YouTube Terms of Service

These terms set the rules for using YouTube: you own responsibility for what you upload, and by submitting content you give YouTube a broad, free license to use it worldwide. YouTube makes no promises about the quality of the service and its financial liability to you is capped at $500 or whatever revenue it paid you in the last year, whichever is higher. Violating the rules can result in your content being removed or your entire Google account being suspended or terminated.

This document establishes the terms governing user access to and use of the YouTube service, setting out broad restrictions on content use and reproduction, engagement integrity, and monetization. Users bear legal responsibility for all Content they submit and must grant YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, and prepare derivative works from that Content. YouTube Ads disclaims all warranties and caps its and its Affiliates' total liability for Service-related claims at the greater of revenue paid to the user in the prior 12 months or USD $500. Users are required to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless YouTube Ads, its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents against claims arising from their use of the Service or violation of the Agreement. YouTube Ads reserves discretion to remove Content, and to suspend or terminate a user's Google account or Service access, upon material or repeated breach or where required.

As a user, you are legally responsible for every piece of content you submit, and submitting it automatically grants YouTube Ads a worldwide, royalty-free license to reproduce, distribute, and create derivative works from it. You may not pay or incentivize others to inflate views, likes, or dislikes, and you may not sell advertising or sponsorships on or around your content except as permitted by the Advertising on YouTube policies. If YouTube Ads reasonably believes your content breaches the Agreement or may cause harm, it can remove that content without a proven breach; material or repeated violations can result in suspension or termination of your Google account, affecting all Google services tied to it. Any payments YouTube owes you under any agreement are classified as royalties as of June 1, 2021, which carries distinct tax and accounting implications you should assess with a qualified adviser.