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[ash48]

I don't know why this still shocks me but it does.

This person (LezraGR) has not only posted a couple of my vids but has also put their own watermark on it. They have also blocked me (and probably others) from commenting so I can't even protest it. What the...? There's a heap of other vids there, which I'm sure are stolen also.

My two (I Go to Work and When You're Smiling) were posted over a year ago but there are some recent SPN ones that I'd place bets aren't his (edit...looks like the poster is a teenage boy (?)).

*head shake* It puzzles me what these people get out of doing this. I guess when you make something public like that anyone can grab it. But it's the same as stealing someone's story.

Anyway. Not much can be done I suppose, especially if he's blocked comments. What a loser.

ETA: ARGHHH!! I just found this also. My Woo Hoo vid The thing is... he has a facebook link. I don't have Facebook. But if anyone is able to contact him there it might be worth telling him stealing is not on.


(Missing SPN! These mini breaks suck!)

Comments

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth , hon. I just added this comment to the vid on YT.

This video is NOT yours. You did not make it, and yet you have the gall to post it with your own watermark added?? And I see it's not the only one. This was made by the talented vidder ash48, as were several others you 'claim'. You should acknowledge that, and you definitely should not have added your own watermark to them.

[theron09.livejournal.com]

Oh man, this isn't right at all - I'm really sorry that someone has done this to you.

[el1ie.livejournal.com]

Blasted little cheat! Even watermarking it!

Yeah, it's blocked comments on some of the vids, so it knows what it's doing is wrong and not a mistake, but I managed to get one through on the Whoo Hoo one, I expect it will remove those comments soon too. Sorry, hon, don't have Facebook, although the bloody cheek of it using your work to get people to visit it's Facebook page is almost enough for me to open one and rip it a new one. **ugh** There is nocliptheft - not sure if they're still active. On YouTube there used to be the Wall of Shame channel that would help people get stolen vids taken down, always worth a try.

Oh and I just wanted to add - apart from the comment I also "disliked" the vid on it's channel - now I LOVE your vid, it's not about the vid, I mainly wanted to leave a red mark for when it takes down the "upsetting" comments it's getting...

[tiniowien.livejournal.com]

That's horrid! Is there some way you can report them through youtube itself? That site is so heavily obsessed with official copyright perhaps they might do something about individual plagarism?

[elsewhere91.livejournal.com]

Ugh, that is horrible. It really pisses me off that people such as yourself put so much effort and hard work into making your amazing vids and people just steal them and tries to pass them off as their own.

Anyway i'm sorry this has happened and i hope that it gets fixed soon *hugs*

[linda3m.livejournal.com]

I just commented on her post. Don't know how much it helps, but at least a few people called her out.

[callme-k.livejournal.com]

Ugh. It's so pathetic that people do this. I'm sorry that you've been left with no avenue of recourse, hun.

Perhaps it's worth adding your own watermark from here on in.

[blueeyedliz.livejournal.com]

I've commented on her YoutTube theft too. I disliked the video for that reason because it's awesome and it's YOURS.

[zebra363.livejournal.com]

I had a look at the FB page with the vids, and the personal page linked from it. If the picture is of them, it looks like a teenage boy from Greece. I can't see any way for a non-friend to post a comment there. I don't have a YT account, but see that a number of people have commented in protest!

I completely understand why vidders would want to use watermarks, but as a viewer, I avoid watermarked vids (and grumble internally about the CW logo on the show !). I find having a logo on the screen detracts a lot from the viewing experience.

[devon99.livejournal.com]

Hmm, it's a tricky one, because you can't really inform Youtube about it as you yourself are infringing copyright by using clips from the show.

Hopefully they will take down the vids now they have been found out and called on it.

*Edit* I've left a comment on Woo Hoo, but other vids comments are being screened.

[ancastar.livejournal.com]

I've left comments (that are being screened) and reported both vids. Hopefully, with all of us working, this will be addressed. Sorry, hon. This kind of thing makes me nuts.

(((((((Ash)))))))

[cherry916.livejournal.com]

I left comments on the Woo Hoo one and commented to anyone who gave the vid praise and set them straight on who deserves that praise. You can still mark it as spam I believe, that would get the video taken down or report the user themselves.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Left some comments, but the uploader appears to be blocking/screening comments on all of them now. There's nowhere for me to flag it, either, because the categories don't include plagiarism, alas.

Shame on them. >:(

[ciaimpala.livejournal.com]

That is so ridiculous that this person would do this!! I hate when people steal vids, I don't get why they would do that, I really don't.

[feather-touch.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry that happened. What a jerk! I had something similar happen to a few of my gen fics, so I know exactly how you feel.

You should watermark your vids too. Is there any other way to protect them? The clips might be from SPN, but the way they're combined is original and unique to you and tells a story too.


Okay, went and left a few not so complimentary comments.

[cassiopeia7.livejournal.com]

Why, that thieving little weasel.

It puzzles me what these people get out of doing this.

Seriously. He knows the vid isn't his work. He knows that others will see it and recognize that it's not his work. So really, what is the point? The internet is full of morons, that's all I can say.

I tried to leave a snarky comment on the "I Go To Work" vid, but I doubt it will post as he's screening comments:



*hugs* I'm so sorry this happened to you. D:

[runedgirl.livejournal.com]

Argh, that's infuriating! Completely opposite all the norms of fandom that make me love it so much (usually). Hopefully he'll see all our feedback in some fashion sooner or later. Sheesh :/

[maenad.livejournal.com]

Unbelievable.

I think I managed to leave a comment - it still shows when I'm logged out so ... hopefully that worked? I hope he's properly shamed by all this, although who knows, since he's clearly doing it on purpose.

What gets me is the little 'subscribe if you like it!' ad. I mean, the utter gall of it. I'm sorry this happened to you. People, as it has memorably been said, are crazy.

[lilly-the-kid.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry this is happening to you. I just don't understand what people might be getting out of this kind of thing... do they just wanna get internet-famous and don't care how they get there? Anyway, I hope it works out!