Permissions involving uploading videos to Youtube
Hi,
I apologize in advance if it's already been covered on the Battlefield blog or what-not. I've been working on some youtube content for a while now; It is basically a first impressions/review look at the BF4 beta; It's quite short, But it's mainly just my opinions on it, What i liked/didn't like and issues i think could be improved. I will note that the majority of the video will probably contain filler footage from BF3, Because i have been having severe FPS issues with the beta. The 2nd patch fixed the issues i've been having, But the frame-rate still hovers over the knife-edge of playable/non-playable, And when i begin recording footage it makes it largely unplayable. There will be some footage of BF4, But only really to illustrate the FPS issues. I won't really be going in too much depth either; Since i have been largely unable to play it "properly" on PC (Although i have played some of the Xbox 360 version of the beta), I'll only really be talking about surface observations and other such things; I also think it'd be unfair to make any assumptions/observations too deep thus far because of the FPS issues i've been having, And also because it is only a beta at the moment.
So i guess my question is simply whether or not it's ok to upload this video to Youtube (I don't intend to make money off of it or anything like that at the moment.). I feel a little strange posting this email because i'm sure you're very much in favour of allowing people to upload content/screenshots/videos etc... to youtube/various other social media to promote the game and increase popularity etc..., The only issue i have is there's no clear posted statement on your stance on this, Eg; Whether or not the video will get taken down by Youtube systematically, Whether people are allowed to monetize videos containing content from BF3/BF4 (Which i don't intend to do), What aspects (If any) of BF3/BF4 are allowed to be included in videos etc..., So i figured I may as well just ask here.
Thanks in advance for any response.
You are free to upload video containing footage from BF3/BF4 beta / BF4 as long as you don't make any money of it. If you intend on monetizing your video's you will have to ask permission at: permissionrequests@ea.com
You can also join a syndication which already as the rights to monetize Battlefield content.