Weekend update with Michael Che and Colin Jost I believe my videos fall under the "A funny or thoughtful revision of content you didn't originally create" and "Edited footage from other creators where you add a storyline or commentary" guidelines of YouTube. This means it should be allowed by YouTube to be monetized, as this video transforms the original videos so that they are different than before. The content on this YouTube channel, “Culture Vault” is transformative in nature, therefore falls under fair use. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, commenting, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.