1. YouTube is a video sharing website where registered users can upload and comment on videos, but they must agree to YouTube's Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Community Guidelines. 2. When users upload content to YouTube, they grant YouTube and other users licenses to use, reproduce, distribute and publicly display that content. Users should be careful about what they post as it can be used without their consent. 3. YouTube's Terms of Service also discuss copyright issues, with videos potentially being removed if they breach copyright law. Users must understand the licensing of any content they use that is not their own.

1. UnderstandingYouTube’sTerms and
Services,
what you need to know!
Policy Primer ByTyson Hooper. Curtin University. Student #17287007

2. YouTube is a video sharing website. Anyone with an Internet
connection can view YouTube videos, but registered users can
their own videos, as many as they like, and comment on videos on
services.
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3. As of July 2016 (Alexa.com) YouTube is the second most used website in
the world. Around 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every
minute and the website has over 1 billion active users, over one third of
everyone that goes online.
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4. YouTube as a service can be useful for musicians or small business
to promote themselves, or users to express themselves, but users
read carefully and fully understand the YouTube Terms & Services
using the service. Whilst it may be convenient to just click yes
reading the Terms, it’s worth the time to read up on what you are
up to.
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5. understanding terms and
“By using or visiting the YouTube website or any YouTube products, software, data feeds, and services
provided to you on, from, or through the YouTube website (collectively the "Service") you signify your
agreement to (1) these terms and conditions (the "Terms of Service"), (2) Google's Privacy Policy, found at
https://www.youtube.com.au/t/privacy and incorporated herein by reference, and (3) YouTube's Community
Guidelines, found at https://www.youtube.com.au/t/community_guidelines and also incorporated herein by
reference”. (YouTube, 2010).
When Using YouTube you are obligated to agree to use their
set ofTerms and Services listed on their website, whenever
you use the site, as shown below.

6. understanding terms and
YouTube has a number of Terms and Services users must follow
regarding sharing content when viewing YouTube videos, but..
YouTube also has a number of Terms and Services regarding who
owns the rights to content that is uploaded to YouTube. Whilst
own the content they upload to YouTube, users must understand
grant YouTube…..
“A worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub licenseable and transferable license to use,
reproduce, distribute the content you upload.” (YouTube, 2016)

7. understanding terms and
You also grant all users of YouTube…
“A non-exclusive license to access your Content through the Service, and to use, reproduce,
distribute, display, publish, make available online or electronically transmit, and perform such
Content.” (YouTube, 2016)
Remember to be careful about what you post and understand the
information and content you display on YouTube can be reproduced
without consent.

8. understanding terms and
It is important to realize that YouTube is owned by Google, and to sign up
for YouTube users must sign up for a Google account.This makes users
accountable to a whole new set of terms and conditions, from Google.
Users must understand how Google uses information they receive when
users sign up to their service.This includes how they use personal
information and the Internet surfing habits of it’s users
“As you move from site to site online, sophisticated methods can track and identify
you.”
Goettke, R., & Christiana, J. (2007).

9. understanding terms and
Google says in it’s own terms and conditions that by signing up to the
service they track what sites a user visits and lots of other information,
shown in the information listed below, taken from GooglesTerms and
conditions.
“We collect information about the services that you use and how you use them,
like when you watch a video on YouTube, visit a website that uses our advertising
services, or view and interact with our ads and content”. (Google, 2015)
A lot of the activity you do online is tracked and used by organisations to
advertise.
“Search engines are mining the priceless “database of intentions” formed by
the world’s search requests” Barbaro, Zeller, (2006).

10. understanding terms and
Back to YouTube, copyright is a very important part of theirTerms &
Services. Users may receive a strike from YouTube and their video may be
removed if it breaches copyright law, and the video does not fall under the
category of Fair Use or Creative Commons.The owners of the copyright
material may send a complaint toYouTube to remove the video from the
service.
“When a copyright owner formally notifies us that you don’t have their permission to
post their content on the site, we take down your upload to comply with the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act”. (YouTube, 2010)

11. understanding terms and
YouTube has a number of community guidelines to help users
determine what is appropriate to post in videos and whilst
other videos. These guidelines tell users to not post inappropriate
such as nudity, violent or graphic material, harmful or hateful
In summary follow these Terms and Services, understand them
and you will be able to enjoy YouTube without concern.

12. understanding terms and
YouTube Logo. Retrieved from:
https://www.youtube.com/yt/brand/media/image/yt-brand-downloads-logo-for-web.png.
YouTube Background 2014. Drupal. Tools for Webmaters. Retrieved from:
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content/uploads/2016/04/How-To-Earn-Money-From-Online-From-YouTube-1320x743.jpg.
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Goettke, R., & Christiana, J. (2007). Privacy and Online Social Networking Websites. Computer Science 199r:
Special Topics in Computer Science Computation and Society: Privacy and Technology.

13. understanding terms and
Google Terms and Conditions. (2015). Retrieved from: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Barbaro, M., & Zeller, T. (2006, August 9th). A Face Is Exposed for AOL Searcher No. 4417749. New York Times.