I still need to know if I should post my animations on Youtube! Please help!?

I already know about automatic copyrights, paying for a copyright isn't exactly necessary.

But my dad doesn't want me to post my cartoons on youtube. Even though I told him about automatic copyrights, and the fact that you can mail a copy to yourself, and once it gets stamped at the post office, it counts as a publishing date.

Also, when I was really young, I entered a story in a writing contest and won! But I didn't have to pay for a copyright!

I know you should listen to your parents, but I seriously want to share my cartoons on youtube!

So, now I'm not sure if I should sneak it, post them on youtube and not tell my dad. I know, that sounds like a horrible thing to do. Also, if my cartoon series becomes a hit (I doubt that), he might find it somewhere, although if I disable the embedding feature he can only find them on youtube and Google.I already asked 3 friends, the answers: yes, no and i dunno.

So now I dont know who else to ask. Should I? I really want to!

Even if you disable embedding, it is still very easy for people to get the animation on their site/blog/computer. If I were you I would listen to your dad, as even though there is a copyright, people usually don't listen to them.
Hope this helps,
Craig

just post them, you don' need a copywrite unless you copying someone elses characters

heres what I found out about dealing with parents. While they do have your best interests in mind they are not always right. Yet going behind their back seems wrong. So I suggest that you talk to your dad, tell him that you want to post them up and see what he says. Be assertive about it and after a while he will see that really want to do this and tell you that you can.
Thats how I talked my mom into letting me build my new computer instead of buying it pre-built.

if i were you
i would just post them.
if there is a problem with copyright
youtube will contact you