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- Dec 13, 2022
Despite what you say, I don't think you actually disagree with copyright as it was originally intended, simply because of other comments I've seen you make on the forum. Now, the distorted and perverse monstrosity, especially in the US that is modern IP/copyright law, I agree is completely fucking bullshit and goes against the original intended purpose. And the fact that copyright trolls and the DMCA abusers will get videos flagged for even a couple of seconds of incidental background music in videos is completely asinine.And as someone who doesn't like copyright as a concept I still find this aggravating because of how far out of the way these people go to make sure you CANNOT FIND the original source, even when you want to. I agree with hbomberguy that this is a symptom of guilt. These people know what they're doing is wrong and instead of not doing it they just choose to cover their tracks better.
Even xQc, who people point and gawk at as being the king of copyright theft, does not infringe as much as these people do. He is playing videos with source information on screen from the perspective of an average viewer. If he watches something you think is funny, you can find it on your own easily. The information and content laundering building careers across the Internet is done through deceit and people with merit, creativity, and work ethic are left behind when they don't have the built-in audience to benefit from selling to.
It's quite frankly fucking bullshit.
Disney especially being the most egregious example of abusing and manipulating law. They've benefitted from co-opting public domain literature and stories for decades, only to bribe their way into locking it up afterwards behind their IP copyright protection. It's gotten so bad with Disney that they've sued a Japanese bakery for having a logo that was 3 circles, and they've tried to prevent Deadmau5 from trademarking his logo, because apparently the public are idiots and they think all caricatures of a mouse MUST be Mickey Mouse...
It's just as well though, because come January 1, 2024 Disney FINALLY loses their copyright on the original "Steamboat Willie" Mickey Mouse, 95 years after the original creation date. This is of course assuming they don't pour a few million bucks in "campaign donations" into the proper pockets before then to rush through yet again another emergency copyright law extension. If it were up to Disney, they'd have every single IP locked up as their own until a week after the heat death of the universe.

Not against you personally, but LMAO to anyone who thinks highly of any of these Jewtuber or other online "personalities", regardless of their political stripe. They're all less than Z-list actors and grifters who are only interested in pushing their own brand, shilling for sheckels and/or pushing a narrative. They're no more "relatable" or closer to being your friend than say, Tom Cruise, or Taylor Swift. Just because you can throw a few bucks at a Cameo or a Patreon and get a quick pre-recorded response or pay for a photo at some convention, doesn't mean that they're on a first-name basis with you. These people are doing it for the cash, plain and simple. I can't fault them for hustle, because everyone has to make a living, but there's a reason you don't see Tom Cruise, (insert famous nigger here), or a Kardashian slumming it at a con or pitching their Cameoz outside of meticulously structured media and PR appearances. No, it's always D-lidt character actors, voice over artists who you couldn't pick out of a police lineup, and a smattering of out of work typecast Harry Potter actors. And they've ALWAYS been this way. From the minute that YouTube monetization was a thing, it lost it's authenticity and became just another way to sell you shit. Sure, you can still find some informative stuff, if you're looking to fix an obscure problem with a niche hobby or whatever, but now you have to sift through algorithm-tainted bullshit, and try to avoid the "creators" who are just thinly disguised pitchman trying to get you to [CONSUME PRODUCT]Man, between Stephen Crowder, illuminaughti, Boogie, nickisnotgreen, The Completionist, the whole react drama with xQc, Hasan and other reactions to the Israel-Gaza War, and now this. 2023 has been quite a wild ride in exposing to the masses YTers are no better than celebrities and mainstream entertainment we the internet has come to despise.