Some Good News

Summary

Hickok45 and his son discuss their ongoing issues with YouTube, which led to the removal of videos post-June 18th due to new terms of service. Despite losing content and facing compliance challenges, they've managed to engage YouTube's support to navigate these changes. They plan to re-upload and adjust their videos accordingly. They also express gratitude to their audience and sponsors for their support. Emphasizing the importance of staying on YouTube for broader reach, they mention their presence on other platforms like Rumble. The creators highlight their commitment to continuing their work despite the challenges.

Takeaways

• 📢 The YouTube channel 'Hickock 45' has faced issues with YouTube's policies, resulting in the removal of videos posted after June 18th.
• 🔄 They have been in communication with YouTube and have received guidance on how to comply with new terms of service moving forward.
• 🚫 Existing content is affected by the new terms, leading to the removal of some videos, while others remain at risk.
• 🔄 The channel aims to restore removed videos and ensure future content adheres to YouTube's guidelines.
• 👥 The support from viewers and fellow YouTubers has been crucial in navigating these challenges.
• 🔒 The specifics of the new terms of service and the nature of the issues cannot be fully disclosed due to potential further complications.
• 🤝 The channel appreciates the patience of its sponsors during this period of uncertainty.
• 🔄 There is a plan to gradually resume uploading new content after a brief pause to adjust to the new policies.
• 📈 The channel recognizes the importance of YouTube as a platform for reaching a broad audience, including those who may not already support gun rights.
• 🔄 The channel has considered alternate platforms but acknowledges that YouTube's size and reach are unmatched.
• 🗓️ The loss of older videos is particularly distressing due to the time and effort invested in them, as well as the community engagement they fostered.

Q & A

What is the main issue discussed in the video script?

The main issue discussed is the challenges faced by the YouTube channel 'Hickock 45' due to new YouTube terms of service that have affected their content, resulting in the removal of videos posted after June 18th.

Why were the videos removed from the channel?

The videos were removed because they were found to be in violation of the new YouTube terms of service, which have become stricter and affect a lot of the existing content on the channel.

What is the current status of the older videos on the channel?

The older videos are still in jeopardy, meaning they might also be removed if they are found to be non-compliant with the new terms of service.

How have the creators of the channel been able to move forward after the video removals?

They have been in talks with the right people at YouTube and have received help from their colleagues and the YouTube community, which has allowed them to understand how to stay compliant under the new guidelines.

What is the plan for the removed videos since June 18th?

The creators plan to figure out a way to modify these videos to comply with the new terms of service and put them back up on the channel.

What is the significance of the 'Hickock 45 Clips' channel mentioned in the script?

The 'Hickock 45 Clips' channel is an alternate platform where they can share parts of the removed videos or other content that may not fit on their main channel.

Why is the YouTube platform important for the channel despite the challenges?

YouTube is the largest video-sharing platform and is important for reaching a broad audience, including those who may not already support the Second Amendment, which is a key focus of the channel.

What is the creators' view on moving to alternative platforms like Rumble?

While they acknowledge the existence of alternative platforms, they believe that YouTube's large user base makes it the best place to be for video creators, especially for reaching new audiences and promoting the Second Amendment.

How has the support from sponsors and the community helped the channel during this situation?

The support from sponsors and the community has been crucial in helping the channel navigate the challenges, showing patience and understanding during the difficult period.

What is the creators' sentiment towards the older videos that have been removed?

The creators feel sad and frustrated about the removal of older videos, as they have a lot of sentimental value and represent a significant part of their work and history.

What is the future outlook for the channel as per the script?

The creators are cautiously optimistic about the future. They plan to continue creating content while being careful to comply with YouTube's policies, and they are working on getting the removed videos back up.

Outlines

00:00

📹 Update on YouTube Issues

Hickock 45 and his son provide an update on the YouTube issues they've been facing, mentioning that the situation has improved due to support from viewers and other YouTube gun makers. They discuss losing videos post-June 18th but are optimistic about navigating the new terms of service to remain compliant.

05:03

🤝 Appreciation and Moving Forward

The duo expresses gratitude to their supporters and sponsors, emphasizing the importance of the audience's support. They discuss the significance of their content in promoting the Second Amendment and acknowledge the challenges of moving to other platforms like Rumble, emphasizing YouTube's unmatched reach.

