Do you all have any YouTube channels or videos you would like to share?

Permission isn't given most of the time. Do you think it should just be cool when someone spends money on gear just so someone else can profit from it? That's why copyright exists.

I don't think anyone mentioned having an issue with other people's footage being used when permission is given.

Wasn't there some drama involving coasterdom's favorite Starbucks enthusiast when someone used a clip of his video to create the greatest coaster video of all time?

A lot of YouTubers don't use "gear" though. Everyone and their grandmother have a cell phone with an amazing camera these days. I use my DJI Pocket 2. A lot of YouTube videos are low effort.

Some coaster POV YouTube channels do use a lot of equipment and take a lot of time. I am always grateful to be allowed to use their footage. I try to limit the clips to seven second or less though, because that's how I edit. I let people use my video recordings too. It's not about competition. It's all about community.

The right video clip makes all the difference in the video too. I needed footage of the graveyard in the Kings Island parking lot. I didn't ever get video of it because I didn't know I would need it, and the park is three hours away. So I ask a fellow YouTuber if I can use some of their footage, with credit given. Easy peasy.

I'm terrified of a copyright strike, so I almost always use only my footage. Some videos call for more than I am capable of videoing though.

And I didn't even mention "fair use." YouTube practically encourages fair use.

My videos come out of a camera body that was $5,500, a lens that was $2,400, monitors, mics, tripods, an Easyrig, etc., that cost thousands more. If someone is making something with cheaper stuff, cool, but if you want to use my stuff, show me the money. I don't make stuff (and I'm not going to cheapen it by calling it "content") so others can profit from it.