Suing YouTube’s Science Scammers

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  • Опубликовано: 1 янв 2024
  • Earlier this year, I highlighted what I saw as a growing crisis: a glut of “science” spam and scam channels on RUclips that use the veneer of science - and copyrighted footage - for views and ad revenue. It got a tremendous response. What's next? Actually suing content thieves.
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  • @kylehill
    @kylehill  5 месяцев назад +7015

    *UPDATE: At the time of this comment Future Unity -- the channel that stole all my dog video -- HAS MADE ALL THE VIDEOS ON THEIR CHANNEL PRIVATE, TRYING TO WEATHER THE STORM.* Thanks for watching, and thanks to Brandon at Viral DRM: viraldrm.com/ and the BBC: ruclips.net/video/ojjn9T_fuUw/видео.html

    • @interstellarsurfer
      @interstellarsurfer 5 месяцев назад +54

      Don't even know when you're getting trolled.

    • @toastedbutter9760
      @toastedbutter9760 5 месяцев назад +75

      great video kyle
      could you put the bbc link in desc?

    • @kylehill
      @kylehill  5 месяцев назад +457

      by a single email or by the channels stealing my footage? @@interstellarsurfer

    • @RoyalTSC2
      @RoyalTSC2 5 месяцев назад +91

      You missed censoring a slur on the message at 2:57 beginning with K

    • @MiggerPlease
      @MiggerPlease 5 месяцев назад +15

      ​@@RoyalTSC2what?

  • @nichiyobi_dome
    @nichiyobi_dome 5 месяцев назад +9132

    Hiding dislikes was the biggest mistake RUclips made.

    • @blooddumpster3427
      @blooddumpster3427 5 месяцев назад +263

      you can re-enable them with an add-on

    • @OllieWales
      @OllieWales 5 месяцев назад +897

      They did it because one of their rewinds got a crazy amount of dislikes and I think some companies like EA and Activision were upset that everyone could see how much people hated their games

    • @redhothchilipeppers6299
      @redhothchilipeppers6299 5 месяцев назад +403

      @@OllieWalesIt was also due to Biden getting downvoted to oblivion on RUclips and the White House couldn’t have that of course 🙄

    • @ohio2584
      @ohio2584 5 месяцев назад

      that is NOT the reason my man​@@redhothchilipeppers6299

    • @handsomedevil7072
      @handsomedevil7072 5 месяцев назад +170

      They have chosen short term profit over longevity.

  • @kevindetrick2991
    @kevindetrick2991 5 месяцев назад +2326

    My dad is super affected by those channels. I love physics, mathematics, and quatum physics, so it really hurts my heart when my own dad says something insanely and actually impossible

    • @Sammysapphira
      @Sammysapphira 5 месяцев назад +330

      Lots of older folks fall for this stuff. I see it every day, it's really sad.

    • @kevindetrick2991
      @kevindetrick2991 5 месяцев назад +201

      ​@@Sammysapphiraya I know my dad use to be a computer programmer and builder back in 90s and early 2000s he was really nerdy and smart til he seen some fake astrophysics talking about things that won't or couldn't happen.

    • @kevindetrick2991
      @kevindetrick2991 5 месяцев назад +45

      Also love your videos Kyle been watching you for years and you definitely help me understand my autism and science curiosity alot more then any science creator

    • @nebarrera
      @nebarrera 5 месяцев назад +116

      Same here, my dad is convinced that all his illnesses are related to solar flares he heard about on these "science" channels...:(

    • @alex.g7317
      @alex.g7317 5 месяцев назад +22

      I think it’s pretty easy to distinguish the good and the bad ones. Honestly the thumbnails & titles are dead give-aways.

  • @beaudure01
    @beaudure01 4 месяца назад +760

    It's astounding to me that the music industry is so efficient at shutting down legitimate music analysis videos with small excerpts and yet people can simply rip off entire videos in other genres.

    • @617au
      @617au 4 месяца назад +30

      videos are much much complex to analyse than a sound. just a size-wise - compare size in Mb of a 3 minutes video file with 3 minutes sounds file.
      this is not a magic, after all, it all algorithms: first of all it costs them money to run such detection, so they won't bother unless forced to.

    • @kikixchannel
      @kikixchannel 4 месяца назад

      @@617au Actually, a piece of software to analyze the image to see that it's nearly the same is hardly different from a piece of software that does the same with sound. The file size here doesn't really matter at all.
      These programs also exist already. And in fact...they are already used. That's how big blockbuster movies are being protected.
      The differences are two. Analyzing video may take a fair bit more computing power (there are 'tricks' that can minimize this increase) being one. The fact that RUclips just doesn't care is two.
      You see, for the software to find infringing content, it needs to know what content is being infringed on. For music, it's the music industry reaching out to RUclips and providing them with the content to compare videos soundtracks with. Those are then added to the database and the AI looks for them. Movie companies sometimes also do it for their videos.
      But RUclips does NOT do it for the videos uploaded onto it. That means that you content creators don't have their own videos added to the list of content that is to be protected. It's as simple as that. It's probably unfeasible technically to scan all of it with how many videos are released daily in the first place, but it could be done on a smaller scale, with parts of the videos of the more popular RUclipsr's at least and random bits and piece from anyone with at least a few thousandths of viewers.

    • @MatEnAlks
      @MatEnAlks 4 месяца назад +46

      It's because music industry is ruled by such insanely powerful and greedy Molochs that most people would just give up to them. Not really comparable to individual people getting their work stolen. Also Molochs abuse how easy it is to detect a song in a video while ignoring the context of how it is used. Money is power and they have a lot of money. Also RUclips despite trying to milk as much money as possible from videos and subscribtions, they don't seem to hire any real human beings, and it feels like everything is operated by bots. If they cared in the slightest, we would never have an epidemic of cancer-inducing spam channels and videos that Salvadore Dali would consider masterpieces of surrealist art

    • @Keepskatin
      @Keepskatin 4 месяца назад +14

      AI will be used for bad more than good, unfortunately

    • @superpossum78
      @superpossum78 4 месяца назад +1

      Money

  • @megan00b8
    @megan00b8 4 месяца назад +200

    Isn't it sad how any smaller creator uses a 2 second audio clip from an obscure movie from 1967 and a large company that owns the rights to the movie will claim all ad revenue immediately upon upload, but when the small content creator is being blatantly ripped off by scammers it takes a leg, a firstborn, and a nuclear holocaust of a small nation to get RUclips to act at all?

  • @theCodyReeder
    @theCodyReeder 5 месяцев назад +8141

    The video of floating an anvil in mercury that I made has got reuploaded countless times mostly cut short and with text saying how it supposedly disproves gravity. One on Facebook had over 60 million views and I think all together the views on those videos exceed the total number of views on my RUclips channel.
    I send copyright strikes when I find them but it's like playing wackomol.

    • @devinward461
      @devinward461 5 месяцев назад +295

      That must be infuriating

    • @witchy90210
      @witchy90210 5 месяцев назад +489

      Its really stupid, and i find kind of weird, that when people file false claims and strikes they often win or cause the insane amount of trouble, but when someone files a legitamate claim for legitamate reasons, then its slow and unproductive.

    • @nefariousyawn
      @nefariousyawn 5 месяцев назад +177

      Moving on, spray paint a stencil of your name on everything you own like Diresta does.

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar 5 месяцев назад +156

      And if the platforms really wanted to fix the issue, they could easily do so by auto-registering and auto validating every video as part of the upload process.
      If their algorithm can track and auto block harsh language in the comments, they can make it track and auto flag plagiarism too.

    • @gavinjenkins899
      @gavinjenkins899 5 месяцев назад +61

      Don't worry, I attribute my knowledge that gravity is a lie to YOU, not THEM! You get full credit in my newly awakened mind ;)

  • @cyhx
    @cyhx 5 месяцев назад +7976

    Its getting harder to parse science videos with text-to-speech and plagiarism flooding the results. Glad you did something serious about it.

    • @arisusanchez
      @arisusanchez 5 месяцев назад +127

      or "ai" generated voices

    • @Kepora1
      @Kepora1 5 месяцев назад +175

      And it harms genuine creators who make videos using the text-to-speech as their gimmick/an artistic choice, too.

    • @Unethical.Dodgson
      @Unethical.Dodgson 5 месяцев назад +5

      Agreed

    • @K9V1
      @K9V1 5 месяцев назад +113

      This is gonna destroy RUclips in the long run, I think. I am so sick of those lazy AI channels that I am sure are completely operated by AI, or at least with very little help from real people.

    • @amanawolf9166
      @amanawolf9166 5 месяцев назад +115

      Anymore, I find that to be a major turnoff. The moment I hear an AI generated voice, I'm 90% likely to X out/close out the video.

  • @laurachacon3278
    @laurachacon3278 4 месяца назад +145

    I used to watch Riddle videos to fall asleep, not realizing the damage that those channels are doing to the community. Thanks for speaking up and raising awareness of the negative impact and misinformation.

  • @SabineHossenfelder
    @SabineHossenfelder 5 месяцев назад +1271

    Kyle, thanks for taking this on. I was literally just yesterday talking about this with someone on my team. I've got to say it's maddening to see how much money these people are making from the work of others.

    • @intuitivediane
      @intuitivediane 5 месяцев назад +23

      It’s awful. There should also be an option that people can click ‘copy content’ and allow us to put the original link in the report button.

    • @RichConnerGMN
      @RichConnerGMN 5 месяцев назад +49

      didn't you release like a 40 minute misinformation video about autism after being heavily criticized for a 30 minute misinformation video about trans people?

