This new "verification fix" on @TeamYouTube makes me upset:
It gives priority to large brands over smaller ones.
It gives large businesses carte blanche to walk all over existing trademarks, branding and recognition of smaller creators.
It opens the flood gates for impersonation
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If I were named Bob, I was a jeweler, I had registered "http://BobTheJeweler.com " PLUS owned a store AND had a trademark for Bob The Jeweler then registered a YouTube channel BobTheJeweler, SteveTheJeweler can swoop in and shut out that verification just because he's famous/big.
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Another example:
@thekingofrandom (RIP) spent years building his brand on YouTube. If Sony wanted to name a film "The King of Random" they could, then create a YouTube channel for the film, verify it, and shut out the REAL KoR.Show this thread -
The issue is that their eligibility requirements USED to prioritize from within YouTube, however NOW the eligibility requirements prioritize from OUTSIDE YouTube. This is a HUGE can of worms being opened up.
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This isn't speculation, this has happened to me with my brand, and BOTH times I was able to shut down their threats to me because I have a YouTube channel, the domains, pressreset as a username everywhere (except reddit) and a trademark.
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If YouTube is essentially saying "we don't honor your branding anymore from within" that leaves me screwed in future confrontations because the platform I make content for won't honor the brand once there is a media push from a larger entity.
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