I came from a reddit post on r/videos

Came here from Reddit. Your video is hot on r/videos

I came here from the KZfaq Recommended Algorithm. I had never heard of your channel or Nerdstalgic before today, but having checked not just this video but your video library I am glad to have gotten recommended your channel. It always sucks to see good work go underappreciated or (in my opinion worse) go unnoticed. Let alone before it's copied and pasted for someone else's benefit. I hope your channel floats around in the algorithm a while longer to bring in more people because you do honestly deserve some love even before this happened to you.

r/videos mate, right near the top of the feed with a suitably clickbaity scandal, hard to say no to that.

I came from the nerdstalgic channel. They made a post apologizing for their behaviour and mentioning the measures they'll be taking to prevent such incidents in the future. I enjoyed your video. Cheers!

Aw man, that's a shame - its crazy how, whoever the writer is, just thought they could get away with this XD

So there's no heart in any of their work? Just a content mill? That's sad, and infuriating for creators who actually start from thesis to finished product with a creative motivation behind the product

@@beanseason6515 Well they do upload every two days, so i'd wager on that at that point, no, there isn't any

@@CGWHY If this is the case, I'd recommend reaching out to Nerdstalgic directly. If this was some freelancer (not an excuse not to vet the content they produce), then they may be open to taking down the video and citing you. Maybe not, but hey, worth a shot.

@@CGWHY In the Nerdstalgic video's description, the writer credited is Dave Baker - the same individual who plagiarized the ComicTropes channel's video about _The Boys._ Nerdstalgic didn't stop hiring him.

what video did they stole from you?

damn seeing this name... i now remember who they are

I like your channel

Well I am a fan. But I am getting pretty tired of the shit from Nerdstalgic.

Was it the bojack video?

Same for me, you´ve earned a new subscriber. Especially loved your Pod racing video

Yep, same here

Same here.

Gonna add the same here as well

same here aswell

That's really interesting to hear! Explains why it's their most successful video in ages 😂

It's the fate of all channels. I used to really enjoy CineFix for years, for example, because of their in-depth analysis of classic film (even if they did have a fetishistic obsession with The Third Man). Then, when they started to blow up, they started covering popcorn blockbusters and the MCU, which brought in the Zoomers and I guess a lot more money, but the comments where it used to be possible to discuss cinema-related topics brought up by the videos turned into the same middle school locker room as the rest of KZfaq.

Nerdstalgic has been a rip off channel with no substance from the jump. The guy started with a gaming channel that was notorious for being terrible (his series '______ didn't die, ot was murdered') is one of the dumbest you'll ever see and was called put by everyone

@@NoJusticeNoPeace CineFix still does good stuff from time to time

​@M A Yup, cleanprincegaming. He was ripping off everyone from the start, his video format, thumbnails, everything... it was at the very least super derivative if not directly copied from some1 else. Occasionally had horrible takes on games proving he didnt even play the game he was talking about, or he'd just parrot everyone elses opinions. Was also caught using other youtubers game footage without crediting them or consent and seemingly passing it off as his own. It was a shit channel, I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't even play videogames at all. He just jumped on the video essay bandwagon and knew how to edit slick videos

Nerdstalgic didn't just die, it was murdered. Hint

Nerdstalgic in general is irritating. Not someone from the TV industry applying their experience, just a git speaking generic page-1-Google pap written by other gits, and on top of an annoying loyalty-free music track.

They are doing a good job because this is their business model.

@@hubblebublumbubwub5215 it being legal does not make it less of a dick move. And if you support something like this you are a dick yourself.

out of curiosity what video did they stole from comictrope?

Thank you so much for the support! :D And I'm really glad you agree XD - I was super nervous posting this!

The fact is the guy who "made/wrote" the Nerdstalgic vid already been called out twice before this!

As long as they're getting the money, why would they care?

It doesn’t really matter tbh

​@@goatpepperherbaltea7895 It matters a lot, to anyone that isn't a shameless thief or a brainless consumer at least.

Thank you!!! I really appreciate that!

​@@CGWHY this is wrong my friend joe from down the street made a video on district 9 years ago

I feel like Buzzfeed stealing content is just impossible to fight. They’re such a power house that people have nowhere near as much power to get people to care than with another KZfaqr stealing stuff, so I’m really sorry to hear that tbh

Oh so that's what happen to them

Nah it's a content mill by design and the previous endeavour of the same guy was one as well. The system is working as intended. They aren't actually suffering any damage from being called out.

