They are about in line with comments. Most get nothing, or next to nothing regardless of what it is. Polls, videos, memes, they tend to all have the same fate: timing when someone comes by and sees it.
Since most are voting with low amounts, and also low percentages, the totals end up not adding up to much. With HP, there is also the dust level that has to be hit.
Ah gotcha! That all makes sense... I know some brands like Disney and Nintendo can be a bit over the top when it comes to copyright, and have people searching the internet for potential infringement... but there is always the economics of it, so probably wouldn't act to make back cents/dust.
It is always an interesting issue and going to get cloudier as time goes by.
Look at Google (YouTube). That was build on people uploading copyrighted data (which is much different than embedding).
When not hosting the content, it is a much different story.
I think YouTube has possibly swung too far in the other direction, where there are now entire companies who deliver copyright strikes on behalf of their clients and YouTube takes the video (or the monetization) away from the poster immediately... and the poster has to appeal and fight with YouTube to get it reinstated. It's become a massive problem and a huge weapon against creators.
Totally agree that there is a huge difference between hosting and embedding, but I'm sure arguments can be made that if users are making money off the videos of others, then they could be sued for copyright breaches... but given the amount of money at play at this stage I'm confident its a non-event.
I think YouTube has possibly swung too far in the other direction,
Maybe. Google is a strange bird. I wonder if it is copyright they are concerned about. They seem to go on a furry against whatever suits them at that moment and crush all they see.
They did it to crypto a number of years ago.
given the amount of money at play at this stage I'm confident its a non-event.
I think we can be highly confident of this. The legal fees would far outpace what the payouts are in total. I dont think it is worth the fight over a few bucks here and there.