When a system is broken, someone finally comes along and suggests hacking the system. If you don't have ten minutes to spare, here's the short version:
1. If a third party claims makes a copyright claim on your video, they can elect to gain 100% of the ad revenue. Suggestion: claw back 50% (or more) by making copyright claim(s) against your own content.
2. You may have videos that are not eligible for monetization (examples: just starting out on YouTube or reuploading content). Suggestion: make a copyright claim against your own video and it is automatically monetized.
Worth noting, a copyright claim is not the same as a copyright strike. Also, he may have stolen the idea from another YouTuber (which cannot be monetized) but I think he did a better job in the presentation. :)