10:03

📅 Future Plans and Content

They talk about their future plans, including re-uploading archived videos and tweaking new videos to comply with YouTube's policies. They reflect on the emotional attachment to older videos and the challenges of seeing them potentially removed, expressing a commitment to preserving their content.

📜 Legal and Historical Context

The conversation turns to the historical and legal context of firearms in America, with a lighthearted reflection on the Second Amendment. They muse about the importance of the right to bear arms and the founders' intentions, suggesting it should protect them from their current issues.

🔄 Continuation and Final Remarks

They wrap up by encouraging viewers to watch their upcoming videos, including Sunday shoot-arounds, and hint at ongoing YouTube policy challenges. Despite potential future issues, they remain optimistic about continuing their work and thank their audience for their unwavering support.

Keywords

💡YouTube Issues

The challenges Hickok45 is facing with YouTube, specifically related to their videos being taken down due to new terms of service. This relates to the main theme of the video as they discuss their ongoing struggle to comply with YouTube's policies and the impact on their content.

💡New Terms of Service

The updated guidelines from YouTube that have led to the removal of many of Hickok45's videos. These new rules are central to the video's message, as they explain how these changes affect their existing content and how they plan to navigate these new requirements.

💡Compliance

Adhering to YouTube's new terms of service to avoid further video removals. Compliance is a significant theme in the video, as Hickok45 discusses their efforts to align their content with YouTube's policies to continue their channel without further issues.

💡Archives

The storage of removed videos that Hickok45 plans to potentially re-upload after making them compliant with new guidelines. This term highlights their strategy for preserving and potentially restoring content that has been taken down.

💡Support

The assistance and encouragement from viewers, sponsors, and other gun YouTubers. The video emphasizes how this support has been crucial in helping Hickok45 navigate the YouTube issues and continue their work.

💡Rumble

An alternative video platform where Hickok45 also uploads content. The mention of Rumble underscores the limitations of alternative platforms compared to YouTube's vast audience, highlighting the importance of YouTube despite its challenges.

💡Second Amendment

The right to keep and bear arms, which is a core theme of Hickok45's content. The video touches on their mission to promote the Second Amendment and educate people about firearms, underlining their desire to reach a broad audience on YouTube.

💡Sponsorships

Financial and promotional support from companies like Bud's Gun Shop and Ballistol. The video thanks these sponsors for their patience and support during the YouTube issues, highlighting the importance of these partnerships for their channel's sustainability.

💡Older Videos

Content that was uploaded years ago and is now at risk of being removed due to new YouTube policies. The video discusses the potential loss of these videos and the emotional impact, as they represent a significant part of Hickok45's history and work.

💡Community

The viewers, sponsors, and fellow content creators who support Hickok45. The sense of community is a recurring theme in the video, emphasizing the collective effort to overcome the challenges posed by YouTube's new policies.

Highlights

Hickock 45 and Sun discuss the ongoing YouTube issues impacting their channels.

The creators are updating their viewers on better news compared to previous updates.

Thanks to support from the community and other YouTube gun makers, they were able to get the attention of the right people at YouTube.

They have lost all content from June 18th onwards and are working to navigate the new terms of service.

Some videos before June 18th are still in jeopardy, but they are working to make them compliant.

They have archived the removed videos and are figuring out how to re-upload them in compliance with new guidelines.

Express gratitude for the community's support and the role it played in reaching a better outcome.

Acknowledgement of the importance of YouTube as the largest video-sharing platform despite the challenges posed by new policies.

They are also on Rumble, though it's not as effective due to its smaller audience.

Gratitude expressed to sponsors like Buds, Central Alabama Holster, SDI, Ballistol, and Talon Grips for their patience and support.

Emphasis on the importance of staying in front of a diverse audience to advocate for the Second Amendment.

Mention of the difficulty of losing older videos that have become part of an ecosystem of comments and community interaction.

Plans to re-upload and tweak new videos that haven't been uploaded yet to comply with new policies.

The creators reflect on their years of content creation and the impact on the community, expressing determination to continue despite challenges.

Encouragement to watch their 'Sunday Shoot Around' videos for more updates and content.

Acknowledgment of the ongoing nature of the challenges with YouTube's evolving policies, expressing cautious optimism about continuing their work.

Final note of appreciation to their viewers and a promise to continue providing content, albeit with some delays.