    • @joshuapatrick682
      @joshuapatrick682 5 месяцев назад +6

      You legit monetize the research, lives and creativity of others. That’s what RUclips as a whole is. Hypocrite…

    • @FuckingChrisKupina
      @FuckingChrisKupina 5 месяцев назад +24

      @@joshuapatrick682 That is completely different. Sabine went to school, performed experiments, and paid her dues. THESE PEOPLE DID NOT, and neither did you. You're in a fallacy.

    • @georgelupascu5488
      @georgelupascu5488 5 месяцев назад

      Aren't you the scientist who said that men can get pregnant? 😂🤡

  • @Daniel-qy9mb
    @Daniel-qy9mb 5 месяцев назад +1386

    Did anyone else notice this issue popped up when RUclips took our thumbs down button? It really helped us figure out which videos were not worth our time…

    • @drewt1717
      @drewt1717 5 месяцев назад +179

      It was an issue long before then, but I agree it has gotten worse since then.

    • @ehhhhhhhhhh
      @ehhhhhhhhhh 5 месяцев назад +29

      Not true. RUclips has had low effort videos for its entire history, not just recently.

    • @thegurw1994
      @thegurw1994 5 месяцев назад +159

      ​@@ehhhhhhhhhhbut you could see at a glance what videos were shit

    • @josholt61
      @josholt61 5 месяцев назад +35

      My thumbs down button just so happens to be the same as the report button. Weird how that happens.

    • @TiredBirb490
      @TiredBirb490 5 месяцев назад +53

      @@ehhhhhhhhhh they didn’t say those videos didn’t exist, just that it was easier to tell which ones were low quality

  • @kylehill
    @kylehill  5 месяцев назад +1797

    I am aware of the weird blur box for the first minute of the video - I had to emergency blur something in that horrible email and RUclips added another one. Thankfully it didn't cover my hair. Thanks.

    • @DarthDungus
      @DarthDungus 5 месяцев назад +162

      RUclips may not be able to stop scammers and bots, but good to see that they know better than to try messing with the hair!

    • @badgercode
      @badgercode 5 месяцев назад +74

      We all know you're actually trying to hide the secret sauce formula, which you accidentally left in the corner of the video.

    • @no-lifenoah7861
      @no-lifenoah7861 5 месяцев назад +38

      The hair is safe, that's the most important part.

    • @Dueada
      @Dueada 5 месяцев назад +33

      It would be a shame to blur those luscious locks

    • @StealthTheFoxz
      @StealthTheFoxz 5 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@badgercode Have you glanced the formula yet?

  • @Nixlplix
    @Nixlplix 5 месяцев назад +14

    The fake science channels p*ss me off. I'm glad someone is trying to do something about it.

  • @TwoBitDaVinci
    @TwoBitDaVinci 5 месяцев назад +49

    Kyle you're an absolute Legend! You've really started something here... Let's Hope this get's RUclips's Attention!

  • @CDour
    @CDour 5 месяцев назад +372

    RUclips's failure to effectively moderate this spam is the reason why I almost exclusively stick to my subscription feed. YouTubs Shorts, in particular, are a cesspool of stolen videos and AI spam.

    • @hawkeye7527
      @hawkeye7527 5 месяцев назад +14

      I don't let RUclips keep my watch history. As a result, I get no shorts recommended to me. Subscriptions only.

    • @Big_Red1
      @Big_Red1 5 месяцев назад

      @@hawkeye7527 I found a extension that hides the shorts tab and turns any short I do watch into a regular video. Highly recommend.

    • @daaaaaaanny
      @daaaaaaanny 5 месяцев назад +7

      It's crazy because RUclips shorts barely even make any money so all the mass produced garbage, even the ones with millions upon millions of views, have probably only made a couple thousand in total

    • @loveableheathen7441
      @loveableheathen7441 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@daaaaaaannyThat’s not entirely true. Channels are heavily incentivized to create shorts to the point where smaller or mid size channels who cannot afford to churn out shorts are suffering.

    • @YeeLeeHaw
      @YeeLeeHaw 5 месяцев назад

      @@daaaaaaanny They wouldn't do it if they didn't get a lot. Posting shorts also helps you getting higher rankings for your normal videos.

  • @cliftonjames785
    @cliftonjames785 5 месяцев назад +676

    I hate how strict youtube has gotten with things that shouldn't be restricted but they turn away from real problems like this.
    Edit: Also on a completely unrelated note, I hate how now whenever you search for something on youtube, you're bombarded with completely unrelated videos or videos you've already watched

    • @Fallout3131
      @Fallout3131 5 месяцев назад +66

      Yup. RUclips is part of the problem

    • @peterd9698
      @peterd9698 5 месяцев назад

      @@Fallout3131 Social media poses massive risks. Is there any organisation or movement actually proposing workable strategies to fix it?
      This scamming stuff is bad.. but worse, social media provides effective ways to interfere with democratic elections (eg bots funded by authoritarian nations and billionaires) and undermine free speech (because social media corporations now have a virtual monopoly on speech that they can censor invisibly since technically they are private platforms and not bound to free speech laws)

    • @spacekitt.n
      @spacekitt.n 5 месяцев назад +61

      its all about the money. youtube makes money off these spam channels

    • @menjolno
      @menjolno 5 месяцев назад

      Those are not real problems. Stop taking down science channels. Your logic: "if I get hurt, others must too"

    • @logicalmusicman5081
      @logicalmusicman5081 5 месяцев назад +8

      Agreed. Restricting the other stuff doesn't hurt the advertising money. Just free speech. And youtube hates free.

  • @Ellwood420
    @Ellwood420 5 месяцев назад +36

    There was something like the 5 min crafts debunked by 'how to cook that' that went really deep into trying to link multiple channels together and reporting them. Her finding was that these channels all make RUclips tons and tons of money, so they're less inclined to take them down.

  • @BryceDixonDev
    @BryceDixonDev 5 месяцев назад +21

    It's insane to me that the same copyright systems on RUclips are so broken that obvious spam and content theft is able to skirt around regulation while genuine creators can get their entire online presence eradicated by false claims.

  • @wanderlustintrovert
    @wanderlustintrovert 5 месяцев назад +712

    "Calling out scammers" is one of my favorite youtube genres. But its also incredibly sad to see how big this problem is. Imagine the kind of money these people are making. And AI makes all of it even more profitable.

    • @totallydougie9386
      @totallydougie9386 5 месяцев назад +28

      It's going to be wild when "calling out scammer" are made by scammers.

    • @bzuidgeest
      @bzuidgeest 5 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@totallydougie9386you think that doesn't happen already?😂

    • @OlivierCaron
      @OlivierCaron 5 месяцев назад +7

      Soon we'll have scammers making AI scambaiting videos.

    • @davidbeppler3032
      @davidbeppler3032 5 месяцев назад

      RUclips is selling stolen goods. That is illegal.

    • @nvelsen1975
      @nvelsen1975 5 месяцев назад +9

      @@totallydougie9386
      "Hi, I'm Sanjeev with the Thick Accent and I totally live in Texas. Today I wanted to call out this Indian scammer...."

  • @MrHardfoot
    @MrHardfoot 5 месяцев назад +959

    Man, that channel that emailed Kyle was like "Oh, so you're mad at us for being a low-effort content farm? Well you should know that we're also horrible garbage humans as well."

    • @tomd96
      @tomd96 5 месяцев назад +59

      All of them are. They're literally pirating content and making money from it.
      There's way too many people trying to get past copyright measures by mirroring the videos they steal and putting obnoxious music over it.
      Things like TV shows and netflix series that they've obviously pirated and edited.
      Straight up ripped content from youtubers, podcasts, movies, etc.
      It's problematic for youtube in terms of rampant copyright infringement, too.

    • @Tinil0
      @Tinil0 5 месяцев назад +2

      Everyone who does that shit is a complete sociopath. Hopefully they get what's coming to them.

    • @lexa2310
      @lexa2310 5 месяцев назад +48

      It read like the speech that indian scam-caller held when he got return-scamed😂
      All narcissistic and panicked hate-speech.

    • @wea69420
      @wea69420 5 месяцев назад +35

      ​@@tomd96just an addendum - this isn't piracy, this is plagiarism. Accessing content without paying is a completely different action (both factually and morally IMO) than passing others' work as your own.

    • @alexgaudette988
      @alexgaudette988 5 месяцев назад

      Imagine being proud of producing garbage instead of quality content

  • @montylc2001
    @montylc2001 5 месяцев назад +22

    Thank you for addressing this. I myself have reported many a channel for misinformation and downright lies. It's disgusting and disturbing that youtube even allows them to be aired.

    • @uptop377
      @uptop377 4 месяца назад +2

      RUclips is on their side. They generate hundreds of millions of views which in turn make them money. They will never take actions unless they are forced to do so. Given the vast scope of these operations this giant game of whack a mole. Even if entire channel gets taken down since these are made by ai, more can simply pop up.

  • @NikkiTrudelle
    @NikkiTrudelle 4 месяца назад +20

    This is so needed, thanks for starting this intervention on scientific content from these horrible thieves and those who would promote misinformation. I’ve been noticing this for years too and I’m so glad so many others have too and realize the harm it can do on so many levels.

  • @Sierra2S9
    @Sierra2S9 5 месяцев назад +595

    Only way you can get a company like RUclips to do anything about this is if you can make their inaction cost them money.

