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Re: Dear YouTube: When do Jill and Kevin get paid?

Ghillie Suit — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:19:50 -0000

Why would they get paid for that? Does the Office get paid for making even more popular?

Re: Dear YouTube: When do Jill and Kevin get paid?

Name — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:58:02 -0000

Great point. In fact, rather than attempt to profit themselves, they're actually leveraging their popularity to raise money for a charitable organization devoted to fighting domestic violence: http://jezebel.com/5327429/....

Re: Dear YouTube: When do Jill and Kevin get paid?

ThatOtherOtherGuy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:46:26 -0000

If they were smart, there are dozens of ways they could have (and still can) profit from the viral popularity of their video.

But the question is: Why do they have to profit? If was obviously fun for them to do and it is ridiculously popular. Can't that be suitable reward unto itself?

Re: Dear YouTube: When do Jill and Kevin get paid?

Marcus — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:44:27 -0000

They don't deserve a penny, how about they instead take the costs of hosting said video for 12 million people, then subtract that from what it made.. then JK sends a check to Youtube.

Rediculous to think they'd deserve anything. If they were a partner and continously made videos like such and were accepted in, they would have made a cut. But they're not.

Re: Dear YouTube: When do Jill and Kevin get paid?

Give me a break — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:25:13 -0000

Short answer is no. They should be glad it wasn't removed for music copyright infringement.