so an interesting phenomenon has been
happening lately to the people who
create YouTube content what I'm talking
about is clique theft that's when some
[ __ ] slime rips a popular video and then
Rijo sit on their Facebook page to build
up likes the sad thing is it's not being
done just by clueless kids but it's also
being done by industry people people who
should know better but are too stupid to
realize the damage that they're causing
so for those of you who don't know the
band trapped decided to steal Rob
Scallon 's 0 0 0 0 0 video and then
hosted on their Facebook page just a
refresher here trapped was that band
that had that really annoying hit back
in the early 2000s I think it was called
a strong head or something like that you
guys know what I'm talking about
becareful take you man yeah that one
anyway considering they haven't done
anything noteworthy since they've
resorted to stealing videos from
musicians with more talent than they
could ever dream of having and let's be
honest here it's not like any of traps o
material is even remotely interesting so
a quarter million views and 65,000 click
throughs later rob a strap to take down
his video and substitute it for a
youtube link their response delete his
initial comments and then ignore the
rest okay two traps credit they finally
came around once one of them realized
they could probably open themselves up
to legal action and then they remove the
video but then they posted on some other
pages in a lame attempt to justify the
theft you know the usual [ __ ] L it
was only sixty five thousand hits and he
did the exposure we were just trying to
help you know that kind of [ __ ] yeah
that's absolute [ __ ]
if trapped really gave a [ __ ] about
giving Rob exposure they would have
linked it but no they stole it and Rijo
TSA's it and a sad lame attempt to get
Facebook Likes because their recent
attempts divorce to death with their
extreme mediocrity haven't been working
out so well and it's hilarious that they
bring up the exposure thing because
unlike trapped rob was actually in
Rolling Stone magazine recently and
that's because he has more talent than
all four members a trap put together
some have tried to defend this by saying
it wouldn't be an issue if the local TV
news had played it clearly whoever said
that doesn't understand basic copyright
law
if the local news had played a segment
of the clip no problem that falls under
fair use but if they played the whole
song they'd have to pay a royalty the
same principle applies to trapped
they didn't post a clip they stole the
whole thing and here's what really
pisses me off about it in case anybody
has included when Yuri host you're
[ __ ] the creator out of revenue it's
not like many people can make a living
selling records anymore but one place
musicians can make a living is on
YouTube if you're good enough or you're
funny enough you can actually make a
career out of it and I'm hoping that one
day I can do it too but we hosting a
video completely short-circuits that
process in the short term it [ __ ]
people out of hits in the long term it
robs the creator of subscribers and
that's the key to a successful YouTube
channel a dedicated audience but I'm
only one voice on this subject to get
another perspective I brought in my good
friend and fellow youtuber Ryan Bruce to
share his thoughts
[ __ ] you Vaughn on a more serious note
what do you think the idiots REE hosting
your stuff I was pretty shocked that
trap decided to rip the video bruh trip
Rob's video and then re-upload it
considering the post before that was a
rant on the integrity of rock and roll
and how Paramore didn't win some Grammy
Award and then the post before that was
about how everyone should stand up
against illegal downloads super ironic
yeah but I just thought you know wow and
they really don't want to do anything
about it either which is as hilarious
what did they say when you told when
they were told to remove the content it
actually didn't say anything they
ignored me and Rob's and all of our fans
request to take down the video we would
leave comments they would get all this
attention and all these thumbs-up and
they would skate right around them and
answer questions relating to the band
instead and there were cherry-picking
comments they weren't deleting comments
or anything like that but they just
ignored the whole thing and I blew him
up on Twitter and my fan book my fan
page and it was only one when Rob
finally posted about the situation on
his fan page with like 30,000 people
they got really slammed than they agreed
to take it down and I don't know what
transpired between them and Rob I think
Rob talked to them but they did not talk
to me I have a very small part in the
actual video I just I mixed the audio
and stuff and I'm at the end but still
they ignored it blatantly [ __ ] up and
it's not just Rob dealing with this [ __ ]
I've had my material hijacked and re
hosted with Cyrillic subtitles and while
I do appreciate the enthusiasm the
proper way to go about it is to send me
the transcripts so I can attach them to
the original video that way I can afford
to keep making these ah jared dines also
had to deal with this [ __ ] a while
back in case you've been living under a
rock
jared makes those great things musicians
say in the studio videos they were so
great in fact that the record label we
are triumphant thought it would be a
great idea to steal them andrey host
them on their Facebook page to build up
likes it's not like they could post up
one of their own acts to generate
interest they're just simply not that
good no they took Jared's work a guy
who's not even associated with the
[ __ ] label Jared finally got them to
stop stealing stuff but the original
posts are still there too the cunning we
are triumphant look I get it
a record labels business is [ __ ] over
musicians from Chuck Berry to John
Fogerty to just about every single band
in the modern age labels are there to
[ __ ] musicians these days you can sell a
million copies of your record and still
not see a dime I get it
that's your business but at least have
the decency to offer the man a deal
before you rip him off because most
people like a kiss before they get
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