    • @lastanetaarion
      @lastanetaarion 5 месяцев назад +15

      Interesting point. Wonder if it was pointed in a court during one of Virals cases how would they react that real creators lost money because of spam and stolen content on those fake channels made yt money 🤔👍.

    • @pimpXBT
      @pimpXBT 5 месяцев назад +13

      100% they are a business, creators can quabble within themselves they dont care like the gov lol. Make them lose money and its ez money xD

    • @ld2048
      @ld2048 5 месяцев назад +2

      boycott youtube

    • @USSAnimeNCC-
      @USSAnimeNCC- 4 месяца назад +6

      Ah capitalism working as intended and misinformation is going around because of profits

    • @billybob7135
      @billybob7135 4 месяца назад +3

      ​@@USSAnimeNCC-Capitalism is about competition. Considering how RUclips became the most popular video site was the result of them being better than others, then more capitalism is actually the solution.

  • @PredaBoon
    @PredaBoon 5 месяцев назад +280

    The problem is made worse with youtube gutting their search function where you can only get 12 direct results followed by a sea of "recommendations" that aren't related to your search. So only these channels pop up at the start.

    • @bryces9951
      @bryces9951 5 месяцев назад +36

      That literally makes channels and videos almost unaccesable unless you get really lucky or specifically look for them which is impossible if you don't know they exist. That is craziness and renders the entire platform broken doesn't it? More need to know this and hopefully change it.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 5 месяцев назад +23

      Huh, no wonder i have felt the search is absolute ass

    • @VintageMemory
      @VintageMemory 5 месяцев назад +31

      It's so annoying. I don't want recommendations, I want what I effing searched for.

    • @voodoobunny13
      @voodoobunny13 5 месяцев назад +20

      Wow, this explains soooo much.
      I'll search "bonsai technique" videos for my plants and get about 12 videos related to that search, but then 13 videos and beyond it'll be stuff like "huge pimple popping!" And I'm just like, ".....no. No, that is not what I searched for at all and not what I want to see. Why is this here?"
      It now makes sense why that dumb shit keeps happening. Thank you.

    • @thegreatestfallout1794
      @thegreatestfallout1794 5 месяцев назад +13

      I'm tired of all this algorithm bs. I want what I searched for. I want to watch who I'm subscribed to. I don't care about all the TikTok slop that's being reposted here. If I'm looking up something specific, I don't want recommended videos from my watch history. Can we also stop recommending the same 20 videos over and over again? I got tired of watching them the third time.

  • @SuperPhunThyme9
    @SuperPhunThyme9 3 месяца назад +5

    It takes some actual bravery to take this stuff on.
    People need to understand that it's a real risk to one's career and status to go after a machine like this. Same today as in the past.
    My respects brother.🙏 You're a man among men in my opinion.
    I'll be sure to put this work into my daily life-calling out this junk anywhere I ever see it.

  • @coachdubz7533
    @coachdubz7533 4 месяца назад +16

    I notice Future Unity which has 912k followers, now has 0 content. Good job Kyle, Brandon and co!

  • @mattgibbia2692
    @mattgibbia2692 5 месяцев назад +677

    Great to see RUclips is responding to this...by doing basically nothing. Very on brand for them

    • @ValTek_Armory
      @ValTek_Armory 5 месяцев назад +31

      Why would they? These channels generate revenue for them

    • @MahkyVmedia1
      @MahkyVmedia1 5 месяцев назад +15

      ​@@ValTek_Armoryright and RUclips is just a business

    • @LegendStormcrow
      @LegendStormcrow 5 месяцев назад +11

      Well, on brand would be another adocalypse and punishing the normal creators and users instead of the guilty.

    • @jojolafrite90
      @jojolafrite90 5 месяцев назад +7

      I bet the "NFT enthusiast" CEO, since a few years, is also a fan of all that making HIM more money.

    • @djpickle68
      @djpickle68 5 месяцев назад +14

      You can't even block a channel anymore...

  • @Sol_Invictus_
    @Sol_Invictus_ 5 месяцев назад +458

    It sucks that RUclips is complicit in this by allowing all the AI generated ads they run

    • @MellowMutated
      @MellowMutated 5 месяцев назад +4

      Fr

    • @wrench5692
      @wrench5692 5 месяцев назад +31

      The Joe Rogan scam going around with that “$6,500 subsidy you didn’t hear about” bull. It’s on TikTok, X, Instagram l, fucking everywhere

    • @the0ne809
      @the0ne809 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@wrench5692half of RUclips ads are literally scams. Some dude trying to sell you a course on how to make tens of per week by creating some AI RUclips channel and a few hundred people subscribe. Others are selling real estate fake deals or some tutorial about making millions from Amazon by working 1 hour a week.

    • @everettputerbaugh3996
      @everettputerbaugh3996 5 месяцев назад +8

      Just like AOL and kiddie porn a couple of decades ago -- RUclips profits from this behavior. I don't think that there is a government agency that has the resources to take this on. Perhaps some government needs to profit from convictions...

    • @Superabound2
      @Superabound2 5 месяцев назад

      Remember when RUclips banned hundreds of right leaning RUclipsrs during the Adpocalypse because the fascist corporations didn't want to be associated with people who told uncomfortable truths, but now NOBODY in charge at RUclips has any problem whatsoever with 90% of ads being AI generated scams

  • @afourtrackmind
    @afourtrackmind 5 месяцев назад +7

    RUclips needs to add a “stolen content” function to the reporting part.
    Thanks for pointing this issue out. I’ve become more proactive pointing out the stolen stuff that out there.

    • @ProIncidentInciter
      @ProIncidentInciter 4 месяца назад +1

      Instead, they make AN ENTIRE STEAL THIS COMMENT TO MAKE A VIDEO BUTTON.

  • @to33x
    @to33x 4 месяца назад +13

    Thanks for all your genuine hard work!

  • @whatdamath
    @whatdamath 5 месяцев назад +688

    After watching this, I've officially decided to grow my hair and beard out...for scientific reasons

    • @woodenpints
      @woodenpints 5 месяцев назад +42

      Kyle and his mane looks glorious, and you could too, dear Anton. The hard part is getting past the part where you look in the mirror and hate yourself, or if it's too itchy: just push through this for the ultimate glory.

    • @tempestive1
      @tempestive1 5 месяцев назад +20

      Antoooon ❤
      I highly reccommend that scientific pursuit 😁

    • @supabass4003
      @supabass4003 5 месяцев назад +12

      let er rip anton

    • @wjbt3
      @wjbt3 5 месяцев назад +2

      Gotta grow out the ball hair too, and get sponsored by manscaped \m/

    • @mrkrunch4340
      @mrkrunch4340 5 месяцев назад +11

      Hello wonderful person! I look forward to seeing your new styles in future videos!

  • @tmc8195
    @tmc8195 5 месяцев назад +407

    A scary sentence I remember hearing is “Trust will be broken so many times that it will bankrupt the World Wide Web for good.”

    • @krusher74
      @krusher74 5 месяцев назад +35

      Yep , we have maybe a couple of years left before the internet is ruined by AI content.

    • @sportyeight7769
      @sportyeight7769 5 месяцев назад

      To be honest, since i dunno maybe around 2017-2019, i don't even brows the net the same way. Google results are just shit and i can't find anything relevent except ads or just fake information. we've gone back to good ol internet pre-google where you needed to know the good site already and note them.

    • @spacebassist
      @spacebassist 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@krusher74"but AI is a tool" is the new "you're a FUDDer". I just realised. It's the same condescending and ignorant line for a technology that's only proven itself to be quite harmful and the scams for AI started up right as the nft saga finally died
      Except this time the people excited for its future just want to use it for easy creation, as if they'll be more approved than anyone else when everyone can make an animation with one prompt.
      Insecure crypto kiddies really will take a threat to everyone's jobs and the worth of creation just to feel special for 5 seconds

    • @KnabTheGoblin
      @KnabTheGoblin 5 месяцев назад +21

      "A Lie can travel the world in the time it takes the Truth to put it's shoes on."

    • @tondriasanders6306
      @tondriasanders6306 5 месяцев назад +1

      I’m already there for the most part. I only have a few creators and websites I still trust.

  • @joshuadaugherty5548
    @joshuadaugherty5548 4 месяца назад +5

    I'm so glad this is happening. I know many people who use these channels not knowing that it's all stolen and in some instances just wrong.

  • @samburke5789
    @samburke5789 2 месяца назад +4

    It's funny how restricrively hard-core RUclips can be with established big media copyrighted content - but does not give sh** about its own creators...

    • @waza3350
      @waza3350 2 месяца назад

      Not true, RUclips put a blind eye on the infrigment of big corporation content as much as for small individuals content.

  • @jamesrivera4015
    @jamesrivera4015 5 месяцев назад +165

    RUclips should be liable for this issue. Putting all the responsibility on a shitty copyright system thats abused both ways clearly shows this. Its ridiculous that bots are left to the individual to deal with.

    • @geko2867
      @geko2867 5 месяцев назад +19

      Content thief farms can dodge very justified copyright claims and rich people (mostly companies) can copyright claim any video that says anything remotely negative about them.

    • @sharimeline3077
      @sharimeline3077 5 месяцев назад +1

      Abused both ways? Which both ways? A legit youtuber is not abusing the system to try and take down scammers that steal their content.

    • @Hydros92
      @Hydros92 5 месяцев назад +22

      @@sharimeline3077 they're talking about all the deliberately false copystrikes against people to silence them

    • @_Cloun
      @_Cloun 5 месяцев назад

      RUclips - owned by google (who is much more evil than you think) only cares about Money. They will NEVER take ANY responsibility if they can help it

    • @Temperans
      @Temperans 5 месяцев назад +2

      If youtube was liable then site would shut down as well as all other sites that host content.
      The reason why hosting sites can work is exactly because they are not liable for what users post. Copyright strike system is their way of automating a federal requirement.

