Hello! Let's talk about DougDoug fan channels. I recently said that I am fine with people making DougDoug videos on their own youtube channels, my only rules are:
1) Only use stream or video content that is at least a year old 2) Please say that you are an unofficial channel in your channel/video descriptions.
If you do that, you don't need to ask permission from me or whatever, you're good to monetize! Run free my child. However one of the channels just got taken down for "impersonation". We were able to get it reinstated, but my youtube contact told me that a channel is much more likely to get flagged if you explicitly name and theme your channel around my brand. "It is risky for a bunch of new people to make channels using the DougDoug brand conventions/name while also using the fruit image with the mustache"
So I wanted to say this officially here: I personally have no problem with you making DougDoug content if you follow the 2 rules above. However it sounds like you run a higher risk of getting flagged for impersonation by Youtube if you make your channel really look like a dougdoug channel with the naming and logo. Ultimately it's your call, but if you want to play it safe you probably shouldn't use my name or logo as part of your channel identity, because it is very unlikely I can reverse these kinds of bans in the future. I believe it's fine for the individual videos to use my stuff, I think the bigger risk is about your overall channel name and logo. Here's the official youtube policy if you care: support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801947 THANKS EVERYONE APPRECIATE YOU STAY FROSTY SANTA IS COMING
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Hello! Let's talk about DougDoug fan channels. I recently said that I am fine with people making DougDoug videos on their own youtube channels, my only rules are:
1) Only use stream or video content that is at least a year old
2) Please say that you are an unofficial channel in your channel/video descriptions.
If you do that, you don't need to ask permission from me or whatever, you're good to monetize! Run free my child.
However one of the channels just got taken down for "impersonation". We were able to get it reinstated, but my youtube contact told me that a channel is much more likely to get flagged if you explicitly name and theme your channel around my brand. "It is risky for a bunch of new people to make channels using the DougDoug brand conventions/name while also using the fruit image with the mustache"
So I wanted to say this officially here: I personally have no problem with you making DougDoug content if you follow the 2 rules above. However it sounds like you run a higher risk of getting flagged for impersonation by Youtube if you make your channel really look like a dougdoug channel with the naming and logo. Ultimately it's your call, but if you want to play it safe you probably shouldn't use my name or logo as part of your channel identity, because it is very unlikely I can reverse these kinds of bans in the future. I believe it's fine for the individual videos to use my stuff, I think the bigger risk is about your overall channel name and logo. Here's the official youtube policy if you care: support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801947
THANKS EVERYONE APPRECIATE YOU STAY FROSTY SANTA IS COMING
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