When you become incredibly successful over YouTube 2 2
and you start making a lot of money, 3 3
people are gonna come after you. 4 4
It's just human nature. It's awful. 5 5
It is what it is. 6 6
And so, once you start generating a significant 7 7
amount of revenue from YouTube ads 8 8
or other YouTube-related resources, please, 9 9
please register your company name. 10 10
Now I'm not a lawyer, but what you can do is 11 11
you can go to legalzoom.com and do research there, 12 12
and talk to a lawyer for 30 bucks for a half hour call. 13 13
I'm not affiliated with any product or brand, 14 14
I don't get compensated for ever mentioning that stuff, 15 15
but I care. 16 16
I care, and this is a little side note here, 17 17
but when I was younger, 18 18
I think I was seven or eight-years-old, 19 19
I lived in Mississauga, Canada. 20 20
And that's where I am right now by the way, 21 21
I'm walking in the forest by my parents' apartment here, 22 22
by University of Toronto Erindale branch. 23 23
But when I grew up in Mississauga, 24 24
I remember one day I came home 25 25
and our next door neighbors, 26 26
the kids were about my age and my older brother Jamie's age, 27 27
and they were sitting on the front porch, 28 28
and it was cold. 29 29
It was Canada. It was the winter. 30 30
And I said to them, "What's going on? 31 31
"Why are you in short sleeves? 32 32
"Why don't you go inside? 33 33
"Why don't you come to our house?" 34 34
And they said, "We can't get in." 35 35
And I said, "What do you mean, you can't get in? 36 36
"Just open the door." 37 37
And I walked over, and I looked through the door, 38 38
and I get chills just thinking about this, 39 39
but the locks were changed and there was a big piece 40 40
of paper taped between both doors in the front door 41 41
with a star, a sheriff's star. 42 42
And what happened was the person that owned that house, 43 43
that had those wonderful kids, 44 44
he didn't register his company name. 45 45
And what happened was there was a lawsuit 46 46
and he couldn't pay back the loan, 47 47
and the bank took away his house. 48 48
And so you can avoid that, and again, I'm not a lawyer. 49 49
Talk to a real lawyer, please. 50 50
And if you are a lawyer, I'm so sorry. 51 51
Unless you're a civil rights lawyer, then I love you. 52 52
But if you make a lot of money from your YouTube videos, 53 53
or any company, for that matter, 54 54
please talk to a lawyer. 55 55
Make sure you register it, 56 56
otherwise you're doing a disservice to your children, 57 57
and your spouse, and yourself. 58 58
Thank you.