Hey everyone,
I’ve been running a TikTok account for the past 8–9 months where I post edited movie clips. The content has been doing really well — I’ve grown to over 300,000 followers and pulled in more than 25 million views.
The problem?
Every time I try to monetize through the Creator Program, my content gets flagged as “original content” (which it’s not, since it’s based on copyrighted material, even though I do the edits myself). Because of that, I keep getting kicked out of the Creator Program. I haven’t made anything from the views, and it’s getting really frustrating.
I totally get that the edits I make aren’t super heavy — I mainly trim, maybe adjust the speed or colors a bit, sometimes crop — so I know it’s close to the original. But I’ve also tried more “technical” solutions like using FFmpeg scripts to alter the video encoding and structure, but I still keep getting flagged.
Meanwhile, I see other accounts in the same niche — same kind of content — and they’re clearly monetizing successfully. What’s interesting is that they seem to apply subtle but effective tweaks to their videos. For example:
These seem to help TikTok’s algorithm recognize their content as sufficiently transformed or unique, and I’m pretty sure they’re earning money from it.
I’m honestly just trying to figure out how they’re doing it — how are they keeping their monetization active? What tools or editing tricks are they using? I’d love some advice, tips, or even tool recommendations from anyone here who’s cracked this.
Has anyone dealt with this and found a sustainable way to stay in the Creator Program while posting movie content?
Any help would be massively appreciated.
Thanks in advance
I’ve been running a TikTok account for the past 8–9 months where I post edited movie clips. The content has been doing really well — I’ve grown to over 300,000 followers and pulled in more than 25 million views.
The problem?
Every time I try to monetize through the Creator Program, my content gets flagged as “original content” (which it’s not, since it’s based on copyrighted material, even though I do the edits myself). Because of that, I keep getting kicked out of the Creator Program. I haven’t made anything from the views, and it’s getting really frustrating.
I totally get that the edits I make aren’t super heavy — I mainly trim, maybe adjust the speed or colors a bit, sometimes crop — so I know it’s close to the original. But I’ve also tried more “technical” solutions like using FFmpeg scripts to alter the video encoding and structure, but I still keep getting flagged.
Meanwhile, I see other accounts in the same niche — same kind of content — and they’re clearly monetizing successfully. What’s interesting is that they seem to apply subtle but effective tweaks to their videos. For example:
- A horizontal blurred line over the video
- Slight visual effects or screen overlays
- Creative aspect ratio changes
These seem to help TikTok’s algorithm recognize their content as sufficiently transformed or unique, and I’m pretty sure they’re earning money from it.
I’m honestly just trying to figure out how they’re doing it — how are they keeping their monetization active? What tools or editing tricks are they using? I’d love some advice, tips, or even tool recommendations from anyone here who’s cracked this.
Has anyone dealt with this and found a sustainable way to stay in the Creator Program while posting movie content?
Any help would be massively appreciated.
Thanks in advance
