News culture The off-series, is it over? Attic player speaks
Published on 01/10/2023 at 17:53
Between his main channel, Joueur du Grenier, and his secondary channel, Bazar du Grenier, the Youtuber is multiplying the formats, especially since he has been officiating for a few years now on the Twitch platform. However, on the Google platform, it is not always easy to assume the role of content creator when tackling specific topics, for various reasons. After having mentioned the difficulties linked to the creation of videos, in general, Frédéric Molas, of his real name, was responsible for evoking the other flagship formats of his channel: special editions.
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New formats, difficulties… Joueur du Grenier confides on YoutubeJDG’s “special” formats on YouTube are facing a major problem
New formats, difficulties… Joueur du Grenier confides on Youtube
Like the whole of the French “YouTube game”, the Joueur du Grenier is starting a new year that we imagine filled with filming and video concepts. Technically, and as he announced, there should be something new, both on his YouTube channels and on Twitch. Despite everything, if the ideas are present, you have to deal with the harsh reality of the job of content creator on video platforms. and sometimes, make tough choices to keep your channel alive or raise funds to supply it properly with new formats.
He, who is already worried about the current climate on entertainment platforms, recently added a layer of it when discussing the capabilities of tools such as ChatGPT: an artificial intelligence that makes him wonder if the profession of content creator and, more broadly, computer-assisted professions are not in danger. Subjects, Joueur du Grenier evokes a whole bunch at the moment: in the lot, there is that of his future videos and it is a theme which necessarily holds the attention of its subscribers. During his traditional end-of-year “frequently asked questions” video, Fred, accompanied by Seb, spoke about one of his formats: special edition videos.
JDG’s “special” formats on YouTube face a major problem
Is the blue patterned shirt of Joueur du Grenier likely to stay in the closet ? On the occasion of the video “FAQ Christmas 2022”, in the company of Sebastien Rassiat, Joueur du Grenier addressed the sensitive subject of special videos that can be followed on the videographer’s main channel. The latest, devoted to Dungeons and Dragons, was released almost two months ago and is a hit like its elders. Although the craze is there each time, these could be less and less numerous in the future and, as so often, it is the perennial subject of money that resurfaces, and this for a reason: copyright.
As JDG explained in the FAQ video, “everything off-the-shelf is getting harder and harder on YouTube for copyright reasons that you can’t afford,” and that’s not the only difficulty. For such videos, it is necessary to know how to contact the right people, namely the rights holders, and to be able to meet their financial requirements which can burst the ceiling.. An approach that he sums up as follows: “We would have to contact American rights holders who would say to us: “Well ok, no problem, you give us 4 million” and it would be impossible for us”.
Pire, the production of this kind of video becomes more complex because of the claims made, in connection with this problem of copyright, on certain videos. The subject of copyright is increasingly broad and is also confronted with “a kind of legal vagueness” as the two friends explain in the video. The concern, according to Seb, is “that we have to take steps, we have to fight to recover the rights”, a complicated undertaking because they would have “neither the time nor the resources”. If the law allows them to do what they do, as JDG points out, it is the fact of having to provide proof of this right that “would be impossible”.
