I Upjacked Someone's Video to YouTube

James2

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Hey guys,

I upjacked someone's video on YouTube, now it's gone viral. He basically did a Star Wars clips edit. Technically it's not his to start with. Should I feel bad and give him credit, or just leave it?

Hope you guys are having a nice run up to Christmas and if it's not your religion, I wish you health and happiness.

James :)
 
How did it go viral? And what is considered viral to you?
 
It's not his to begin with is a wrong phrase here.

The art of editing belongs to him if not the content.

Now, you don't have to feel bad but you can and should give credit to him because his art is good that's why it got viral in the first place. He deserves the opportunity to get famous so he can create more art.

If he sees that you stole his video, and the stolen video got viral, he will most probably become very sad and leave YouTube and we will never see his art again. Now that's a loss for everyone else.

If I were you, I would contact the artist and tell him about the situation. You can pitch the idea of you two working together. You got the marketing skills and he's got that art. Think about long term. Stealing content will get you not far from where you are today, but if you make the right choice then you might hit a path towards success.
 
To be honest I felt so upset when other guy upload my (translated video) since it take from me week to edit and translate it , that guy got over 1M view while mine only 30k , that's my feeling but I couldn't prove that video is mine to YT so I leave it until that guy channel got suspended and YT deleted that video (he monetize it btw) while my video still exist
 
Moved to YT subforum
 
Give him credit in the description... I guess there's no harm on giving him the credit right?
 
Give him credit in the description... I guess there's no harm on giving him the credit right?
if he wat to be fair just share revenue with him , it's matter of luck that some videos get viral and others not .
 
I didn't know you could just re-upload the same video and change just the title ect, I thought the video had to be unique in some way
 
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