15 Minutes of Fame for YouTube
One of the limits to putting your content on YouTube was that it would limit you to 10 minutes of footage. Now, most videos are very short and digestible, however, there are times that a longer format is necessary.
Well, YouTube expanded the 10 minute limitation to 15 minutes.
Per a YouTube blog post:
We want YouTube to be the best place to upload video. Without question, the number one requested feature by our creators is to upload videos longer than 10 minutes. We’ve heard you, and today we’re pleased to announce that we’ve increased the upload limit to 15 minutes.
We encourage you to take full advantage of this new time limit by making a video of your “15 minutes of fame.” Imagine that this video is all the world will ever know about you: what would you want to communicate? What will be the enduring stamp you’ve left on us all? Tag your video with “yt15minutes,” upload it by Wednesday, August 4, and we’ll select a handful of people to truly gain their 15 minutes of fame by featuring them on the YouTube homepage in a future spotlight.
The biggest question some will have is why the change? Basically, the technology behind YouTube has improved copyright issues. YouTube answers the question a but more eloquently:
In the meantime, you may wonder “why now?” — the upload limit for non-partners has been 10 minutes for years. Well, we’ve spent significant resources on creating and improving our state-of-the-art Content ID system and many other powerful tools for copyright owners. Now, all of the major U.S. movie studios, music labels and over 1,000 other global partners use Content ID to manage their content on YouTube. Because of the success of these ongoing technological efforts, we are able to increase the upload limit today. We will continue our strong commitment to provide advanced technology and tools to protect the rights of small and large copyright owners worldwide. We’ll also do everything we can to release incremental improvements like this one that benefit our video creators.
So, if you have some videos that are over 10 minutes but were rejected, you'll have to go into your settings, delete the video and upload it again.
Will you create longer videos because of the expanded limitations?
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