The TL;DR is that they've released a lot of marketing speak which raises more questions than it answers and as far as I'm aware there's been zero consultation on this. 1) Tax changes. It isn't clear if Udemy are offering a kind of support service to help people manage tax, or if they are forcing everybody to go through their system. "You’ll go through a guided flow facilitated by a dedicated tax platform called Comply Exchange, to identify and submit whatever form is appropriate based on your circumstances. " Compulsory or not? My business is perfectly capable of mangaging its own tax affairs and is and will remain compliant. 2) Piracy. On the face of it this sounds like they're making it easier to flag pirated content. The worrying clause here is "giving Udemy authority to act as a copyright agent for your courses", I haven't let that phrase digest yet. Is this authority granted if we want to file a copyright complaint, or are we all expected to sign away this authority be default? 3) On the face of it is sounds like if your course is in UFB, it can't be anywhere else. But the list of exemptions suggest you can host it anywhere, as long as its own your own website or a third party. Ie, anywhere. Based on my quick and slightly panicked reading, it's possible that all 3 of these updates are aimed at taking control away from instructors, but I hope someone from Udemy will be along to assure me I'm wrong and the update was just sloppily written.
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