  • @ragemalachi
    @ragemalachi 5 месяцев назад +308

    The sad part about the RUclips copyright strikes system is that it also gets abused by these scammers to attack small channels that they themselves rip off. That being said, getting these groups taken down, especially now with people being algorithmically guided to these stolen videos along with misinformation videos, would be a net positive.

    • @Nogardtist
      @Nogardtist 5 месяцев назад +9

      yeah its a common problem
      what youtube does to prevent it
      and its absolutely nothing

    • @ChrisS-oo6fl
      @ChrisS-oo6fl 5 месяцев назад +10

      It also gets abused by groups like those featured in this video. They usually grow, become more aggressive, use bad automation and begin striking creators working well within the guidelines of fair use. You can literally hear the distain in both voices when they discussed any use of footage. That’s equally pathetic as the straight thief’s and plagiarizers.

    • @DrachenGothik666
      @DrachenGothik666 5 месяцев назад

      I think of it like an ecosystem & it's evolving. These scammers are evolving to prey on those they think of as weaker than they are. It's disgusting & repulsive. We just have to evolve ways to combat them.

    • @violintegral
      @violintegral 5 месяцев назад +1

      The RUclips copyright striking system is entirely fucked up and needs to be reworked

  • @lillyenovis15
    @lillyenovis15 2 месяца назад +3

    Thank you for fighting the spam and scammers, misinformation is painfully rampant and it causes breathtaking harm to society and truth

  • @kiajimundi
    @kiajimundi 4 месяца назад +2

    I've recently chatted with my friends about this issue. I've been wanting to make RUclips videos, but the proliferation of these scammers make me seriously doubt if the effort would be worth it. I'm glad that there are people doing something about this. This warms my heart. Thank you. You have a new subscriber, that's for sure.

    • @Keepskatin
      @Keepskatin 4 месяца назад

      Unfortunately, once you put anything online,it is easy to copy it, and misuse it. Many immoral people in the world, and that's not changing

  • @MedlifeCrisis
    @MedlifeCrisis 5 месяцев назад +662

    Thank you Kyle (and viral DRM), I’ve also been keenly watching this space and share all your concerns; it is only going to get worse. Your efforts are sincerely appreciated by the creator community.

    • @tomaccino
      @tomaccino 5 месяцев назад +6

      Hi, doc!

    • @canidaeSynapse
      @canidaeSynapse 5 месяцев назад +7

      The man, the myth, the legend!

    • @Groaznic
      @Groaznic 5 месяцев назад +5

      Hi, your channel is awesome!

    • @Enonymouse_
      @Enonymouse_ 5 месяцев назад

      One other aspect used by spammers and suspect channels is looping of content to keep people who aren't paying attention to keep watching. No amount of user complaints seems to be enough.

  • @austinmitchell2652
    @austinmitchell2652 5 месяцев назад +697

    I'm used to hearing the YT copyright system discussed from perspective of "I used fair use footage from a TV show in my video essay and copyright strikes are threatening to destroy my channel". It's very interesting to hear it discussed in this scenario. Best of luck in the crusade against fake content!

    • @araonthedrake4049
      @araonthedrake4049 5 месяцев назад +136

      It's almost as if the system is so poorly designed that in practice it's useless regardless of who is in the right.

    • @jetfirexx
      @jetfirexx 5 месяцев назад +26

      Channel Awesome has a lot to answer for with people's misunderstanding of fair use after their campaign a few years ago. It just muddies the entire conversation that's already murky enough since nothing has been tested in court yet

    • @toolbaggers
      @toolbaggers 5 месяцев назад +8

      Anything made, hosted or narrated by SIMON WHISTLER should be reported as SPAM.

    • @stevenmtaylor21
      @stevenmtaylor21 5 месяцев назад

      @@jetfirexx H3H3 lawsuit tested the waters and H3H3 won.

    • @justins8802
      @justins8802 5 месяцев назад +7

      Yeah, there are a lot of creators out there who are well-meaning but don’t understand copyright and fair use nearly well enough.

  • @Simon2d3d
    @Simon2d3d 5 месяцев назад +10

    Thanks for doing this, these channels anger my senses of justice and educational standards.

  • @westleyrowe6998
    @westleyrowe6998 5 месяцев назад +10

    It’s actually insane how bad this is getting man. Can’t trust anything these days but thanks to you I know what too look for! Thanks for fighting the good fight man!

  • @tornado5783
    @tornado5783 5 месяцев назад +264

    RUclips shorts is also plagued with spam/ai generated stolen content. Absolute cancer to society. Thanks for bringing awareness to this rising issue.

    • @chrisholdread174
      @chrisholdread174 5 месяцев назад +14

      Absolute cancer is spot on. They're RUclips's version of tiktok which is an even bigger cancer. And it infuriates me that good reputable channels participate in shorts and toks

    • @Ebiko
      @Ebiko 5 месяцев назад +2

      Just hit the don't recommend channel button.
      The problem will be gone for you pretty quickly.
      Issue is, only for you.
      Not everyone .

    • @RickHowell89
      @RickHowell89 5 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@chrisholdread174The creators are almost forced into doing shorts here because RUclips, the last time I read on it, requires it from creators to get their content promoted more.

    • @sihamhamda47
      @sihamhamda47 5 месяцев назад

      And even worst when you search "how to get popular on youtube" right now, almost 90% of the tutorials showing on the top search results right now are about "hacking the algorithm with AI automated contents" which are so unfair

    • @Dovenchiko
      @Dovenchiko 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@RickHowell89 It's not a requirement but it's a necessity if you want your content to be in front of anyone. Because shorts are 1 min max, you could "advertise" your channel for free and get lots of subs and views quickly which is the nature of these endlessly scrolling things. However, youtube meddled with it and made the push from shorts extremely high combined with the natural funneling that shorts do made shorts weighted extremely heavily. At this point it's basically channel suicide to not create shorts despite the audiences of certain channels saying no or not caring.

  • @michrain5872
    @michrain5872 5 месяцев назад +706

    RUclips simply has lost control of what they host in their platform. Even YTKids is plagued with potentially harmful content for kids! This is infuriating to see. I truly hope something can be done about this. We need more channels like yours, thank you for existing :D

    • @RandomGuy-qc8ml
      @RandomGuy-qc8ml 5 месяцев назад

      true. there are actual softcore hentai on ytkids app

    • @k0bra3eak40
      @k0bra3eak40 5 месяцев назад +65

      Yeah science is just one facet, the far right anti-science conspiracy holes are dangerously easy to fall into due to how powerful the algorithm is.

    • @JohnSmith-fl6qd
      @JohnSmith-fl6qd 5 месяцев назад +18

      ​@@k0bra3eak40Far right? You sound like a far left 😅

    • @dm9910
      @dm9910 5 месяцев назад

      @@JohnSmith-fl6qd if you genuinely think the far right (up to and including neo-Nazis) don't have a presence on yt then you're either blind or too far down the pipeline to recognize it

    • @nattythepanda4692
      @nattythepanda4692 5 месяцев назад

      @@JohnSmith-fl6qd Yeah, far right! It is pretty much fact now that the vast majority of conspiracy theories, from flat-earth to anti-vax is pretty much 99% full of americans who are conservatives/far-right.

  • @78dentedhead
    @78dentedhead Месяц назад

    Thanks for the effort you put in Kyle. I can usually spot and ignore the spam/scam channels, but I see how easy it'd be to take them at face value. Keep up the awesome work, both in your own science educating, and taking down these scumbags.

  • @juniousnorris
    @juniousnorris 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you guys for everything that you do. I'm glad to see these entities facing consequences.

  • @Subzero_RaptorHalo13
    @Subzero_RaptorHalo13 5 месяцев назад +1142

    Thanks for taking action against them. How they're still up is beyond me :/

    • @cjxgraphics
      @cjxgraphics 5 месяцев назад +115

      Answer: RUclips likes money.

    • @leandervr
      @leandervr 5 месяцев назад +89

      The short answer is google not giving a single f*** about it as long it generates add revenue.

    • @janemary8339
      @janemary8339 5 месяцев назад +14

      @@leandervr Like the guy in that e-mail said 2:56... He had some good points unfortunately (minus all the reducted swearing).

    • @cocolove9916
      @cocolove9916 5 месяцев назад +6

      Exactly it’s so annoying I constantly block them. And they still come up!

    • @williammullinax6130
      @williammullinax6130 5 месяцев назад +4

      Money

  • @sunla
    @sunla 5 месяцев назад +176

    This is happening to artists, too. We're all going through it. We are so, so tired of it.

    • @sharimeline3077
      @sharimeline3077 5 месяцев назад +14

      It's happening to every kind of channel that has any kind of following. You name it, any popular subject, and tons of channels are having their content stolen in that genre. So depressing.

    • @strayingwill
      @strayingwill 5 месяцев назад +15

      And in the case of music youtubers, they will get immediately blasted with copyright strikes when they use popular music to illustrate an example.
      The system is so broken.

    • @gentleken7864
      @gentleken7864 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@strayingwill Humans are incredible beings. Something will start out with good intentions by humans, and as it grows, it slowly gets polluted and destroyed by other humans looking to exploit and push the boundaries. It happens to almost anything that makes money. Like Christopher Hitchen's last words, 'Capitalism, downfall'. Problem is, I don't think humans have really got started on this yet. It's going to get much much worse.

