Re: YouTube
Yeah, that's usually the case for me, though sometimes it takes up to a day for the ads to appear. If it takes any longer than that, it probably means they're suspicious about the video, and are about to email you demanding for proof that you have the rights to the content in the film. This happened to me when I submitted 30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure. I just had to provide signed letters from my contact at LEGO, from Nikolas, who wrote the music, and from my sister, who painted the backgrounds. Eventually everything worked out and the video got ads.
Dude?!
Is YouTube really THAT anal nowadays when it comes to the partner program?
Well, actually, to be fair, they had every right to jump on my video because it had the Go Miniman Go logos slapped all over it. The Go Miniman Go logo was created by The LEGO Company and provided to me for use in the video, but YouTube didn't know that. I included the letters from Nikolas and my sister just to cover my bases. I don't have any complaints about YouTube's policies, and if they saw fit to remove one of my videos that contained copyrighted content (Flashbacks: Redux or Unsound, for instance) I would accept it gracefully. In fact, I am in the process of reediting my films that break copyright and replacing the copyrighted material with original material or properly licensed material.
I have no complaints about a company that enforces copyright laws.