My website is an educational website. The teachers pay for access for themselves and their students. It offers all kind of services around educational videos (like comments, analysis of comments, chats, ...). I already have multiple other video hosters implemented and need to know if I could also give the users the allowance to use youtube videos.
Until recently it sounded like any commercial use of the YouTube API needs written approv
Prohibited ActionsFor specific policies in the following list that require YouTube's prior written approval, you can request that approval at this form.You and your API Clients must not, and must not encourage, enable, or require others to: sell, purchase, lease, lend, convey, redistribute, or sublicense all or any portion of YouTube API Services, including YouTube audiovisual content; sell YouTube API Services or access to any components of YouTube API Services unless you obtain YouTube's prior written approval; sell advertising, sponsorships, or promotions that are placed on or within YouTube audiovisual content or the YouTube player without YouTube's prior written approval; or sell advertising, sponsorships, or promotions on any page or screen that contains YouTube API Data unless other data, content, or material not obtained from YouTube appears on the same page and offers enough independent value to justify such sales if the YouTube API Data were removed.Permitted ActionsAll of the following commercial use cases are permitted subject to your and Your API Clients’ compliance with all other terms of the Agreement, including the prohibited actions detailed in the previous section: Selling an API Client; Promoting your own business or artistic enterprise by uploading original audiovisual content to YouTube or maintaining channel(s) on YouTube; Developing ad-enabled API Clients, such as an ad-enabled blog or website, that use YouTube API Services subject to compliance with all other terms of the Agreement, including the restrictions in section III.G.1.d; Placing your own branding in an API Client as long as that branding complies with the YouTube Branding Guidelines and does not interfere with YouTube audiovisual content playback or any YouTube Brand Features; Selling or distributing devices that contain or run an API Client;This now sounds to me as if my usecase would be ok. Does anyone know if this is the case? Otherwise, where do I get YouTube's written approval from?