Nabilah Safira
TechInAfrica – Youtube Shorts has rolled into South Africa, allowing users to upload portrait video with 60 seconds limit.
“I think the real core of what Shorts is about is enabling that next generation of creators that maybe even found it too difficult, previously, to even consider creating on YouTube,” says Todd Sherman, YouTube’s product lead for Shorts.
“And if we can help fulfill our mission of giving them a voice, then I think that would make us feel like we’re continuing to grow a YouTube in a way that keeps it relevant for this next generation of creators to find a voice on this platform.”
According to one of Youtube’s support article, the content ID remains in the feature to detect copyright.
“If you upload a short video you’ve created elsewhere, make sure that any copyright-protected material you’ve used is approved for your use on YouTube. Using copyright-protected material without getting appropriate rights could lead to you getting a Content ID claim. Also if a copyright owner sends us a valid and complete copyright takedown notice against your short video, it may be removed, and you could get a copyright strike,” reads the article.
Unlike the normal uploads to global video host platform, revenue from ads doesn’t seem to work for shorts. Instead, users with shorts that holds the YouTube community best interest could be rewarded with the YouTube Shorts Fund up to $100m.
Source: Htxt.co.za
