Myra Elvira’s Terms of Usage
[Last Edited: March 10th, 2023]
I didn’t think that I would have to do this, but after some strange encounters, I believe creating this is necessary. My YouTube channel, blog posts, and other branches thereof, are for informational and educational purposes; entertainment not necessary. My projects, which can be blog posts, videos, or any other medium are my own creations, that I’ve created on my own. Whether I am reading literature, talking about history, true crime, or whatever else, each of the projects consists of my own person, most commonly represented through my voice. Blog posts, PDFs, and other writings are researched by me, Myra Elvira, and written by no-one else. These works are my own, I do not take anyone’s works and claim them as such, and neither should you.
Under the common “Fair Use” policy, which can be read on google, the use of copyright protected material under certain circumstances is allowed, without the permission of a copyright holder. Common examples of this are “react” videos, youtube poops, and clips from other videos or movies, used as a source in the main video. With reading books, this is a bit of a grey area, as I can read a book on my channel, and because I am using my own voice, it can be seen as a transformative work. Some of you may feel this way, as I have seen many comments about how the way I read, can bring stories to life (which I really appreciate). That said, if I’ve read a copyrighted work, technically, a holder could potentially still have it taken down. I have no problem with this, though the grey area of this issue is complex, and perplexing.
As for myself, and my own content, which is written by myself; or the literature readings that are considered public domain, I don’t condone any uploads online, youtube or otherwise, that do not credit what I’ve done. I just want to be credited for what I do, and it’s very annoying not to see that in the other channels that have blatantly downloaded my content at times, and uploaded them on other places. Just credit me. That’s all I ask. Place it in the description box, a pinned comment, or what have you. I just want to be credited. Many people still don’t seem to realize that it is me reading the content on my youtube channel, mainly the books. That voice you hear in every Myra Elvira video is mine. Myra Elvira’s.
I don’t think that many people understand the work it takes to read, or edit the videos I do. I’m not asking for pity or sympathy, just understanding and compassion. I am a one man team. I’m the social media manager, the voice over, the writer, video editor, and researcher. All of this is done by me. Always has, and at this point, I think it always will. I’m a perfectionist when it comes to the writings, and really can’t trust anyone to find all of the information I do. The only way I can hope to explain the length of time it takes to create everything I do, is to take every video, especially the book readings, and multiply it by two. Those 1 hour videos can take 2 hours to edit and process. The 10 hour ones, absolutely take 20. I just want to illustrate the point, that it takes a lot of my time to do what I do. So if someone doesn’t want to credit me, and re-uploads my content, everything I do is just a faceless video, misleading others who don’t know better.
I am, on the other hand, okay with archival purposes. A lot of what I do is focused on archiving, especially the books I have read which are public domain, no longer in print, at risk of being lost to history, and/or in copyright limbo due to things like an author’s death, and no sign of a current owner (See: Paul Watkins’ book). Once again, I just ask that you ask me to re-upload my content, if you decide to do so. I do not give permission to make money off my content, even if I allow for it to be re-uploaded elsewhere. I understand that you might want to have a database for such content, as some subjects I've gone over are very popular.
If you wish to archive my videos, or simply just want the files for your own, feel free to contact me by email. I am open to responding to any emails from anybody, even if it’s just a simple hello.
[ myraelvirablog@gmail.com ]
I allow my videos to be downloaded for the sake of personal use. If you wish to have the content on your computer, or whatever else, go wild. Videos are allowed to be downloaded, and used as sources for educational usage. I have gotten comments that some of my material has helped others in their classes, even being used for their essays and such. That is great! I am fully okay with this, and had actually hoped that one day, it would be how some people used it!
Educators, students (college or otherwise), are fully okay to download, edit, react, source, cite, and anything else of the like, my content. All PDFs, blog posts, and various other writings are also allowed to be used, for personal and educational purposes. Writings are of course okay to be cited in essays, books, blog posts, and the like. I write everything in an informal version of the Chicago format essay. I try to provide the PDF in links to blogs, and on my patreon, which is free. You can cite the blog posts or patreon posts, which is perfectly fine.
Of course, there are multiple ways to cite the works of somebody, like MLA, APA, and Chicago. According to citationmachine.net, the ways to cite a PDF in MLA would be:
-Change the medium description to “PDF download”. To cite a PDF available to view online, change the location description to the URL leading to the PDF.
[MLA]
For example: Hardin, Myra Elvira. The Tale of Acid Bath, 2022. Internet Archive, archive.org/details/acid-bath-band. PDF Download
MLA is strange, and I don’t really like it, but that’s about as accurate as it seems to be. The format is based off of a chegg video posted on 10/22/22.