    • @stefthorman8548
      @stefthorman8548 5 месяцев назад

      Seems like you're facing becomeing obsolete ​@@gentleken7864

  • @RyGuy13
    @RyGuy13 5 месяцев назад +6

    This is insane how wide reaching this is. I hope this endeavor sees some success.

  • @Wahooney
    @Wahooney 4 месяца назад +2

    I've had Google suggest Future Unity to me for months, I had to explicitly block it from recommendations.

  • @LendriMujina
    @LendriMujina 5 месяцев назад +597

    As long as RUclips itself benefits from this, they're going to drag their feet and stand in the way. It's good to know that groups like Viral DRM are starting to go after them.

    • @warrensteel9954
      @warrensteel9954 5 месяцев назад +13

      If RUclips only cares about the money, then maybe it's time to go after the advertising that's shown alongside these videos. If enough companies pull their advertising, it might make a difference.🤷‍♂️

    • @tommeliusbthaprofit6157
      @tommeliusbthaprofit6157 5 месяцев назад +4

      I look back on the era of RUclips where people like H3H3 made copyright strikes less serious for channels and cringe at all the damage it did

    • @MellowMutated
      @MellowMutated 5 месяцев назад

      Right

    • @SealFormulaMaster
      @SealFormulaMaster 5 месяцев назад

      @@warrensteel9954 While this is a solution, I'd like to remind you of Elsagate. If you don't know what that was, there's plenty of videos explaining it, but the aftermath of it are still felt to this day, like the infamous yellow dollar sign. Tons of creators, not just bad actors, were and still are affected. So let me ask you this. If an adpocalypse 5.0 happened (And yes, there have been 4 so far, with the recent being in 2019) and the effects of this adpocalypse prevented creators like Kylie from talking about certain subjects because they need an abundance of caution, would that be a tradeoff you'd be willing to accept? Because like it or not, there are videos people simply won't make because it's a risk, even if the video would classify as news.

    • @bunnywar
      @bunnywar 5 месяцев назад +3

      Given they're parent company's pro slavery stance, it's not surprising that they'd support similar minded channels

  • @dromioak
    @dromioak 5 месяцев назад +91

    How can a copyright system be so bad it only benefits spammers and corporate copyright abusers

    • @menjolno
      @menjolno 5 месяцев назад

      They are not spammers.

    • @krusher74
      @krusher74 5 месяцев назад +9

      720,000 hours (82 years) of video are uploaded every day to RUclips. you think they can police that? maybe AI will in the future.

    • @piglin469
      @piglin469 5 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@krusher74 huh despite its faults the system is doing good when policing that much contebt

    • @anecro
      @anecro 5 месяцев назад

      @@krusher74 Doesn't matter. They have a platform they have to look after. Instead of doing all the useless updates they do (which admittedly have slowed down and improved since 2020, it was REALLY bad before that) they should focus in involving the staff more. Volunteering programs with benefits? Something? Something that doesn't rely on current implementation of AI that is 110% of the time failing at recognizing something like fair use content?
      To me it seems they're not doing the bare minimum sometimes, cause every time I hear about a copyright problem RUclips seems to never take the right action, it always has to blow up and go public. You'd think at least a small percentage of such issues would be solved before the creator(s) have to address it publicly because nobody at RUclips is taking a look despite action taking place once the problem becomes loud enough. Excuse them all you want, but at the end of the day it's a platform that is failing at keeping its users safe every way I look.
      And to mention this too, the one time I had an issue with one of my videos and an impersonating scumbag that's hitting more people than me, I had no choice but to eat up the strikes because I'm not big enough for them to care and I don't have the power to contact them via Twitter and be noticed. I also lack any connection to an actual person working at RUclips, so no luck for me, if someone wants me removed I will be because RUclips doesn't work. Maybe the system shouldn't rely on both sides being nice, reasonable people that can solve their problems with talking, because no one fucking is and more often than not one side won't change its mind no matter what because they're gaining something else by being malicious.
      The problem and what I'm asking isn't even related to the human factor, the system they have in place is deeply and obviously flawed but they're never taking steps to improve on it. So like the original commenter said, yeah, it's so bad only the bad actors win. Source: any video on the topic ever. Has nothing to do with the volume of content and everything to do with the lazy, slow crawl in improving anything that has become the staple of this platform.

    • @tiziank.6975
      @tiziank.6975 5 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@menjolno They are

  • @maxxlindley9425
    @maxxlindley9425 Месяц назад +1

    this is one of the best videos i've ever seen on this subject. Thanks for all the details. This problem is also on network tv broadcasts. Producing anything is expensive and you better protect it

  • @gnakzor
    @gnakzor 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for the effort you put into tackling this issue.

  • @EJaDav
    @EJaDav 5 месяцев назад +185

    8:53 If I had a nickel for every time the RUclips copyright system had screwed over a channel that didn’t deserve it and never gave any consequences to the ones that deserve it I’d be rich.

    • @aciep.4687
      @aciep.4687 5 месяцев назад +11

      At thia point you'd only need pennies per time and you'll still end up rich😂

    • @Travminer123
      @Travminer123 5 месяцев назад

      bruh u would be in the billions

    • @FleshWizard69420
      @FleshWizard69420 5 месяцев назад +2

      richest human alive speedrun any%

  • @ltpinecone
    @ltpinecone 5 месяцев назад +4

    RUclips when it should be helping us out by removing these scam channels: nah RUclips punishing creators for being truthful about things like history: yeah

    • @GhostSamaritan
      @GhostSamaritan Месяц назад

      If they don't steal footage, they have just as much right to exist as creepypasta channels or any other kind of fiction.

  • @2steve2
    @2steve2 4 месяца назад

    The work that everyone is doing on this subject is soooo important thank you.

  • @BudgiePanic
    @BudgiePanic 5 месяцев назад +137

    The worst is when you accidentally click on one of these slop videos, and the algorithm pumps you with more and more slop content. It’s hard to get out of it

    • @menjolno
      @menjolno 5 месяцев назад

      yeah like kyle hill videos

    • @sparella
      @sparella 5 месяцев назад +14

      ​@@menjolnowhich youre engaging with, further encouraging the algo to show more Kyle Hill. Great idea.😂

    • @ScotttheCyborg
      @ScotttheCyborg 5 месяцев назад +1

      That's why I turned my history off. Just because I look at one or two videos on something doesn't mean I want to be inundated by it. I looked at a couple of music videos in incognito mode not signed in and that's almost all I see on the feed now, because it's using my IP address as a tracker.

    • @menjolno
      @menjolno 5 месяцев назад

      @@sparella kyle hill bad

    • @theunknowman12
      @theunknowman12 5 месяцев назад +3

      @astatalan i see you're one of the scammer. How about you go and make meaningfull videos and not scam bs

  • @iWerli
    @iWerli 5 месяцев назад +210

    I'm not a content creator but I am a business owner and I've had people take my product images and create fake stores/pages acting like they're selling my products but they just scam people. I know exactly how these fellas feel lol

    • @Bellezzasolo
      @Bellezzasolo 5 месяцев назад +8

      I tend to just upload dashcam footage from my bike rides. Still, I did have a copyright incident when I recognised a piece of my footage on twitter... I was like "wtaf".
      Turned out it had been downloaded and sent to a driving instruction channel, which users viewer clips.
      Obviously there is a fair use argument, but not without attribution! But it was resolved amicably.

    • @sarshrimp1476
      @sarshrimp1476 5 месяцев назад +2

      When I shop for things I do a search for the image to see how many sites are using the same photo and then research to figure out the real vendor. It shouldn't be so hard to not get scammed.

    • @ferdinand12390
      @ferdinand12390 5 месяцев назад +3

      it´s happening a lot on fb, specially with AI generated ""products""

    • @LadyEden1337
      @LadyEden1337 5 месяцев назад

      it happens to people doing limited edition/limited drop plushies too. it happened to The Click, where you have all of these companies making knock-off plushies (that are obviously knock-offs), they get reported, get shut down for a while, then they pop up again under a different name. he talked about it on a previous livestream of him playing Fall Guys, and he was like, "WTF?"
      man, there are so many people who are looking to make a quick buck off of someone else's hard work. it sucks! 😮‍💨

    • @nvelsen1975
      @nvelsen1975 5 месяцев назад +3

      I've had an entire report stolen and copypasted in large part, that someone used to file a permit application. I worked for the first owner who got a permit, but then died so it was sold on to that guy, who just copied it and filed it himself.
      The guy fell through when the civil servant who had to judge it recognized my work and e-mailed with a question about 'my new project' and admonishing me for not filing it through my usual business account.

  • @Sibylite
    @Sibylite 5 месяцев назад +1

    Honestly, this make me somewhat happy that someone found this happening. It also means the science communicator niche on here isn't oversaturated. Thank you Kyle from someone that just started in the Planetary/Earth/Climate Science niche. Seriously.

  • @rebeccahoyle7374
    @rebeccahoyle7374 4 месяца назад

    This is really important to see, I do see a lot of scam content especially on other platforms as well and so many people fall for it.

  • @vikkipink1288
    @vikkipink1288 5 месяцев назад +457

    This isn’t the only platform with this problem. It’s a huge problem on TikTok as well with just so most absurd fake content paired with imagery ripped from other places without credit. I’m so glad you’re speaking out against this issue 💜

    • @WxChasing
      @WxChasing 5 месяцев назад +21

      Yes, I am not trying to single out youtube because all the platforms similar. The speed in which artists are being eliminated is mind blowing.

