ArchivingLeftists (@ArchivingLeftists)

"#YouTube has actually scammed me. I used the #YouTubeCreatorMusicprogram, where you were able to buy licenses for music for use in videos. Earlier this month, they phased out this program, with the promise that existing licenses will not be affected. Spoiler: they were." #YouTube #corrupt #corruption #fraud https://archive.ph/dnwSm "Despite the statements saying that "Existing paid licenses already applied to your videos will remain valid until their expiration" and many of my licenses having a perpetual "does not expire" to them, I woke up to all of my videos using licenses being demonetized and blocked." https://archive.ph/VsgWK#selection-392.0-392.1 "(Also funny enough, while the note states that "Any purchased licenses not used by August 10, 2026 will be automatically refunded to you," none of my unused licenses have. Only the ones that were in use on videos.)" https://archive.ph/2saXf#selection-570.0-570.1 "Here's an example of the licenses that I used in a video (an hour+ long one that took a long long time to make)" https://archive.ph/QGaLg#selection-744.0-744.1 "#YouTube #YouTubeCreators #TeamYouTube I expected a lot better from using the built-in music service but now multiple videos on my channel are demonetized from using the licenses that you called perpetual and guaranteed the respect of. This has been a major breach in trust." https://archive.ph/HidE1#selection-922.0-922.6 "Also, I already spoke to #YouTubeCreatorHelp for over an hour and the only thing they did was blame me for my licenses expiring and then ended my chat without actually addressing the issue" https://archive.ph/jKdg3#selection-1116.0-1116.1 "(Forgot to say this outright, but YouTube **automatically refunded** me all these licenses that they said were perpetual and they would honor. Completely without any input on my end.)" https://archive.ph/wyStJ#selection-1322.0-1322.1 "#TeamYouTube i would like a human to take a look at this thread and issue and not just an automated response that fails to address the issue at hand" https://archive.ph/xBxuq#selection-1492.0-1492.2 "Update: Have gotten in correspondence with Team YouTube (finally) thanks to the support on this thread. Hopefully I can be given a solution soon (email says 24-48 hours), will update as I'm (hopefully) given more information. Thanks again for all the support." https://archive.ph/93w6s#selection-1666.0-1666.1 "Small Update: I found this video by #DimeStoreAdventures that confirms that this is not just an issue limited to me. Multiple channels that have bought these licenses have been affected by this which is really not a good look on YouTube." https://archive.ph/b8Q7Q#selection-1836.0-1839.239 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqPNCc0YR4U