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YouTube Turns Off Ad Revenue For Fake Movie Trailer Channels After Deadline Investigation
YouTube has stopped fake movie trailer channels Screen Culture and KH Studio from being able to monetize their AI-fueled videos.
Deadline analyzed how Screen Culture is creating trailers that closely immitate official marketing material for franchises like The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Superman, but splices in AI imagery to tease irresistible details about a movie that appeal to their giant fandoms. KH Studio, meanwhile, imagines outlandish versions of major films and series, including a James Bond movie starring Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie, and a Squid Game season with Leonardo DiCaprio . YouTube’s monetization policies state that if creators are borrowing material from others, “you need to change it significantly to make it your own.” It adds that vidoes must not be “duplicative or repetitive” and should not be made for the “sole purpose of getting views.”
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