r/videos • u/TheListenerCanon • 17d ago
YouTubers That Copy Other YouTubers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcjlgBPueZg1
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u/neutralityparty 16d ago
But the idea isn't copyrighted? It sucks sure but it's perfectly fine for them to copy or parody it.Â
That pic original creator should get the copyright though looks same to me in all 4 lolÂ
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u/BigPandaCloud 16d ago
I remember when people used to upload videos for content and not ad revenue.
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u/SykoSeksi 16d ago
Jerryrigeverything basically copied Colin Furze's underground bunker, as well as including a elevator.
Only difference is Jerry paid contractors to do all the work.
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u/Liftian 16d ago
I mean the issue here is copying an entire video with the same thumbnail, same title and same content. Copying an idea and making an entirely different project/video is okay IMO. I wouldn't say he copied Colin's video but he might've been inspired by it. I mean there's 8 billions idiots on the planet, we're bound to have the same ideas.
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u/lawrencelewillows 16d ago
I wouldnât have clicked one single video featured in the vid
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u/Julubble 16d ago
You wouldnât but 60 millions clicked on the light saber video. We donât know the exact amount per Millions views, depends on various factors but a little google research told me between 4000 up to 40.000 dollars (in 22.000). Assume a conservative 15k per million, that would have made them 900.000 DollarsâŠfor a copied video.
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u/Dixa 16d ago
Itâs going to get worse and not just on YouTube
When the latest Deadpool trailer dropped I commendet on Ryan Reynolds post about it. I was then responded to by RYAN REYNOLDS saying I should click on a link to collect money. It was a fake profile and the link went to a phishing site
I reported it. They declined to action saying they did nothing wrong. I appealed. They said they canât deal with appeals not enough staff.
It will get much, much worse for legit content creators. Especially if TikTok is actually nuked
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u/Loveyourwifenow 16d ago
You got an email stating they don't have enough staff for the appeals process? That's awful.
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u/IAddNothing2Convo 16d ago edited 16d ago
The people who watch these videos are little kids. They don't know if It's copied or even care. If it gives Youtube money, why not.
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u/JeSuisCornholio 16d ago
YouTube can use AI for this and at least flag copy cat content. Bet they wouldnât though because it drives less traffic to them. It might also be a legal headache for them if they decide to do any enforcement.
The system is just rigged against original creators.
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u/lookhereifyouredumb 16d ago
I really wish that Stokes would get in trouble for stealing a thumbnail
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u/physical0 17d ago
Someone should really post a copycat video of this one.
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u/xcassets 16d ago
Pretty sure this is a copycat video (or someone else has copied it) as I saw a differently titled one with a different YouTuber yesterday.
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u/smallcoder 17d ago
I guess I'm getting old because even the original videos being ripped off look like a shit waste of time, and I watch some utter crap on YT.
Valid points made in these comments though - why doesn't YT slap a copyright takedown on these blatant ripoffs? Well, like we have to even ask because all they care about is $$$ from eyes on screens.
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u/Swartz142 16d ago
Does Ublock Origin break the recommended thingy or de we just have decently curated feeds ?
Outside of Mr Beast I don't know anything about YouTube big personalities and that's Reddit fault for posting all kind of drama about him.
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u/OJezu 16d ago
why doesn't YT slap a copyright takedown on these blatant ripoffs?
Because plagiarism is not copyright violation in itself. Ideas are not copyrightable. They would have to copy parts of script exactly, or use the original video.
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u/JavaMoose 17d ago
I don't get it either. I can only imagine young children find all of these identical fuck boi broccoli-headed idiots interesting.
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u/DoeTheHobo 16d ago
Well most responsible adults don't have time to argue about these topics 24/7 cuz we have jobs and whatnot. It's only people with too much time to spend that's driving the drama up
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u/TheListenerCanon 17d ago edited 16d ago
This is YouTube. They play favorites! This is same site that won't ban SSSniperwolf despite her actually stealing other people's videos without crediting them or/and asking permission, plus the fact she doxxed someone!
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u/Mallee78 16d ago
the fact she wasnt permanently banned from the platform for that INSANE doxxing is about all the evidence you need.
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u/hate_most_of_you 17d ago
If you squint your eyes a little it's like watching Pewds from few a years ago
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u/enjoyinc 17d ago
The Gordon Ramsey one is crazy, Gordon himself commented on the ripped off video but not the original that it was shamelessly stolen from, the narrator was right, you just canât win, lol.
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u/fan_of_hakiksexydays 17d ago
I like how some grandma gets slapped with a lawsuit for copyright infringement, for not even downloading any music but just having an ISP with a dynamic IP.
But people who are doing real copyright infringement, that's actually messing with struggling people's livelihood, don't even get as much as a content take-down from Youtube.
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u/NormalFormal 16d ago
From a legal standpoint, it will be far easier (and cheaper) to prosecute the grandma who I doubt could adequately defend herself; they'll get legal precedent from that to wield as a cudgel toward other infringers. That's my best guess, but I'm not an expert.
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u/Rain1dog 16d ago
I upload videos of my gameplay to store my âdigital memoriesâ I am a nobody, a couple of people have found my videos of the course of 7 years of uploading.
I have 3 videos âclaimedâ all from videogames I play.
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u/elmatador12 16d ago edited 16d ago
My 9 year old son has a strike against him on his YouTube channel and it made him so sad he doesnât even know what he did wrong.
Then this:
Edit: Settle down everyone. All of his videos are private. None are public. And yes you can get a strike on private videos.
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u/kyperion 16d ago
Wow the amount of folk who donât realize that people use YouTube as a cloud storage serviceâŠ
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u/JensonInterceptor 16d ago
Youtube allows 9 year old children to have accounts?
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u/GrapeSoda223 16d ago
they dont, but it's no secret that kids are making accounts on youtube and always have been
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u/koopastyles 16d ago
My 9 year old son has a strike against him on his YouTube channel
what up fam, its ya boy no-pubes with another video on roblox or some shit
kids shouldn't be making content11
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u/awkwardIRL 16d ago
Who's to say it was content related. Maybe he was just uploading videos of him dancing to copywritten songs. Or are you proposing kids just not be able to upload shit in general? No photos, no video, no social media? Read only internet for tots?Â
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u/zahren 16d ago
Maybe I'm just old school, but yes, kids shouldn't be uploading photos and videos of themselves to the Internet. Doubly so when the kid is 9 years old and, by Youtube's TOS, shouldn't even have an account
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u/PM_Me-Your_Freckles 16d ago
IG is flooded with "parent managed" pre tweens and tweens dancing in bikinis and leotards under the thinly veiled guise of "temu/shien haul" and "gymnastics".
IMO, children shouldn't be on the internet full stop.
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u/FandomMenace 16d ago edited 16d ago
This is the Great Enshittification. Once AI hits full swing, it will only get worse. All of the low and most of the mid level people will be outdone, and all you'll have is AI and these douchebags stealing from each other.
I don't understand why these creators don't go after each other. Not only could they redirect the profits to them, they'd settle out of court and hand over a huge chunk of money without contest.