is there documentation/record of the shitshow you're describing?
Plenty. You can start with this summary video by Mista GG who got started as a TCAP Youtuber and interviewed Hansen shortly before it all began.
Well, here we are boys. The TCAP Community Members: BakedSalmon: https://bit.ly/2XOBk0K Wes Moast: https://bit.ly/2M69MB5 Yap Yap: https://bit.ly/2HkOlJq O-R...
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Here's a second longer video by Dank Net explaining more broadly Hansen's faltering career and the events of this summer.
Today where take a look at yet another fallen Legacy and the destruction of a community. Many Channels were struck during the making of this film. This video...
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The largest TCAP (To Catch a Predator) community out there is Temple of TCAP. Here's a smattering of threads I grabbed quickly detailing Hansen's theft of fan created content, his false copyright strikes on fair use materials and original content, and one of the doxing/death threat situations that resulted from it. For reference, Tixxx is the owner of the forum and runs a large TCAP channel called 'The Cappening'.
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Essentially Hansen seems to have a delusional boomer understanding of the internet and copyright. He believes he owns anything he appeared in and anything related to anything he appeared in. Spurred on by his scumbag of a "producer" Vincent Nicotra who has been very nasty to the fan community and their own paying subscribers, hundreds of false copyright claims essentially purging every major TCAP channel on Youtube of content. Many of the strikes have been retracted at this point, some have not. All the while Hansen is stealing and reuploading fan created content without permission, and ironically breaching copyrights himself by uploading pirated copies of TCAP episodes (of course the property of NBC), and other media appearances he's made (on Oprah for example) all also ripped from fan channels.
For the sake of it, here's a video of constructive criticism Hansen received from Youtuber Gus Johnson, pointing out the severe flaws in the social media presence he and Nicotra had been building.
Chris Hansen really needs our help. SUBSCRIBE TO CHRIS: https://bit.ly/2IxjNW7 ↓look down here for lots of cool stuff↓ - SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST: https://bi...
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For which they were promptly blocked from Hansen's comments and chats. but only after Hansen followed all of their advice and pretending to be friends with them on his shitty livestream.
Chris, why? ↓look down here for lots of cool stuff↓ - SUBSCRIBE TO EDDY: https://bit.ly/2h8iCMN - SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST: https://bit.ly/2wA7zDR - NEW MERC...
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There's some other stuff I could get into but this is enough to get the gist of how fucktarded and awful his new venture has been. He's basically turned into a delusional grifter trying to make a quick buck by taking advantage of and attacking the very people who have kept his name and brand relevant for the past decade. He's an underaged pussy hair away from having his own thread here and honestly I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet.
