here.
Yeah basically. However if Google does enforce copyright violations against networks, we will actually see partnerships start to mean something again... which would be a good change. Currently the majority of networks are little more than scams: promising the world and not following though. Yes, even the big guys.
There are many problems with this business: Copyright and Content-ID, network recruiters (aka highschool kids paid for referrals), lack of visibility into advertising revenue, etc.
First: The December changes did make the majority of partners ("Affiliates") have no copyright protection. However there are a few huge mitigating factors: The newly established "Managed" partner status is exactly like the old partnership, full content-ID protection, and how the networks have reacted/changed.
Second: Many networks are now offering "Managed" status to many partners, if not all. There are indeed some networks who offer managed status to all partners.
Third: Google has yet to take (public) action against any networks for copyright violations under the new managed system. Until they do networks will continue to treat copyright as a joke and partnerships will remain a cash cow and little partners will remain unsupported.
Source: I'm a YouTube content creator (90k subs, 12m views). Feel free to drop by reddit.com/r/PartneredYoutube if you have any in depth questions, or ask here.