Embedding YouTube Videos In Paid Membership Websites

Yes, the video owners may not be pleased though others would argue they always have the option of disabling the embed code. But my question was is it legal to do that?

Brian

Do you know which product of Jason did this topic covered?

Thanks

This would be a violation of YouTube's ToS and is not allowed.

YouTube ToS allow you to share videos using their embed code but they do not allow you to use the videos commercially or for making money from "the service".

Having the videos behind a paid member site would be a violation of YouTube's "non-commercial use" requirement.

You may get away with it and be ignored, but you would always be at risk of YouTube shutting your site down.

Mahlon

I think if the majority of a paid access site was original content with a YouTube video embedded once in a while that would be acceptable "occasional use".

The YT ToS (using the adsense model again) say occassional videos on ad sites are okay, but videos used for "nothing more than" to generate revenue would not be allowed.

Of course this depends on YouTube enforcing their rules. There are a lot of sites with primarily YouTube embedded content that generate revenue from the video traffic.

I have never read a story or heard a complaint of YouTube shutting down a video site/member site but their ToS seem to indicate they feel they have that right.

Ironic that YouTube grew to dominate online video by publishing other people's trademarked content before being sold to Google and making some changes. Now they are all about protecting their own content and would be upset if some crazy students started a video sharing site that "stole" their content.

YouTube does a poor job of keeping copyright material off their own site as can be seen by major Hollywood new releases regularly being uploaded and shared on YouTube- like last year's Sci-Fi thriller "Looper".

Mahlon

Their TOS defines the emdeddable player as part of "the service"... so selling access to the player (ie, a membership site) would appear to be a violation.

I guess it is not ethical or legal to use YouTube videos to your Membership sites even if it is an open license video. But you can always, render a lot of content from videos and make your own (video or other contents like ebooks reports etc) which is a cool idea for content creation. As one warrior said above, occasionally we can embed a related YouTube video but that should not be the major part.

I vaguely remember doing something like this way early in my IM career when I was looking for any and every way to make a quick buck.

From memory (which isn't always reliable), I think I was using other people's YouTube videos as supplemental training that accompanied borrowed articles and a few other pieces of content as well. I could of been using the videos and such as an affiliate bonus too. I'm not sure.

I wouldn't really advocate it today so much and would instead just create my own videos or hire a expert to do the videos for me so I could retain ownership of everything.

However, inside some of my members areas I do embed some really good videos from people on YouTube but it's not the primary content.

Hi eveyone,

I see this is a pretty old thread, but I came across it while researching the topic. I'm in the process of creating a membership platform on Patreon. In a thread about video hosting options several people told me they simply upload their videos to youtube and then set them to unlisted. They all claim they've never had a problem.

I also interpret the term "the service" to refer to Youtube. But other parts of it are unclear. For example it seems from reading the TOS that their main issue is with people who seek to earn ad-revenue from posting video content from others.

I would be posting original content in the form of training videos. On the surface that doesn't seem to violate the the Youtube TOS. But they do seem just vague enough to allow Youtube to take an adverse action against you.

It would be great to hear from people who have been using unlisted Youtube videos in maid memberships; especially anyone who has had their account suspended or taken down for doing so.

No, You Not, You can Add a Clip From that Video in Your Video. This is because if You Using Someone's Else Video than Your Customer Think - "This Guy Teach Thing in More Brief" they Move to That Video's guy Website from your. It decrease your Influence in Industry.

If you're usign CMS like Wordpress. than There Are a Lot of Plugins Available Which Allow Your Embedded videos with a lot of customization.

Yes, of course

I wonder if this embedding is illegal.