Transcripts

hickcock 45 and Sun here coming back to

you with some more information and

update on the YouTube issues that we've

been facing and you might be watching

this on any one of our three channels

you know the clips channel the Hickock

45 talks Channel or on the main channel

uh but we've got some news that's uh

better than what we brought the last

time and that's largely because many of

you as well as some of our colleagues uh

YouTube gun makers have helped out and

we have been able to get the attention

of the right people at YouTube and have

been in talks with them and I guess the

bottom line right now is uh you know

we've basically lost everything from uh

June 18th and other videos are all the

other videos are somewhat Jeopardy but

uh we are uh able to move forward we

think with uh you know and be able to

navigate the the term the new terms of

service what do you think John right

because of the new terms of service um

you know essentially as we kind of

explained in the uh bad news video the

bad news of this is that um the new

terms of service affects a lot of our

existing content that's why we had to

that you know none of that has changed

that's why we had to take down those

videos post June 18th and it's why um

our videos before that are still in in

Jeopardy 12 were removed already right

but the good news part is we now like

Dad said at the beginning of the video

because because of some uh information

and some you know some dealings with

other people at YouTube we know how to

move forward and stay compliant under

the new guidelines so we're going to

basically so the videos that are removed

off of the channel since June 18th we

still have those of course they're in

our archives so we'll have to figure out

a way to you know do something with

those to where we can put them back up

you know that may take some time you

know if something happens with the any

of the other older videos we'll do the

best we can to try to get those up to

compliance and and put them back up so

that you that as much of those videos as

possible there's a lot of Brilliance

there we don't want to lose exactly

that's right um for me at least that's

right exactly uh you know if nothing

else you'll definitely see bits and

pieces of them on the Hickock 45 Clips

Channel yeah uh but you know we have

again was it 2700 videos or more uh

posted so it's going to take you know

it's going to take some uh some time uh

you know that also brings us to another

thing that um and and again you know

thank everyone so much for the support

yeah you know we there would be no good

news if it wasn't for us to share if it

wasn't for that right um it really

really was uh very scary we spent you

know my entire adult life you know I was

I think 22 years old when we started

this I'm 36 now right basically my

entire adult life this has been my

career or what we've been doing doing um

uh so it's very scary um and so that

it's nice to know that maybe we can

still continue we just have to be more

careful because of the the new

guidelines um but with the regards to

other platforms you know we do have

stuff on Rumble um you know that's one

of one of my canned responses a lot of

times to people that say just go to

rumble it's like well we we were already

there and you didn't know so that should

tell you why maybe it's not

the answer now if the whole world went

to rumble sure be different right the

problem is even from a second amendment

perspective because we feel like what we

do here is uh in support of the Second

Amendment bringing Firearms um and

information and all those things you

know to the masses and trying to

hopefully indoctrinate people into yes

uh believing in the Second Amendment and

being interested in Firearms we don't

want to just go Into Obscurity right and

right now YouTube is by far it's not

even close it is the biggest video

sharing platform and it's not even close

yeah it's not a problem having your

videos posted somewhere that that

they're there you know it's just a

matter where where is everybody you know

else right potential viewers and uh and

and again we can't share every little

detail but uh there's the compliance

issue obviously that's the the thing

with the the new terms of service and

there's ways to navigate it and be in

compliance that uh we feel pretty

confident about now after having long

discussions with some folks at YouTube

Google and you know we we feel a lot

better about that the we're forgetting

to share with them uh I mean I do I do

too want to thank our our sponsors for

you know buds you know south or Central

uh Alabama holster SDI you know the stor

desert Institute uh ballistol Talon

grips for their patience you know

through this and uh we we greatly

appreciate that and I hope you all do

please you know uh let our supporters

know that that that you support us and

and really appreciate them um so and and

U and again we appreciate you guys

watching so immensely so immensely first

of all none of this is possible at all

at any point without you guys yeah cuz

you know I wouldn't even do this if

nobody watched it wouldn't be that fun

if it was just you it' be boring it

wouldn't be that fun you and my cats you

know yeah yeah it would not be that fun

if no one watched uh but but in the

immediate future I mean again uh you

know our ability to continue is largely

thanks to you guys and let's not forget

our our peers in this um other gun

YouTubers have really come through for

us as well um which they exist because

of a lot of you as well so um we really

appreciate that a lot and and and we may

um and talking about the alternate

