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general terms that apply to all

monetization features on YouTube

including how you will be paid and how

your content can impact payment youtube

partner program terms these YouTube

partner program terms the base terms

together with the YouTube terms of

service the YouTube channel monetization

policies and any modules that you accept

together the terms apply to your

participation in the YouTube partner

program please read the terms carefully

if you do not understand or accept any

part of the terms you should not click

accept how these terms work monetization

of your content on the service is

governed by the terms including one or

more modules which specify the terms

that apply to monetization of different

types of content or parts of the service

each a module different eligibility

criteria will apply to each module and

if you are eligible you can review the

relevant terms and accept the module in

order to enable that particular type of

monetization when you accept a module it

is incorporated into the terms and may

be modified or terminated only as set

out below what we pay you when you

accept a module YouTube will pay you

partner earnings under that module

partner earnings are the amounts

described in a module as calculated in

line with the following revenue

calculations under each module partner

earnings are calculated from the portion

of net revenues that the module

describes as being attributed to your

content net revenues means the total

amount of relevant revenues recognized

by YouTube under US generally accepted

accounting principles net of any taxes

collected or payable by YouTube taxes

means all government imposed tax

obligations including taxes duties and

withholdings except those based on net

income net worth asset value property

value or employment refunds chargebacks

or declined payments fees payable to

platform device or other distribution

partners and country pass through costs

country pass through costs means those

amounts that YouTube has notified you it

will deduct and that represent costs

incurred by YouTube in relation to a

third party rights b regulatory fees

including any fees or costs that YouTube

pays to any third party to comply with

any laws or regulations and or c

platform taxes or levies in each case

incurred with respect to a particular

country or region in which your content

is displayed or monetized YouTube will

notify you of any applicable country

passroughs including the amount of and

method for calculating such country

passroughs at least 45 45 days before

they are deducted rights clearance

adjustment where YouTube is made aware

by one or more third parties that you

may not have obtained all necessary

rights in your content for example

rights and music as required under the

YouTube terms of service unclearared

rights such content may need to be

removed from the service and where it is

not you may not be entitled to earn

revenue in relation to it however in

certain circumstances as detailed in the

rights clearance adjustment policies

YouTube may instead seek to obtain some

or all of the unclearared rights and

then decrease the partner earnings that

would otherwise be payable to you a

rights clearance adjustment those

policies contain the details of one the

circumstances and countries where rights

clearance adjustments apply two how

YouTube may have been made aware that

your content includes uncleared rights

for example as a result of a specific

claim of rights by one or more third

parties three how you may challenge the

basis for any such rights clearance

adjustment for example by appealing a

content ID claim and four how YouTube

calculates their revenue payable to you

to account for unclear rights

non-qualifying revenues youtube may

either one withhold or adjust any

partner earnings associated with the

breach of the terms including the

YouTube channel monetization policies or

the second charge back or offset such

amounts against future partner earnings

payable to you youtube will notify you

if any of these circumstances occur and

provide details about how you can appeal

in accordance with these policies when

you will not be paid youtube is not

obligated to monetize your content

including displaying any advertisements

in connection with it and may determine

the type and format of ads and other

forms of monetization available on the

service in addition you are not entitled

to earn or receive partner earnings a

were associated with a breach of the

terms including the YouTube channel

monetization policies b where YouTube

has suspended or terminated your access

to parts of the service under section 6

or C unless YouTube has a specific

obligation to share revenues with you

under a module that you have accepted

for example you are not entitled to earn

revenues in relation to ads shown on

search result

pages how we pay you payment account

requirements in order to earn or receive

partner earnings under these base terms

you must at all times have an active

AdSense account associated with your

YouTube user accounts or such other

payment method as approved by YouTube

payment process youtube will pay you any

partner earnings due under these base

terms within 60 60 days after the end of

any calendar month so long as your

earned balance is at least US $100 or

its equivalent in local currency when

payment is due YouTube may acting

reasonably and with notice to you delay

payment of partner earnings in

accordance with applicable policies

including one for up to 90 90 days while

it investigates whether all or part of

any such partner earnings are subject to

withholding or other measures under

section 2 C or two until resolution of

any third party disputes relating to

rights in your content taxes all

payments of partner earnings are

exclusive of any taxes as defined above

that you may be required to collect from

YouTube youtube will withhold taxes if

legally required you will timely provide

any customary tax documentation

reasonably requested by YouTube changes

to the terms we may need to make changes

to the terms including the YouTube

channel monetization policies or a

module for example one to reflect

changes to our service two for legal

regulatory or security reasons or three

to prevent abuse or harm if we

materially change the terms then except

in urgent situations such as preventing

ongoing abuse or responding to legal

requirements we will provide you with

reasonable advanced notice and the

opportunity to review the changes if you

do not agree to the update you will be

able to terminate the impacted terms or

opt out or stop your use of the relevant

part of the service before the notice

expires suspending or terminating

monetization you may disable

monetization of your content under

certain modules at any time by opting

out via YouTube Studio if you do not

comply with the terms then in addition

to any action we may take under the

YouTube terms of service YouTube may

take action in accordance with the

YouTube channel monetization policies

including one immediately suspending

monetization of all or a subset of your

content under any module together with

access to any monetization tools made

available to you by YouTube or two

permanently disabling monetization by

terminating your participation in the

YouTube partner program immediately or

if required by applicable law with prior

written notice in either case we will

notify you when we enforce our policies

and we'll also let you know how to

appeal termination of these terms

terminations for convenience either you

or YouTube may terminate these base

terms or one or more individual modules

for convenience with 30 days prior

notice to the other party terminations

for cause you may immediately terminate

these base terms by notice if YouTube

commits a material breach if YouTube

permanently disables monetization of all

of your content under section 6

suspending or terminating monetization

above these base terms and all modules

will be considered terminated effect of

termination for clarity where these base

terms are terminated the YouTube terms

of service will survive and continue to

apply to any continued use of the

service by you marketing you may be

included in marketing emails from

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governing law the governing law and

dispute resolution provisions of the

YouTube terms of service apply to these

base terms and any modules conflicts

where there is any conflict between

these base terms and one a module the

module will apply and two the AdSense

terms these base terms will apply and

three the YouTube terms of service these

base terms will apply

miscellaneous capitalized terms used but

not defined in these base terms will

have the meanings given to such terms in

the YouTube terms of service these base

terms and any modules replace all

previous or current versions of the

YouTube partner program terms or

equivalent between you and YouTube

however any separate agreements that you

may have entered into with YouTube that

amended or incorporated a previous

version of the YouTube partner program

terms will be deemed to apply to these

base terms except as modified by these

base terms the YouTube terms of service

remain in full force and effect you may

provide notice to YouTube by emailing

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atgoogle.com any notices by YouTube will

be delivered in accordance with the

applicable policies you represent that

one you are at least 18 years of age or

two you are the parent or guardian of a

YouTube partner program participant aged

between 13 and 18 and are agreeing to

these terms on their behalf