# \[youtube\] how they do this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Social Media Marketing\ **Created:** [April 8, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/youtube-how-they-do-this/40722 "2018-04-08T17:28:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![typhone](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@typhone](https://mpsocial.com/u/typhone)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/youtube-how-they-do-this/40722/1 "2018-04-08T17:28:12Z")
I found some videos on youtube under their description showing this additional infos > **[Screenshot](https://prnt.sc/j2ju5r)** > > Captured with Lightshot when I click on “View attributions” I get redirected to the same video. any help tips are highly appreciated ---
**Author:** ![ian](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@ian](https://mpsocial.com/u/ian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/youtube-how-they-do-this/40722/2 "2018-04-08T18:21:24Z")
If the video was stolen and reuploaded by another channel, it’s probably linking to the original upload - or since it was edited with the YouTube Video Editor (as in that screenshot) it refers to the source videos used. Quote: > Commonly this occurs if they have used the YouTube Video Editor to edit a video, clicking on the View Attributions would show you the source videos that were used to edit that particular video together. In this case clicking on the link doesn’t show any sources so the uploader may have deleted them or made them unlisted or private. Or do you mean credits? [Creator updates - YouTube Help](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6057492) ---
**Author:** ![lazerlight](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@lazerlight](https://mpsocial.com/u/lazerlight)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/youtube-how-they-do-this/40722/3 "2018-04-08T18:36:12Z")
> [@ian](#): > > Commonly this occurs if they have used the YouTube Video Editor to edit a video, clicking on the View Attributions would show you the source videos that were used to edit that particular video together. In this case clicking on the link doesn’t show any sources so the uploader may have deleted them or made them unlisted or private. I found the same info when I googled this, but I don’t think it’s accurate. As far as I remember, none of the videos I edited with the video editor ever got the “view attribution” link. Besides, the attribution link shows up in other videos too. For example: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWA2pjMjpBs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWA2pjMjpBs) ---
**Author:** ![ian](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@ian](https://mpsocial.com/u/ian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/youtube-how-they-do-this/40722/4 "2018-04-08T18:47:46Z")
What source video was used, I think is probably the cause. If it was all original content uploaded, then there’s nothing to attribute, in theory. In that Rihanna video my guess it’s they’re crediting VEVO (from the way it looks) for copyright/monetization tracking, because her channel doesn’t look like it’s an official VEVO one whereas most artists that upload them are “ArtistVEVO” or whatever. A lot of her other videos on there don’t have any extra attribution, so maybe it’s just them claiming it incorrectly. ---
**Author:** ![typhone](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@typhone](https://mpsocial.com/u/typhone)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/youtube-how-they-do-this/40722/5 "2018-04-08T19:24:06Z")
I’ve figured it out, when a video edited by Video editor it refers to the original video, but in my case the original video was private this is why I was confused. thanks guys