A YouTube channel with 1.4 million subscribers that posts 'fake trailers' for movies using AI will be monetized
YouTube has a large number of movie trailers and teaser videos, but in recent years, there have been cases where third parties have used AI to create fake trailers and earn advertising revenue. Deadline, a movie media outlet, has reported that two major YouTube channels that have been making a lot of money by creating fake trailers using AI have had their monetization suspended.
YouTube Turns Off Revenue On Fake Movie Trailer Channel Screen Culture
YouTube takes action against popular fake movie trailer channels
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In March 2025, Deadline reported that 'there are YouTube channels that post fake trailers made by AI on YouTube and earn a lot of advertising revenue.' These fake trailers are easy to spot, but some people can't tell them apart from the real thing. In fact, even French national television has mistaken a fake trailer for the real thing and aired it.
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Deadline reported that the reason why YouTube channels posting these fake trailers are allowed to run wild is that 'some Hollywood studios are negotiating with YouTube to give them advertising revenue in exchange for enforcing copyrights.'
However, after Deadline reported on the issue, it was discovered that two major fake trailer channels, Screen Culture with 1.4 million subscribers and KH Studio with over 680,000 subscribers, had been demonetized.
YouTube's monetization policy requires that if a creator borrows material from a third party, they must make significant changes to make it their own, and its misinformation policy also prohibits content that has been technically manipulated or altered to mislead users.
When Deadline reached out to the operator of the fake trailer channel for comment, a representative from KH Studio claimed that the channel's intention was not to mislead viewers, but to entertain them with 'what if' ideas.
'I've run KH Studio full time for over three years and poured my all into it. It's a devilish decision and it pains me to see it classified as 'misleading content.' My goal has always been to explore creative possibilities, never to mislead people into thinking it's an actual trailer,' he said.
Meanwhile, Screen Culture had not responded at the time of writing.
Deadline also asked YouTube how its algorithm boosts the ranking of fake trailers and why Screen Culture's videos appear above official trailers in search results, but YouTube declined to answer.
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