    • @j-bob_oreo
      @j-bob_oreo 5 месяцев назад +12

      tiktok is just toxic as a whole

    • @zensamurai6582
      @zensamurai6582 5 месяцев назад

      TikTok is for morons, it is exactly what is wrong with today's society...

    • @menjolno
      @menjolno 5 месяцев назад

      Why are you in support of DMCA? tik tok good

    • @Purged_Existence
      @Purged_Existence 5 месяцев назад

      That Chinese Government App needs to be stopped

  • @wykydrone
    @wykydrone 5 месяцев назад +258

    The thing I don't get with spammers and scammers, the anger behind getting caught and the begging and pleading. It's like they're completely unaware of their actions. Listening to those scammers on channels like KitBoga, those guys are insane when they can't get that money. The crying, screaming and then mental breakdowns, all of this because they can't trick someone. I really wish there was psychology behind this.

    • @soleraprincessgongjunim3320
      @soleraprincessgongjunim3320 5 месяцев назад +44

      probably just bc: if you're a one-trick pony, if you only know how to do one thing, then you get scared when the one thing you're good at doesn't work

    • @fourierbird
      @fourierbird 5 месяцев назад +1

      Narcissism and appealing to emotional leniency

    • @zammmerjammer
      @zammmerjammer 5 месяцев назад +46

      I used to get scam calls all the time (before caller ID was a thing). I'd get so annoyed with them and just hang up. Once a guy CALLED ME BACK all incensed that I had hung up on him. It's like I know you're a scammer, YOU knw you're a scammer, but if you call the out on it, they get so offended. I had one guy threaten to kill me because I refused to give him money or personal info.
      Basically, psychopath behaviour.

    • @makine8013
      @makine8013 4 месяца назад +11

      a lot of scammers have no other option, especially those employed in low-income countries, so spam calling may be their only current form of income. I'm not defending the guys in the video, but I think there is a better way to talk about this rather than calling people psychopaths.

    • @TheProxy2
      @TheProxy2 4 месяца назад

      @@zammmerjammer narcissistic sociopath. psychopaths wouldnt care less

  • @AriManPad8gi
    @AriManPad8gi 5 месяцев назад

    thank you for doing this. long time science nerds and seeing those channels is upsetting. you're doing a community service Kyle. TYSM

  • @btyates82
    @btyates82 5 месяцев назад

    This is one of the most worthwhile endeavors I've seen as of late. Taking money away from good, honest people and lining the pockets of lying, false flag, misinformation spreading losers that make money off of others hard work and damage society by spreading all sorts of lies and fake narratives is definitely harming the whole of humanity.

  • @brisingrdragon7573
    @brisingrdragon7573 5 месяцев назад +102

    Honestly, it's insane to me that genuinely talented and wonderful people often struggle with things like imposter syndrome and crippling self-doubt while shmucks that do jack-all feel like they're better than everyone and have all the confidence of a spoiled brat. It's like the Dunning-Kruger effect for talent.

    • @gentleken7864
      @gentleken7864 5 месяцев назад +8

      It's humans. While being a fairly advanced life form with opposable thumbs etc, we're also unbelievably sneaky, lazy, and looking to exploit any situation. Essentially, we're kind of horrible.

    • @a-blivvy-yus
      @a-blivvy-yus 5 месяцев назад +3

      What you describe as "the Dunning-Kruger effect for talent" is more properly called the Dunning-Kruger effect. It's most often used in reference to knowledge/intelligence, but it's applicable to *ANY* activity which you can learn to be skilled at. The original study included social skills, and follow-up studies have covered vast swathes of human activity and consistently found similar patterns. This is true across competitive videogames, sporting, social and acedemic pursuits, business management, and vast amounts of unrelated skillsets. If you're really good at something, you probably undervalue your expertise. If you're terrible at it but have moderate experience or minimal training, you probably view yourself as being well above average.

  • @Janzer_
    @Janzer_ 5 месяцев назад +68

    "we see a problem, and we choose to profit off of that problem" - This is our society, and the reason we are going in the direction we are overall.

    • @ElectricAlien577
      @ElectricAlien577 5 месяцев назад +3

      Capitalism😊

    • @hieronymusbutts7349
      @hieronymusbutts7349 5 месяцев назад

      For what it's worth, Marx wasn't against capitalism. He saw it as a necessary step in the transition between feudalism and socialism, and that capitalism will eventually devour itself and give away to a more egalitarian system.
      Power in the hands of the rich is an aristocracy, but it's *still* a fundamental widening of power away from the centrally imbued monarchies. The next step, according to Marx, is to then make systems that distribute that power even further towards the masses of workers rather than the capital investors. Let the capitalists build the new society, says Marx, and eventually they will run it so badly the people will beg for socialists to take it over and run it better.
      (This is the fundamental problem of the Bolsheviks and Maoism - notice how much better the CCP became at increasing quality of life by allowing some limited forms of capitalism, after Mao's disastrous attempts to turn an unindustrialised economy into a fully industrialised *and* socialised economy)

    • @stefthorman8548
      @stefthorman8548 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@hieronymusbutts7349in other words, communism is an parasite that can't build anything of its own, and has to steal/replace an premium country, "we suck at country building, so let us steal the hard work of others" and communim intrinsically means massacre, communist are very willing to kill people who don't belive In the nonsense

  • @lemmingdot
    @lemmingdot 26 дней назад +1

    RUclips will resist as long as they can, because that kind of content makes them the most money, and in turn, makes investors happy.

  • @miashinbrot8388
    @miashinbrot8388 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for doing this, and please do keep us updated.

  • @Athulryes
    @Athulryes 5 месяцев назад +340

    I worked as a Legal Operations Specialist processing copyright claims for an eCommerce company I won't name. These claims also included trademark claims and the responses... It's a nightmare working with companies that are upset, because you understand why but, the people who are causing the problem are also a nightmare.
    This also just isn't an issue specific to RUclips, this is exactly how it played out and I worked in eCommerce. The only difference is it's pictures being put on shirts, or mugs. I still remember the name of the Warner Bros and Nintendo reps because they contacted us so often.
    The reality is the people committing this will always continue doing it because RUclips, just like my company, has no financial incentive to do anything besides the bare minimum. The entire DMCA process they've established is to shift the blame from RUclips, not to actually help you or make this process easier.

    • @Badficwriter
      @Badficwriter 5 месяцев назад

      Yeah, I remember back in the day amateur artists constantly had their art stolen to use for corporate merchandise, or to advertise a site, an aggregator (like Pinterest..those pictures don't serve the original uploader), even big time movies, all because whoever got assigned the task for a graphic decided your amateur work was public domain they could use.
      Not to mention Amazon, which used to be the go to marketplace, but now everybody knows so many sellers provide false pictures of legit products, provide a few to get good reviews, then switch to a ripoff product. Eventually the reviews catch up and note that the product sent is NOT what is listed, but Amazon has gotten weirdly hostile to bad reviews. So now you are better off finding a product's home page after finding it on Amazon, then buying it off Amazon.

    • @giovane_Diaz
      @giovane_Diaz 5 месяцев назад +13

      yup, its a process designed to barely work, to not be completely pummeled in court by all the main publishers (the bread winners) being scammed, all other actors have to take the dead line until some of them becomes full goku and developed enough critical mass to be able to topple over and make the card castle rumble.
      it vaguely resembles the line we have here to complain to a public service or to a actual politician doing shady stuff. the channel is there, but god knows what waves do you need to overcome to reach the other side

    • @menjolno
      @menjolno 5 месяцев назад

      stop farming likes. don't make up stories. also, there are no spam channels

    • @MoA-Reload...
      @MoA-Reload... 5 месяцев назад +5

      Even scarier is the current set up from RUclips is far better than it used to be. The old set up was YT was the messenger delivering the notice, taking the content down as ordered and take a big step back to let you fight it out on your own regardless of how obvious an abuse of DMCA the claim could be. RUclipss own system is Content ID and that was rushed into place in order to stop DMCA's flying around nuking the entire platform as well as potentially clogging courts with the sheer volume of claims that was feared would end up coming into play. It's the non nuclear option BUT it's still heavily skewed in the claimants favour on a "guilty until proven innocent" and to make things even more hilarious, the party that decides if an appeal is upheld or refused is the claimant. There's an entire cottage industry built up around it.
      Tbf though back in the day when the DMCA hit the fan it was either bend over and cooperate fully or be squished like a bug and wiped off the face of the internet. Even as big as YT are now, they piss off the labels and studios again they could still be squished like an annoying bug.

    • @jopearson6321
      @jopearson6321 5 месяцев назад +6

      I'm going to guess Etsy, based on the rampant trademark abuse that is on the site 😅

  • @oldmanbanjo
    @oldmanbanjo 5 месяцев назад +341

    As a guy that makes my livelihood off being a narrator you've done so much to help this situation. Thanks so much dude. The reason you get VO talent defending this stuff is they're paid not as voice actors, but more as 'public sponsors' to defend the channels they work for. All the good original channels I work with have never had any issues with and never needed that. A good channel doesn't need to defend the fact it isn't a scam.

    • @bazzfromthebackground3696
      @bazzfromthebackground3696 5 месяцев назад +13

      as an aspiring VO/VA it's wild to me that anyone from the industry would defend it at all

    • @dislikebutton3887
      @dislikebutton3887 5 месяцев назад +3

      Your job will be gone in 10 years.

