@Dave - 60 videos stolen and counting - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: retiredcaps
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2015, 10:25:33 pm
content: Nelse Gence has uploaded 60 and counting of your videos so far on his own channel ...https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK3HJEpNiJAwW2ief88RtsA/videosupdate: it only took youtube 9 days until the channel was taken down.

author: AF6LJ
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 10, 2015, 10:31:09 pm
content: That's Crap, it is one thing to link to a video and put it in a playlist. but to upload it as if it was your own...That is just a few inches past tacky...

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 10, 2015, 10:31:26 pm
content: Thanks, reported.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 10, 2015, 10:38:00 pm
content: They are bots that do this, trying to get adsense views before they get caught.I can't report them all, too much work, but usually if I report a few they'll figure it out and take down the whole channel.Will wait and see.

author: retiredcaps
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2015, 10:43:37 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on August 10, 2015, 10:38:00 pmWhoever or whatever it is, they sure have fast/big upload bandwidth.I have "up to" 512Kbps upload with my ISP. Yup, 512 kilo. That is no typo.

author: retiredcaps
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2015, 10:58:52 pm
content: At 100 and counting now.

author: dr.diesel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2015, 11:06:43 pm
content: I find it really unfortunate and irritating. It must somehow be beneficial (more add sales I figure?) for google to mostly ignore duplicate/stolen videos that are a direct copy. Coding a dup detector would be cake for data giant.

author: AF6LJ
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 12:03:04 am
content: Lets hope they take them down.

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 12:38:43 am
content: Man that really sucks.

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 12:39:28 am
content: easy enough to report the whole channel, just click on one of the vids hosted, then click report, when the next link opens up for the reason click report a channel in blue, then click impersonation and take your pickMy YouTube Channel is being impersonatedI am being impersonated and the channel is using my real nameMy trademark or company is being impersonated

author: dr.diesel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 12:45:29 am
content: I'm pretty sure only the owner can report the theft, ie I can't report that someone else is ripping off Dave's channel.Nothing worse than a thief, and I see it quite a bit on YT.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 12:49:15 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on August 11, 2015, 12:28:05 amThat's really for big companies that steal it and repost on a different platform.In this case it's just some scammer with automated bots trying to skim revenue form the same platform. New name needed.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 12:54:29 am
content: Someone in Russia copied my YT videos and my hits were in the 30s - sure made me laugh

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 12:56:57 am
content: Quote from: Deathwish on August 11, 2015, 12:39:28 amDidn't see that. Entire channel now reported.

author: Wilksey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 12:57:30 am
content: They've even buggered the comments, only clicked on one, didn't want to give them too many "views"!It's a shame you can't sue the users for lost ad revenue. Small claims court, but you won't have a leg to stand on with the likes of YT!

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 01:16:17 am
content: How do you find out how many videos someone has posted?

author: dr.diesel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 01:20:44 am
content: Quote from: Wilksey on August 11, 2015, 12:57:30 amThe majority are probably from a different country than the original content author.Wonder how many TBs of duplicate content is on YT, wonder what the output of 'df -h' on a core server is,

author: pickle9000
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 01:38:18 am
content: Just curious, does yt code any tracking / serializing information into the video itself?They seem to be able to ID songs pretty fast and that's not unlike this issue.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 01:40:49 am
content: Look at their first posthttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK3HJEpNiJAwW2ief88RtsA/videoswhich is"'Mind Uploading' & Digital Immortality May Be Reality By 2030 : Dr. Michio Kaku"a search on YT of "'Mind Uploading' & Digital Immortality May Be Reality By 2030 : Dr. Michio Kaku" with quotes on the ends comes up with 883 hits (copies). A really big problem. I cannot even figure out who the original poster is.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 02:29:19 am
content: It would be nice if Youtube had an option to only bring back results from "verified" channels. Might help cut down on the crap in search results and non-verified channels can't be used to make revenue from advertising (and perhaps other limitations such as file quality/size restrictions).

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 03:02:16 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on August 11, 2015, 02:56:37 amOh well, bring on Vimeo.

author: firewalker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 07:01:30 am
content: YT surely can detect re uploading of an existing video. But if the original video is not copyrighted or something they won't take action.The best thing would be the revenue/stats of the offending video/channel to go to the original author.Alexander.

author: ElectroIrradiator
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 08:22:35 am
content: Quote from: firewalker on August 11, 2015, 07:01:30 amEvery piece of original video is copyrighted by default.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 10:23:43 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on August 11, 2015, 02:56:37 amBut such a system would not impact Youtube revenue, if anything it would enhance it because the bigger channels get the larger paying ad clients. So makes sense to show the big "verified" channels first.But this has been an issue in the past because it doesn't allow the up and coming youtubers to get up in the search rankings.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 10:25:08 am
content: Quote from: firewalker on August 11, 2015, 07:01:30 amThat already happens, but only for the big players.If you youtube tried to offer that content matching service for every youtube video uploaded, the system might grind to a halt under the load.

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 11:14:59 am
content: Perhaps a crc / md5/sha checker

author: mswhin63
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 11, 2015, 02:42:29 pm
content: Interesting thread. I think I may watermark my videos.

author: retiredcaps
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 13, 2015, 10:00:48 pm
content: Wow, 210 stolen videos and counting. After 3 days since I brought this to Dave's attention, youtube still hasn't taken this channel down.At this rate, after 12 days, all of Dave's 779 videos will be reposted.

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 13, 2015, 10:10:07 pm
content: Quote from: retiredcaps on August 13, 2015, 10:00:48 pmBut a few seconds of the original Super Mario Bros theme tune will do even if you are covered by fair use/dealing...

author: retiredcaps
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 20, 2015, 09:21:24 pm
content: The channel, after 9 days, has finally been removed the youtube. 9 days!

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 20, 2015, 10:32:36 pm
content: Quote from: retiredcaps on August 20, 2015, 09:21:24 pmThey eventually get around to it.I presume channel deletion requires more human intervention than the individual video take-down requests, which might actually be down automatically.

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 20, 2015, 10:38:40 pm
content: Funny thing is, parodies or videos that use a very small clip of another video get taken down faster than actual copies.