[APA]
I’m going with a guide from centralpenn.edu as the reference ofr this. According to the, pdf’s would be cited like this:
Surname, Initials. (Date of Publication). Title of Document. Site name (if different from author). Url the pdf came from
Example: Hardin, M. (2022). The Tale of Acid Bath. Internet Archive. Archive.org/details/acid-bath-band
If possible, use the url that takes the reader to the pdf directly, otherwise, use the url of the site/post that it came from. The sites I use are typically patreon, tumblr, and archive.org. Tumblr doesn’t have pdf file hosting, so most links will be from the other two sources, most likely archive.org.
[Chicago]
According to owl-purdue, they state that electronic books, and books consulted online are cited exactly like their printed peers, with the addition of media at the end. Stable page numbers aren’t always available in electronic formats, so you can include the number of the chapter, section, or other easily recognizable locator.
Footnote version: 1. Myra Elvira Hardin, The Tale of Acid Bath (Internet Archive, 2022) archive.org/details/acid-bath-band. Pdf
Book version: Hardin, Myra Elvira. The Tale of Acid Bath. Internet Archive, 2022. Archive.org/details/acid-bath-band. Pdf
I won’t be including the city of this citation, it’s pointless for what I do anyway.
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That would he the most accurate way to cite anything I’ve written, and posted online. I’ll try to provide a citation at the end of my writings when possible. If you don’t feel like doing it manually, then I recommend a site like easy bib to do it for you. That’s what I used when I was in school.
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[ Citing the videos themselves ]
[MLA]
“Title of Video” youtube, uploaded by screen name, day month year, url.
Example: “The Tale of Acid Bath” youtube, uploaded by Myra Elvira, September 3, 2022, url.
[APA]
Person who uploaded video. (Date of Publication). Title of Video [Video]. Youtube. Url
Example: Myra Elvira. (September 3 2022). The Tale of Acid Bath [Video] Youtube. Url
[Chicago]
Footnote version: 1. First name, surname, “Title of Web page”, name of site, Publishing organization, publication or revision date, access date if no other data is available, url.
Example: 1. Myra Elvira, “The Tale of Acid Bath”, youtube, September 3, 2022, url
Book entry: Surname, First name, “Title of Web page”. Name of website. Publishing organization, publication or revision date. Access date if none other available. Url
Example: Hardin, Myra Elvira, “The Tale of Acid Bath”. Youtube. September 3, 2022. Url
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If you wish to download any files of mine, they are typically located on patreon and archive.org. I will provide zip or rar files that you can use, which can later be extracted. If possible, I will try to have more of my videos archived, at least, the more historically interesting ones. I will upload a thumbnail, if I have one, that comes with the videos. In 2021, I had a hard drive crash, and I don’t have the thumbnails to the old content.
I’m not perfect, so I might miss things, or forget a thing or two. If there is a video or thumbnail you would like, feel free to email me. It would be a lot easier to download any files or videos from me, and any place I archive my work. The video files are usually huge, thanks to the lossless audio. With compressed zip and rar files, it shouldn’t take an entire day to download anything of mine.
I have seen my videos on other channels, and honestly don’t know why these people would rip off the videos, probably using a sketchy site that would jack up your computer. Considering the size of the files on my own computer, I don’t seriously don’t know why someone would try to download the uncompressed videos in their entirety. Some videos are huge, some are “little”. The biggest file so far is the “Child of Satan, Child of God” master video. It’s 68 gigs on my computer. Some videos can be 1 gig, or half of one, but it still takes up space. I honestly can’t fathom why someone would download the hours-long videos! Save your internet, save your cpu, and just go with the archived versions.
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As of right now, that seems to be it! I’m sure that we’ll encounter something dumb along the way, where I’ll eventually have to update these rules. As of right now, I just want to keep it simple.
[DONT]
-Upload my content to pay sites, link it using spam links/scammy trackers/and anything that grifts a person ❌
-Act like my content is your own. Please credit me. Link my channel, tumblr, patreon, something. ❌
-Fry your computer trying to download the files, mainly the videos, from a shady website. Go check the archive, or email me directly. ❌
-DONT BE STUPID!!!
[DO]
-Ask if you’re unsure ✅
-Feel free to use my content for educational, personal, and/or FAIR USE, purposes. These are fine. âś…
-Ask for permission if you wish to upload something of mine. I will only allow this for true archival purposes. Email me for permission. âś…
EMAIL: myraelvirablog@gmail.com
[SOURCES]
Owl Purdue MLA
Owl Purdue Chicago
Politics.UCSC.EDU
Chegg video
Berkeley College
Central Penn.EDU
Citation Machine
Owl Purdue APA
Google Support