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Posted December 13, 2013
Here's your weekly Message From GOG!

It's Friday the 13th, but we're not very superstitious around here so here's a new episode of This Week on GOG, our short video guide to recent events, promos, and other happenings on the site. The last episode, by the way. With all the unfortunate changes (a.k.a. "improvements") being introduced to YouTube all the time lately, the number of views we can get doesn't really justify the amount of time and resources we dedicate to the show. That doesn't of course mean, that we won't look for other cool ways to present our games to you! In the meantime, why don't you follow the GOG.com channel on YouTube, and drop by over there from time to time (as apparently just subscribing does not guarantee you'll see our content, nowadays), so you don't miss our shows, specials, and exclusive trailers.

This Week on GOG: FINAL episode (ever)

That's it from us, but let's stay in touch on our social media channels, as we go through our amazing 2013 DRM-Free Winter Sale, and meet you in 2014.

Happy holiday season, everyone!
Post edited December 13, 2013 by G-Doc
Posted December 17, 2013
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gandalf.nho: I liked to see the videos, hope they can do at least the enigmatic hint
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rodrolliv: Dropping enigmatic hints over the forums and networks, for different releases on a week, would be nice.

In fact... http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/enigmatic_hints_for_releases
Voted.
Posted December 18, 2013
I adore this lector!
Post edited December 18, 2013 by eupawel
Posted December 22, 2013
So what changed on youtube, and how does it affect gog?

I hate when a company gets a lot of use to become 'the standard', and then exploits that for excessive profit.
Posted December 22, 2013
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Craig234: So what changed on youtube, and how does it affect gog?

I hate when a company gets a lot of use to become 'the standard', and then exploits that for excessive profit.
Can you name one company that hasn't done that?
Posted December 22, 2013
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Craig234: So what changed on youtube, and how does it affect gog?

I hate when a company gets a lot of use to become 'the standard', and then exploits that for excessive profit.
I think it is that system ID thing.

Personally I am starting to hate youtube, I can't comment on videos, finding good new content is getting harder and youtube pushes its partner account way too much.
Posted December 22, 2013
I hate what YouTube has become as much as most, but I'm quite confident that YouTube's policies had nothing to do with the cancellation of This Week on GOG.

Maybe after the holidays, someone who works at GOG will clear this up..
Posted December 22, 2013
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mistermumbles: Lies! There was no fat lady or singing in that video. *disappointed* =P
Here's your fat lady singing
Post edited December 22, 2013 by Supereor
Posted December 24, 2013
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Negatus: I hate what YouTube has become as much as most, but I'm quite confident that YouTube's policies had nothing to do with the cancellation of This Week on GOG.

Maybe after the holidays, someone who works at GOG will clear this up..
YouTube culls game clips as publishers defend fans
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25351123

Just to make it clearer.
This week on gog shows Gameplay and trailers from games not owned by gog.
Gog is just a store that sells games or promotes them for others.
Post edited December 24, 2013 by Lodium
Posted December 24, 2013
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Negatus: I hate what YouTube has become as much as most, but I'm quite confident that YouTube's policies had nothing to do with the cancellation of This Week on GOG.

Maybe after the holidays, someone who works at GOG will clear this up..
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Lodium: YouTube culls game clips as publishers defend fans
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25351123

Just to make it clearer.
This week on gog shows Gameplay and trailers from games not owned by gog.
Gog is just a store that sells the games or promotes them.
This doesn't really apply to GOG because they are promoting legitimate sales of old and independent games. Also note that GOG isn't monetizing these videos with YouTube via ads. Even "Let's Players" aren't really getting their videos removed by this new system.. they are losing ad revenue.

I'm pretty sure this was cancelled for business purposes (costs too much for too little return) and not YouTube copyright claims. The silence of GOG staffers also support my belief..
Posted December 24, 2013
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Lodium: YouTube culls game clips as publishers defend fans
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25351123

Just to make it clearer.
This week on gog shows Gameplay and trailers from games not owned by gog.
Gog is just a store that sells the games or promotes them.
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Negatus: This doesn't really apply to GOG because they are promoting legitimate sales of old and independent games. Also note that GOG isn't monetizing these videos with YouTube via ads. Even "Let's Players" aren't really getting their videos removed by this new system.. they are losing ad revenue.

I'm pretty sure this was cancelled for business purposes (costs too much for too little return) and not YouTube copyright claims. The silence of GOG staffers also support my belief..
If it doesn't really apply to GOG how do you explain this then?

My own game has been flagged by YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJKhGl5DIDU
Post edited December 24, 2013 by Lodium
Posted December 25, 2013
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Negatus: This doesn't really apply to GOG because they are promoting legitimate sales of old and independent games. Also note that GOG isn't monetizing these videos with YouTube via ads. Even "Let's Players" aren't really getting their videos removed by this new system.. they are losing ad revenue.

I'm pretty sure this was cancelled for business purposes (costs too much for too little return) and not YouTube copyright claims. The silence of GOG staffers also support my belief..
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Lodium: If it doesn't really apply to GOG how do you explain this then?

My own game has been flagged by YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJKhGl5DIDU
This will be my last response to you on this subject. As I stated before, this new YouTube debacle mainly pertains to ad revenue and GOG doesn't put ads on their promotional videos.

The example you provided actually illustrates what I stated about monetizing these videos. This guy's video wasn't taken down. He was denied ad revenue. Here is a copy/paste text from the link you posted:

"Title pretty much says it all. Some of my videos now match third party content, but this one simply says "monetization rejected" after I disputed it... :("

Also if you actually listen to him, he refers directly about the $$ implications and how YouTube's automated methods flag tons of things for questionable reasons. AGAIN his videos weren't actually taken down, he was denied ad revenue.

If Trevor still works for GOG, maybe he will comment on the real reason This Week on GOG was cancelled.
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