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Did I do a bad thing? Pt2

December 20th, 2012 by Nick Tann

Nick Tann Youtube

Nick Tann Youtube

Looks like I did. This is what my video looks like now on Youtube. With over 6k views. However I did cheat a little….the full story is here http://nicktann.co.uk/2012/10/did-i-do-a-bad-thing/

Youtube took it down and sent me a note…

Regarding your account: Nick Tann

This following video was found in Violation of TOU #4 Section H:

Alternative-Folk singer- Nick Tann-How do You Sleep – Insane high notes

http://www.youtube.com/t/terms

“You agree not to use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, “robots,” “spiders,” or “offline readers,” that accesses the Service in a manner that sends more request messages to the YouTube servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional on-line web browser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, YouTube grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the site for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials.YouTube reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases. You agree not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including account names, from the Service, nor to use the communication systems provided by the Service (e.g., comments, email) for any commercial solicitation purposes. You agree not to solicit, for commercial purposes, any users of the Service with respect to their Content.”

Please note that your video content has been removed. You may reupload your removed videos in such a way that is not violative of our TOU.

Should your account be found in violation of our Terms of Use #4 Section H again, your account will be suspended without the possibility for appeal.

YouTube takes the abuse of its system very seriously. Any user found gaming views, subscribers, meta-data or otherwise misleading users will have their account statistics wiped on the first offense, and on the second offense have their account permanently terminated.

Many users trust their account to outside marketers who claim to be able to increase views, etc. You are responsible for activity that happens on your account, and are responsible for knowing and abiding by our terms – this means understanding the nature of the traffic on your channel and making sure you are in compliance with our terms.

Yours sincerely,
The YouTube Team

So I have been told off. That is the end of the experiment. I have reloaded the original video   so lets see how many hits it can get this time, “naturally” YouTube Preview Image

Comments

  1. Anonymous says:

    Wow – so you paid for a service that has been deemed against Youtube Terms of Use!! Any recourse from the company that provided the service, and will you be forwarding their details to Youtube?

    1. Nick Tann says:

      No, but I will be letting the company know.

  2. Any recourse form the outfit that provided the dodgy service? Have youtube asked for their details? Whilst I don’t blame you one bit for trying this, I’m relieved this sort of activity is frowned upon by Youtube :)

  3. Dusty Dhone says:

    I hereby vow to watch this video every time my IP refreshes…

    1. Nick Tann says:

      I’m not sure I believe you are keeping up with your vow…