    • @oldmanbanjo
      @oldmanbanjo 5 месяцев назад

      So will yours :P@@dislikebutton3887

    • @oldmanbanjo
      @oldmanbanjo 5 месяцев назад

      It's a rough job. You'd be surprised what people will do when someone is offering you $250 for 10 minutes of work@@bazzfromthebackground3696

    • @emceeboogieboots1608
      @emceeboogieboots1608 5 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@dislikebutton3887Yes. Taken by Simon Whistler😂

  • @Guts240
    @Guts240 3 месяца назад +1

    I'm so glad someone is addressing this. The internet is dying,

    • @XioJN
      @XioJN 3 месяца назад

      It's not dying but changing

  • @PoliticswithPaint
    @PoliticswithPaint 5 месяцев назад +2

    11:43 People always forget about Kaliningrad :' ) I really hope RUclips finds a way to deal with these AI content farms in the long-term.

    • @TylerTMG
      @TylerTMG 4 месяца назад

      hello verified person

    • @TylerTMG
      @TylerTMG 4 месяца назад

      subbed imma watch your vids after this

  • @gregthorne4292
    @gregthorne4292 5 месяцев назад +242

    RUclips really needs a creator committee that can voice topics like this. It just seems like RUclips doesn't respond to anything before it gets blown up and they are forced to. YT is a community-driven site, it needs community representation to the company that owns it.

    • @Fallout3131
      @Fallout3131 5 месяцев назад +33

      They sure don’t seem to be a community driven site. Considering how many things they do against their creators that piss everyone off.
      Most recent example being the dislike buttons death.

    • @giovane_Diaz
      @giovane_Diaz 5 месяцев назад +10

      ​@@Fallout3131that is fine, compared to their kill of the community subtitles, whole niches on yt were left stranded by a new, worse tool to apologize for the "inconvenience"

    • @nighthawk7268
      @nighthawk7268 5 месяцев назад +6

      Sounds like a good reason for content creators to band together and basically unionize. Without their content, people wouldnt come to RUclips, and they'd lose that precious ad revenue.

    • @menjolno
      @menjolno 5 месяцев назад +1

      ironically, you wouldn't want your videos to be needing approval of a committee.

    • @LittleDanny9899
      @LittleDanny9899 5 месяцев назад +7

      @@menjolno i mean he is not asking for a committee to Approve or disaprove videos but to Voice Topics like this

  • @primalspace
    @primalspace 5 месяцев назад +277

    Man, hearing that it takes them 2 hours of research for a 10 minute video really annoys me. Thanks for doing what you're doing, Kyle!

    • @itsprobablyryan
      @itsprobablyryan 5 месяцев назад

      OMG, I love your channel!!!

    • @alexc4300
      @alexc4300 4 месяца назад +9

      Two hours?!? I reckon it would take me two weeks. At least. Awesome work.

    • @pewpin1039
      @pewpin1039 4 месяца назад +1

      @@alexc4300 I feel like this would depend a lot based on what you are making a video on. Something easy to research and find, but not having source in a nicely formatted video. Or something that barely has any sources, and you have to actually start hunting down experts in the field.

    • @kcc-karenschroniccorner9432
      @kcc-karenschroniccorner9432 4 месяца назад +5

      I’m doing a PhD in public health, specially health literacy/health communication, and it can take me 2 hours just to properly review one research paper!

    • @alexc4300
      @alexc4300 4 месяца назад +1

      @@pewpin1039 I feel that to be able to make a truly useful video, I’d have to almost become an expert on the subject, at least enough to talk coherently for ten minutes. Otherwise you’re in danger of rehashing others’ content and not adding anything to the sum of knowledge. I love content creators who, when you watch the video, you either think, “I didn’t know that,” or better, “it never occurred to me to think of space as the thing that was moving.” ;-)

  • @jniska
    @jniska 5 месяцев назад +2

    Kyle, well done - seen this coming a long time now - keep up the good work.

  • @linksbetweendrinks7032
    @linksbetweendrinks7032 5 месяцев назад +1

    The easiest and equally honest response you can give to a message/email like that is six words long:
    Your mother is disappointed in you.

  • @serenity1378
    @serenity1378 5 месяцев назад +90

    The irony that the copyright system hurts both innocent users AND real content creators. It's a double edged sword and both edges are made of turd. The only people it serves are con artists, either the scammer type, or the big business big money weaponize the rules type.

  • @ACGreviews
    @ACGreviews 5 месяцев назад +398

    Heck ya this is interesting and good work from Kyle

    • @Sci-Fi_Freak_YT
      @Sci-Fi_Freak_YT 5 месяцев назад

      Yo I love your videos 👌

    • @marklacombe2671
      @marklacombe2671 5 месяцев назад +2

      future unity deleted all their content. Still has 900k subscribers though.

  • @FerventAstronomy
    @FerventAstronomy 5 месяцев назад

    After first encountering your work on Nerdist maaaaany years ago, it’s nice to see that you’ve completed your evolution into Science Thor.

  • @jessicacamara8063
    @jessicacamara8063 2 месяца назад +1

    Why is RUclips more worried about censoring comedians jokes than dealing with actual theft like this?

  • @wootle
    @wootle 5 месяцев назад +102

    This video needs millions of views. Because what makes me mad is not just those spam nonsense channels but the fact that millions of people WATCH them and SUBSCRIBE to them and most worrying of all they BELIEVE them. The issue is only gonna get worse as AI tech advances. Thank you Kyle for doing what you do.

    • @JamesTDG
      @JamesTDG 5 месяцев назад +1

      Keep in mind that most of them are bot subscriptions

    • @rubotok3703
      @rubotok3703 5 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@JamesTDG ahh so they get a higher real viewer count by rigging the system

  • @jgassman
    @jgassman 5 месяцев назад +253

    Kyle, I get ads for the scammers that do this. There's people that advertise "Make passive income with other people's RUclips videos.." and I see them ALL the time. I love and completely support what you're doing, but it seems like the scale of this battle is Trojan-esque.

    • @sihamhamda47
      @sihamhamda47 5 месяцев назад +19

      And even more dangerous, when accidentally clicked, some of those ads redirects the viewer to an info stealer website

    • @Lynnfield3440
      @Lynnfield3440 4 месяца назад

      Use add block, it's so much better without all the scams RUclips always promotes.

    • @slobaru7094
      @slobaru7094 4 месяца назад +3

      or the dump a bottle of titos in your vehicles gas tank to get free gas lmfao. "do this simple trick to get free gas for life!"

    • @Keepskatin
      @Keepskatin 4 месяца назад +2

      RUclips doesn't care entirely, because they make money from the scammers action and the scammers feed the algorithm ☝🏾

  • @Andre_APM
    @Andre_APM 4 месяца назад +2

    It's a very bad sign when creators have to do the job RUclips should have to begin with

  • @r4coon12
    @r4coon12 5 месяцев назад

    this was an amazing video , like that’s crazy how the situation is like

  • @russellgtw
    @russellgtw 5 месяцев назад +44

    This is happening on Etsy as well, real artists are being pushed out because rich people start reselling cheap overseas products for crazy markups, this kind of thing is destroying the Internet and people's way of living

    • @betawolfhd
      @betawolfhd 5 месяцев назад +5

      This is an example of free market capitalism just so you're aware.

    • @Razor-gx2dq
      @Razor-gx2dq 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@betawolfhdfor better or worse

    • @russellgtw
      @russellgtw 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@betawolfhdoh definitely, and I'm all for it, I think my criticism of it is mainly that these sellers aren't playing fair, they break the terms, and generally engage in what amounts to consumer fraud. They claim the items are handmade, use fake identities, and outright lie about the quality of materials and where they are made. I'd say that's clearly not just fair competition. A lot of these sellers are essentially common criminals who are just under the radar of the law. I'm sure you would be furious if you purchased something for $300 that actually cost ¢50 to make...

    • @betawolfhd
      @betawolfhd 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@russellgtw I find it more upsetting that a few people can own the world, charge us for being in it, pay us a fraction of a percent of the product of our output in compensation, forcing us to have children and spend 10s to 100s of thousands of dollars for mediocre health standards. They've also changed basic needs such as housing, food and water to provide investment value over societal growth value.
      Regulations are the only to have capitalism

    • @russellgtw
      @russellgtw 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@betawolfhd agreed, I also find these things to be worse, I myself make handmade goods as the only means of income, the system we live under makes the difficulty I face even worse.

  • @bryanramer6439
    @bryanramer6439 5 месяцев назад +262

    I'm just a viewer but seeing all the fake science channels and videos is infuriating to even me. I couldn't imagine them stealing my content or hard work. I really appreciate what you're doing to try to fight this because I'm not too aware of anyone else that is addressing this issue like you have from the circle of content creators that I frequently watch. Thank you so much for what you're doing

    • @smoothbraindetainer
      @smoothbraindetainer 5 месяцев назад +8

      Hell not even just fake, but all the ones that blow the littlest discoveries out of proportion. Half the Elon Musk news channels. Matt Farrell.

    • @menjolno
      @menjolno 5 месяцев назад

      Those are not fake. Leave science channels alone

    • @py_a_thon
      @py_a_thon 5 месяцев назад +1

      One aspect of fair use as a copyright defense definitely seems to be "in good faith" as well as "used in a form that promotes criticism, critique or elevates the original content in a socially or culturally significant way".
      That is also not the exact legalese, yet it is decent laymans terminology to explain atleast the spirit of the legality.

    • @besticudcumupwith202
      @besticudcumupwith202 5 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@menjolno...😂 how many do you run?
      Is this "Mystery History"? I find your comment highly compelling.

