Thoughts on judge channels?

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adammakonda

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i've seen channels repurposing jury/judge videos and it's clearly monetized. how easy is it?
 
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Sooner or later, they'll get demonetized
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why would that be the case? there's channels that have been operating for 5+ years in that niche still monetized. it's all public domain
 
I’ve seen those channels too. The ones that have been around for a long time do more than just repost court footage; they explain the case, cut out the filler, and add background context. It’s simply downloading a clip and adding a caption or making minor edits that carries the risk
 
The channels that are valuable are the ones that offer expert commentary on what's going on, or the law. Personally, I bounce and never come back if there isn't any commentary or the person has zero ideas about the law or court proceedings.
 
Reusing courtroom/judge videos may seem easy at first glance, but in reality it’s not easy at all and the risks are very high,you can still very easily get hit with copyright claims from TV stations or the entities that own the recording rights
 
usually do more than just repost court footage and add a caption.they explain the case cut out unnecessary parts and add useful context.
 
adammakonda said:
i've seen channels repurposing jury/judge videos and it's clearly monetized. how easy is it?
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i have also come across those kinds of channels. although it seems easy enough to begin, susttaining the channel financially is something else entirely. in cases where most of the videos on the channel r footage belonging to others with only minimal contributions from the host there is always a possibility that problems related to copyright or content reusage will occur.
 
It looks easy from the outside, but monetization is the tricky part. The real question is whether the edits add enough original value to pass reused-content rules, not just whether the videos get views.
 
PetraAnn said:
The channels that are valuable are the ones that offer expert commentary on what's going on, or the law. Personally, I bounce and never come back if there isn't any commentary or the person has zero ideas about the law or court proceedings.
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Yeah but technically to comment on a law channel does the commentator need to be a lawyer? Or am I missing something?
 
Nikolaos said:
Yeah but technically to comment on a law channel does the commentator need to be a lawyer? Or am I missing something?
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For me? Not necessarily. There's plenty of lay people that know the law better than those in the actual legal professions. Especially the auditors (the civil liberty auditors amuse me). But I also like channels like Legal Eagle where you get professional commentary on things happening.
 
The videos may have been edited enough to pass YouTube’s review process, or they may have been authorized for publication.
 
It can look easy from the outside, but the copyright and reused-content issues can be a problem.

Adding real commentary, editing, and original context would make more sense than just reposting judge or court clips.
 
adammakonda said:
i've seen channels repurposing jury/judge videos and it's clearly monetized. how easy is it?
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There is a lot of potential in that niche, but it's not easy. Editing is very time-consuming. There is no advantage in posting the same copy-and-paste videos; edit them, add transitions, music, and text where required, and, if you want, you can add voiceover as well, and then upload them to your channel.
 
I think it's really cool! Channels like that need to understand the law and stay up to date on specific cases to provide that kind of analysis. They might be doing it to share knowledge, or perhaps to attract new clients through those cases.
 
vangaxx said:
I think it's really cool! Channels like that need to understand the law and stay up to date on specific cases to provide that kind of analysis. They might be doing it to share knowledge, or perhaps to attract new clients through those cases.
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A lot of them also don't actually know the law, they use chatgpt/claude for scripts and read the script built off US law
 
It’s easy, but it’s no longer trending, you should have done it a year ago. Nowadays, hardly anyone watches or if they do, the audience is small and the views don't really take off.
 
There’s nothing interesting about them, I’m sick of seeing them all the time. My hobby is video games... I don't like them at all the content is completely virtual.
 
judge content can work well especially short videos since people tend to stay for the interesting part there is definitely an audience for that type of content but way the clips are used still matters for monetization
 
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