User blog comment:Mfaizsyahmi/YouTube Networks - Explaination on what SocialBlade, Believe and Farolatino are doing/@comment-2078726-20120823154302

Well, I can not say exactly how the partnership mechanic works on Youtube (since I am not one), but my theory is that partners can only monetize videos that are definitely theirs (through some form of verification process). For example, I attempted to monetize a video that hadn't been claimed yet by CF or anyone else, however they asked me to verify I owned it, which I have no way of knowing to where to even begin that process.