    • @menjolno
      @menjolno 5 месяцев назад

      @@besticudcumupwith202 I don't run any. I don't need to run any to defend it

  • @kylestevens5835
    @kylestevens5835 5 месяцев назад +1

    I’m sorry you have to deal with this issue it’s the reason I’m afraid of putting my music on RUclips but thank you for the educational videos now when someone asks me a question about what my interests are I point them to the Kyle that knows and I don’t have to dumb down info so they understand because you explain everything so well we need more educators like you bro be safe and god bless!

  • @shag139
    @shag139 3 месяца назад

    Great work by both of you.

  • @F_L_U_X
    @F_L_U_X 5 месяцев назад +179

    I've been on RUclips for 17 years and I've called out so much of this BS along with other problems... It's nice to see some of the crap finally addressed.

    • @eightcoins4401
      @eightcoins4401 5 месяцев назад

      @@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat its because the inethical content farms generate ad revenue.
      Its purely motivated by greed.

  • @Gohka
    @Gohka 5 месяцев назад +105

    The thing that enrages me more than anything else about all this is RUclips's complete disregard for this happening on their platform. They have put what I imagine is in the millions of man-hours of work in to trying to make it nigh on impossible for the average person to block ads. While they clearly put close to zero work in to investigating and taking down videos/channels full of disinformation or illegal use of copyright material. They care so little that RUclipsrs are literally having to do the work for them!?
    I mean I never saw a single creator on here complain that, what I imagine was no more than, 10-20% of their viewership were using adblockers. Where as I am seeing more and more complaining about their hard work being stolen. Yet RUclips decided that adblocker was the far bigger threat and problem than literal criminals using their platform to make shed-loads of cash illegally.

    • @DaysofKnight
      @DaysofKnight 5 месяцев назад

      Why would they? Those channels bring in the dough for RUclips as well 😉 Let's not take down those channels, even though they're filled with misinformation, or fully stolen content that's obvious as shit. Because it gets those fat stacks for the higher-ups and shareholders. Because pleasing and paying them is more important. But we won't acknowledge that, no no

    • @brettwood1351
      @brettwood1351 5 месяцев назад +8

      I imagine it has something to do with the fact it would require hiring a bunch of people to do that work, which they would then have to pay, and at this point RUclips probably figures it's cheaper this way.

    • @imuni55
      @imuni55 5 месяцев назад +7

      But why would YT even care? They're getting the ad money. Only those who buy ads on YT (probably) care. And creators.

    • @ScooterinAB
      @ScooterinAB 5 месяцев назад +5

      The answer here is simple. Money. Google loses money when people use adblockers. They would also lose money if they did something about content theft because those channels make them money. That's why the are trying to die on this ad blocker hill yet doing nothing about this problem: both of those courses of action are about protecting revenue.

    • @DavidMulderOne
      @DavidMulderOne 5 месяцев назад +2

      Except Google does have a bunch of systems to at least demonetize videos that might spread disinformation and clearly those systems are not doing nothing, as lots of youtubers will publicly complain when those systems occasionally get something wrong. I am a developer, I could develop the anti-adblocking technologies by myself, that's a problem a single team of devs can easily tackle. Compare that to the copyright (and general content moderation) problem and they are probably throwing orders of magnitude more money against it and it still feels like its for naught. Not expressing myself well, but it feels like RUclips gets a lot of hate both for being too aggressive and too passive when it comes to both copyright and content moderation 😟

  • @braudhadoch3432
    @braudhadoch3432 4 месяца назад +1

    it's so sad how youtube destroyed it all with AdSense. there are more commercials on RUclips now then all Network TV

  • @GeraltOfArabia
    @GeraltOfArabia 5 месяцев назад +1

    Well done, Kyle. The work you're doing is admirable.

  • @frozendrunk
    @frozendrunk 5 месяцев назад +174

    I'm loving the increase in awareness on this with both you and HBomberGuy addressing these channels that do nothing but steal the hard work and effort of others.

    • @Wilhelm4131
      @Wilhelm4131 5 месяцев назад +3

      Hbomber guy only cares when his side gets hurt

    • @frozendrunk
      @frozendrunk 5 месяцев назад +43

      @@Wilhelm4131 the man has made multiple videos over an hour long about topics he thinks are important of games he likes. I think you're confusing a person calling out an issue they see with selfishness

    • @eyesofthecervino3366
      @eyesofthecervino3366 5 месяцев назад +25

      ​@@Wilhelm4131
      What do you mean, "His side?" Are you mad about him calling out leftwing channels for stealing content?

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 5 месяцев назад +22

      @@eyesofthecervino3366 He's mad that Hbomb is left wing and makes fun of right wing reactionaries.

    • @eyesofthecervino3366
      @eyesofthecervino3366 5 месяцев назад +14

      @@hedgehog3180
      Yeah, I know. The hypocrisy of it bugs me. People acting like they're standing for freedom of speech, freedom to make edgy jokes, freedom to criticize people they disagree with, but then kicking their heels pitching a fit and melting in their own tears when they encounter the slightest bit of criticism themselves.
      I used to watch Internet Historian. I've had bad experiences with pretty conformist in-groups and bad relationships, having to walk on eggshells around people, so I think that un-walking-on-eggshells-edness really felt safe and attractive to me -- and now I'm confronted with the possibility this was just another insular, self-policing in-group you can't criticize and am pretty bummed out about it.
      It's a lesson learned, I guess.

  • @whatsupinspace854
    @whatsupinspace854 5 месяцев назад +258

    I was making a lot of original and decent space edutainment content but after a couple years was forced out by these auto-science-spam channels that make sweet love to the algorithm and post 20x the content I could create in a day.
    Was really unfortunate, too. I know a lot about space, and I loved devoting my workday to finding great ways to spread my passion to other science enthusiasts.

    • @treanttrooper6349
      @treanttrooper6349 5 месяцев назад +4

      Me too

    • @reverb1230
      @reverb1230 5 месяцев назад +15

      I’m gonna go ahead and check your channel out after this. I love learning about what’s beyond our atmosphere

    • @whatsupinspace854
      @whatsupinspace854 5 месяцев назад

      @@reverb1230 cool :) sadly never did much on RUclips. I invested far too many of my eggs in META's basket.

    • @vonvonkarmz
      @vonvonkarmz 4 месяца назад +5

      you got a new sub!

    • @Keepskatin
      @Keepskatin 4 месяца назад

      This is all AI aided and will only get worse because Google is heavily invested in AI,.it's here to stay and tech wise immoral people will use it to steal and recreate others content,also to scam naive people into bogus investment.

  • @stephaniegrehan9084
    @stephaniegrehan9084 5 месяцев назад +2

    What a rabbit hole! Great to know that Viral DRM exists. Fight the content farms!

  • @deBASHmode
    @deBASHmode 4 месяца назад

    Thanks for this work! I’ve watched videos from your channel and Brandon’s for some time, but didn’t know you were both going through this and fighting it. Would love to see a list of the thieving channels somewhere so folks can report & block ‘em all.

  • @fleetadmiralj
    @fleetadmiralj 5 месяцев назад +66

    The amazing thing here is how RUclips's copyright system seams geared towards facilitating both legit content theft and bogus copyright enforcement while making it hard on legit content creators

    • @hidebehind3565
      @hidebehind3565 4 месяца назад +6

      It's basically catering to entities without morals. If Evil Inc. is doing the copyright claiming with their disposable lawyers, RUclips is there to help them. If Evil Inc. is doing the theft with their proxies and fake accounts, RUclips is there to help them again.

    • @dualiper
      @dualiper 4 месяца назад

      thisss

  • @E3_Kruger
    @E3_Kruger 5 месяцев назад +166

    I never thought in a million years that I'd be rooting for a the success of a video DRM company, but man what they're doing is a godsend.

    • @giovane_Diaz
      @giovane_Diaz 5 месяцев назад +15

      the literal unseen warrior, doing the good fight to block the real horde on this hell

    • @davidcotham1939
      @davidcotham1939 5 месяцев назад +35

      It's better when copyright protects people like the weather chaser instead of being weaponized by UMG or Sony.

    • @menjolno
      @menjolno 5 месяцев назад +3

      It is because DRM marketing. There are no spam channels.

    • @Artholos
      @Artholos 5 месяцев назад +10

      They may be arguably doing good this time. But don’t forget that they also go after and crush small legitimate creators all the time at the behest of megacorps too.
      These DRM companies are not heroes, they’re not even good guys. They’re just attacking someone you don’t like right now.

    • @zwerko
      @zwerko 5 месяцев назад

      Remember these words when they inevitably turn against legitimate, fair-use content... Supporting any sort of DRM technology/company because there are content thieves and scammers is like supporting nuclear weapon proliferation because there are countries like the North Korea or Turkmenistan... Be careful what you wish for!

  • @loggrad9842
    @loggrad9842 13 часов назад

    RUclips "couldn't" care less. You made it sound like they absolutely care because there is room for them to care less.

  • @ObviouslyASMR
    @ObviouslyASMR 3 месяца назад

    Glad you're taking action against this, godspeed Kyle
    I just saw a segment on Dutch TV about a 20 year old girl "running a business" like this and talking about it a bit to advertise the course she's selling on it. It's incredible how proud these people are

    • @waza3350
      @waza3350 3 месяца назад +1

      Interesting, do you have a link so we can watch this video ? It's Netherland scary to think that someone from Netherland could be at the same level as the people shown on Kyle video.