Don't Stress About the Updated YouTube API Terms of Service

Learn how the Feb 10, 2017 update to the YouTube API Terms of Service, Developer Policies, and Required Minimum Functionality will affect ... Don’tStressAbouttheUpdatedYouTubeAPITermsofServiceFebruary8,2017 UsersofTubePressProhavenodoubtrecentlyreceivedthefollowingemailfromYouTubewarningaboutanimpendingupdatetotheYouTubeAPI TermsofServiceandotherlegalagreements. Nearlyalltechcompaniesperiodicallyupdatesuchagreementswiththeirusers.Andwhilesomeupdatesaremoreominousthanothers,the“February10th,2017”updatefromYouTubeislargelybenignandwillhaveaverysmallimpactonTubePressusers.Thegoodnewsisthatthechangesdonotapplyretroactively,whichmeansthatanyexistingcopiesofTubePress arenotsuddenlyinviolation.Thisdoes,however,meanthatanyfutureversionsofTubePresswillneedtomeetYouTube’snewrequirementsinordertostaywithincompliance. Belowwe’vesummarizedwhattoexpectinfutureversionsofTubePress.Asyoucansee,mostofthechangesareveryminorandaregearedtowardsprotectinguserprivacy. DisplayalinktotheTubePressPrivacyPolicy intheTubePressadministrationareasaspersection7oftheupdatedToS. DisplayalinktoYouTube’sTermsofServiceinTubePressandupdatetheTubePressTermsandConditions as persectionIII.A.1ofthenewDeveloperPolicies. UpdatetheTubePressPrivacyPolicytodetailexactlyhowTubePressusesandstoresYouTubeAPIdataasperSectionIII.A.2ofthenewDeveloperPolicies. UpdatetheTubePressPrivacyPolicytoincludealinktoGoogle’ssecuritysettingspage aspersectionD.2.c.iofthenewDeveloperPolicies. PreventTubePressfromstoringanyYouTubeAPIdataforlongerthan30daysaspersectionE.4.dofthenewDeveloperPolicies. InTubePressgallerieswhereYouTubevideosaremixedwithVimeoand/orDailymotionvideos,provideproperattributiontoindicatewhichvideosarefromYouTubeaspersectionF.2.aofthenewDeveloperPolicies. PreventtheYouTubeembeddedvideoplayerfromdisplayingatasizesmallerthan200pixelsby200pixelsasperthenewRequiredMinimumFunctionality. Changethebehaviorofautoplay(i.e.startplayingavideoassoonasthepageloads)tobecompliantwiththenewRequiredMinimumFunctionality. PreventYouTubethumbnailsfromdisplayingatanysizelessthan120pixelswideby70pixelstall,asperthenewRequiredMinimumFunctionality. Insummary,thesechangeswillnotaffectthemajorityofTubePressusers.WewillensurethatfutureversionsofTubePress(includingourmajorupdatecurrentlyunderdevelopment)arecompliantwiththetermssetforthbyYouTube,sothere’snoactionneededonyourpartatthistime. ThanksforusingTubePress,andpleasedon’thesitatetocontactusifyouhaveanyquestions! TOP