Overview

• YouTube has removed Screen Trailers and Royal Trailer from its Partner Program, cutting off their ad revenue streams.
• This action targets alternative accounts linked to Screen Culture and KH Studio, previously demonetized in March 2025.
• The crackdown follows a Deadline investigation exposing the scale and sophistication of AI-generated fake trailers that mimic official marketing materials.
• Hollywood studios like Warner Bros. Discovery and Sony had previously claimed ad revenue on such content, drawing criticism from SAG-AFTRA for undermining creative integrity.
• YouTube's updated policies now prohibit monetization of misleading, AI-manipulated content that misrepresents major movie intellectual property.