He was trying to help you understand that creative commons videos CAN be put on youtube, and they have no negative consequence to your videos stability, or account security (unless you are a total jerk about how you use youtube). The affiliate networks on the other hand may all have different rules, and they may even have different rules for different campaigns too, so it is typically best to consult your affiliate manager to see what will work best.
An alternative approach is to go full blackhat on that chit, and you can find information about that here at BHW as well. A little research won't kill you, especially whereas you are "pretty good" at it. If you had read the content on the link that was provided you could have easily extrapolated why that link was posted. Go ahead, and do some research.