Day 53 - I hate YouTube

So this is why I hate YouTube.

I create, with no prior experience, a 20 minute video edit of the Ragnar Relay, using some great music tracks to bring the whole thing to life. I even manage some transitions, slo mo, special effects etc. All not bad for a technophobe. The winning video gets free entry to Ragnar next year so I'm doing it for the team.

I go to post on YouTube. They limit videos to 10 minutes. This is fair enough and I should have checked so I spend another couple of hours editing the 20 down to 10 mins. Not easy but removing most of the slo mo works. I upload again. It works!

5 mins later I get an email saying that the audio has been removed because one of the music tracks infringes copyright. I read up on it. This seems fair enough but annoying so I go through all the approved tracks, select 6, BUY them on iTunes and re-edit the video. Not as good but acceptable. I upload for a third time. It works.

5 mins later I get an email saying that the audio has been removed because one of the music tracks infringes copyright. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE if all the tracks are on their approved list? I get angry. I resolve to contact YouTube to plead my case. No way of contacting them (of course). Irant and rave to anyone that will listen. Everyone has stopped listening as I'm becoming a little obsessed with the video.

I am spitting mad by now having spent the entire day on this. There is nothing I can do about it so end up posting it on Facebook and letting someone else worry about how to enter it into the competition.

As for YouTube....