platforms I like that people are doing

that I I I hate that you know I feel

like I'm put in a position sometimes

where I have to say negative things

about the concept of that CU I love the

idea of that um and it would be great to

see that be successful but I think it's

important to understand Again YouTube is

a massive uh is is mass it's not even

close compared to these other platforms

and it's unfortunate um that some of the

policies that they have that make it

difficult but it's still the best place

uh to be if you are a video cre Creator

and then again Second Amendment we want

to be in front of people who don't

necessarily all support our rights right

cuz um you know we don't want to always

be preaching uh to the choir I I think

we've converted a lot of made a lot of

new gun owners over the years I don't

think we would do that if it was on a

platform that only gun guys were looking

at not at all it's the reason you all

are on YouTube du you're right the

reason you've been on YouTube for a good

while probably you know view videos a

lot of you create videos it's it's it is

a great platform it's just a matter of

navigating the the terms of service that

have a tendency to evolve right and then

things aren't necessarily grandfathered

in so right that's what we deal with

yeah just you know try to bear with us

right now if some videos

disappear um you know uh like I said

again there's all of course the ones we

made in like last month or so try to get

those back up in some way yeah you know

we basically have no videos right now a

couple you know I mean so we're getting

cranked back up and uh well yeah that's

another thing we should probably mention

is we have some videos that we have made

that were never uploaded that are now

you know they're in violation of these

new policies so we're going to have to

probably figure out a way to tweak them

so we can get those up you know for you

guys you do them you have some guns that

we you haven't seen yet some things like

that so you know bear with us and um I

hope you can do that so we can kind of

get through this but it's unfortunate

but I think it might it might be okay U

I tell you the hardest thing uh that I

hate is you know these older videos that

have been up for 5 10 you know whatever

years um so much that we put into those

and you go back it is so sad you know

there are certain videos I don't really

sit around watching our own videos but

yeah some of them will pop up one of my

very favorite guns maybe it was an

anniversary of a particular rifle or

handgun or something and it's said oh

man that's if that goes away I'm going

to be sick you know yeah cuz we still

have them of course we still have the

original files but these videos take on

a life of their own become this whole

ecosystem of comments and everything and

then you know how many views it got is

like a kind of its own stamp you know in

time you know which which makes for the

character of the video and the original

upload and all that kind of stuff and

the the Tim stamp and all that you know

it's it would it's going to be tough to

see that go away on some of the debates

and arguments you all had on that

particular video exactly yeah so want to

keep it alive yeah so that's you know I

guess so I guess you know the good news

is you know because of you guys we're

able to get with the right people and

and we know how to continue forward the

bad news is it's still um you know kind

of the same story when it comes to any a

lot of our previous content in the era

where we've had you know sponsorships of

course if you go back far enough you

know those videos are going to be fine

like the really old ones you know what's

what it's interesting and I have to

remind

myself sometimes that through all of

this and of course we've had issues

before time or two uh I don't really

remember us ever doing anything illegal

with Firearms do you I don't think so no

no h that doesn't confute does it

strange you know you know what would

have helped um if there was like this

really important document that even that

they listed the importance of like

freedoms and then even founding fathers

that thought that and if like guns were

ranked like pretty high on that list

yeah maybe up to first or second yeah oh

yeah first we would have this problem we

wouldn't yeah yeah that would have been

cool yeah maybe next time we'll set up

our well we're beginning to ramble I

guess anything else that that we haven't

remembered to yeah just uh you know be

sure to watch the Sunday shoot arounds

too because for yeah that'll be the next

video probably and uh you know back uh

back you know in the saddle Y for the

Sunday video coming up here in a couple

three days uh but I mean basically we've

said everything that we know we don't

know much we wish we could you know and

again we wish we could tell you more

about the specifics of it but that could

put us in Jeopardy um even further you

know so yeah we we told you everything

that we can and everything that we know

um so hopefully this will be the end but

I have a feeling it will not be because

drama may continue the you know the

YouTube policies are getting stricter

and stricter all the time um so you know

we'll see but for now I think we'll be

able to continue right so we again we

really appreciate you all appreciate

everybody sticking with us and uh and

we'll be cranking back up here we may

have a little hesitation here for the

next what week or something but you'll

be seeing us with some new new stuff

here so glad you came by and uh John has

finished so I guess I have too thank you

guys life is good