Methods that still work?

I tried making several accounts under differnt proxies, etc. I uploaded product reviews, free iphones, yadada and got one or two conversions. I used vagex to boost views. All accounts except one got deleted after about a week.

I was wondering if ripping popular videos and reuploading them still work?

Check this thread:

http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackh...her-curse-200-earnings-today-youtube-ppd.html

lol

This may be caused because of the numerous factors.
Just couple of guesses, Competition. It's pretty hard now on Youtube.
Also IPs are blacklisted. Even if you use them for basic things, accounts will be banned.