Youtube has been spamming me recently too about monetizing my videos, and I mostly upload remixes -- sometimes with a static image (like a cover) and more recently with full-fledged game footage music videos... They say if you try to monetize a video you don't own the copyright to, it can be 'removed' from youtube altogether... I've tested the monetization on a couple videos, some original songs and also some remixes, and honestly I haven't seen any difference whatsoever.. no notification of "income" or seen any ads on the videos... not sure what's up with that. But the point is they didn't take the remixes down. I know remixing is part of keeping OCR going and I love being a part of that, but I thought that the remixers still "owned" the rights to their remixes, as much as a remixer can own the rights to something they technically don't. It gets too confusing when it comes to licensing and who actually owns the copyright. Can a remixer claim copyright on their remix? It can't be claimed as a half-copyright. (Or 42% copyright amirite larry, hehe stopwatching the copyright now!)