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Can you monetise a clip channel? The honest answer

Yes, you can monetise a channel built on clips of other people’s content, and thousands of channels do. But the internet answers this question with either false confidence or pointless caution, and both get channels killed. The truth has two halves that people constantly mix up: copyright law decides whether you can use the material at all, and YouTube’s monetisation policy decides whether it will pay you for it. You need to pass both. Here is the honest, practical version of each.