If that channel really was embarrassed by this, it wouldn't have happened more than once. They would have it in the contract that you lose all your money plus pay damages if it's proven that you copied your work.

Wow I'm really sorry!! Yea it's kinda an infuriating shock right 😂 - Were you able to do anything about it?

Same here, the world seems to be run by a shit ton of greedy dishonest people right now.

And likely ad revenue too. They made their money off the video and then deleted it

I absolutely agree I used to really enjoy that channel and then they just changed it and it's just not the same

But I have to say this is probably the best thing to happen to this channel, so I guess it turned out well.

They were always low effort videos. Look at his early ones. They're all generic points that everyone already knew, but explained in a roundabout way that makes the content sound intellectual. It's trash to veg out over, while pretending to be nerdwriter.

​@@wordyballoons yeah I used to really like them, but I think once he switched to a content farm, I kept watching the new ones and thought they were terrible, and assumed it was bc of the new model. But then I went back and watched some of the older ones. And they're just as bad. Just the same, ridiculously simple point, talked about in different ways for 5 mins. Often without any understanding of the show, as if they haven't watched it...

Yea, it's really lovely!! I was so mad after I saw their vid XD - So it's nice that people are able to see this one 😅 Thank you so much!

Illuminatii didn't make a video tho. Just a twitter rant I think

Thank you 😂 - I really appreciate it!

STOP calling him a creator for starters

@@janeblogs324 Agreed. We need to stop calling Content Farms "creators". They're not. They're the opposite of creators.

As a former photographer, I'm really torn on that. If you take a cool photo of a cool architecture feature and it wins an award, do you share that award with the architect? If your photo is a portrait, do you share the prize with the subject?

@@jasondashney If you look into that case I mentioned it's an exact replica of the photo but painted. If you photographed a building, I'm sure you'd have to consider lighting, composition, and other elements to distinguish it from a building. Same with the portraiture example you bring it. Again, look at the painting based on the photo. There was absolutely no interpretation.

>Sadly you can't copywrite claim ideas or scripts. Those are two very different things. Copyright exists from the moment the work is created meaning if you write a script or essay, you own it.

@@BrowningFirearms good luck getting a video taken down because someone copied bits of your script or the video idea. I understand what you're saying, but the reality is different once you publish on KZfaq. It's similar to how laws exist that are never enforced - still illegal but nobody gives a sh*t nor will they do anything about it unless they need a silly excuse to take you down.

Yeah. I saw Nerdstalgics video on my feed a few weeks ago, and I didn't watch it. Then this popped up today. I suspect the like/dislike ratio and the amount of shares influences stuff

Wow i'm really sorry man! It's super upsetting and it sucks that this can just happen with (seemingly) no consequences at all. Were you ever able to do anything about it with your videos?

@@CGWHY I was! But it didn't always work out. It was a strange thing to experience. They made a video similar to mine and stole my thumbnail (which had my branding on it). I emailed them and they argued that they found the thumbnail "on Google" so that it was public property. LMAO I guess it was also free advertising since it had my logo on it? It was clear that they weren't going to take it down or change it so I went through the copyright system and flagged their video. A few followers likely helped. They ended up taking it down. I had another bizarre situation where someone else stole all of my patreon graphics and used them on their own page. Again I had to reach out and demand that they remove my graphics. Another time, someone else in one of my communities stole the name of a series of videos I was making. I couldn't do anything about that because I had 500 subs and they had over 100K. I didn't have any weight. All you can ever do is go through the official channels and try to reach out to the person. Your situation is much more difficult since your channel is so small. I'm glad that you made this video calling them out. At the very least, it will remain on public record. They will likely continue to do this and it can be used as a part of collected evidence over time against them. I know it can be discouraging, but I hope that you keep making content if you find purpose in it. Don't obsess but also don't ever be shy to talk about topics like this. With enough people aware, eventually, I think karma will catch up with bad actors.

Yea! Exactly! It honestly felt AI generated at times - Maybe it was?? They say they're really bad for copyright etc? Anyway - Thanks for support!

Hollywood does this too. One of the more famous examples is the odd similarity between Babylon 5 and Deep Space Nine. Both great shows, but really makes you think.

My teeth itch at the thought of that, gah

Thank you so much! Yea its a bit of a shame because they kinda got some of the facts a wrong (only a little bit tbf, but still) - and now that's been spread out to a really wide audience :( - Ah well, thanks for your support!!