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by dylan604 2734 days ago
It's great that YT did the right thing by giving him ownership back on their platform. The next thing would be to give him any money earned during the time it was wrongfully taken away and in dispute. That should not be dependent on having the asshats paying it back first. YT messed up, so they need to make it right all the way.
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IAmGraydon 2734 days ago
YT was forced to do so by his legal team. In no way did they do the right thing.
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cc81 2734 days ago
No way, this blew up and has been one of the biggest stories about youtube lately. There is no way this would end in any other way and I doubt legal needed to be involved more than how can they be safe from the false claim guys.
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larkeith 2734 days ago
Where did you find that YouTube has returned ownership to him? As far as I've been able to find with a quick search, the false claimant continues to receive monetization from the video.
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sniuff 2734 days ago
The comment on the video by the author of the video

> UPDATE: It's official! I got my video back and Ramjets channel was deleted for false copyright claim. Huge thanks to everybody who helped. Every share, like comment, everybody who spread the word about what happened. You made the difference. Now let's make sure we protect EVERY content creator from false claims. Please sign the petition, we can make a difference.

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alecco 2734 days ago
> Please sign the petition

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/community_petitions/YouTube_fix_...

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colejohnson66 2734 days ago
Not trying to be cynical, but do petitions really do anything?
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skilled 2734 days ago
https://www.change.org/p/mike-morhaime-legacy-server-among-w...

There's also a story behind how the signatures were delivered. [1] However, I'm not sure that this video explains the 'psychology' behind it.

In a wow-related podcast a few months back [sorry no link], Mark said that he wanted to deliver all the signatures in physical form on paper since that's a tactic that Blizzard itself had employed when selling their game packages back in the day. In a nutshell, the weight of something makes it feel more valuable. And in the case of 260,000 signatures, it doesn't just sound big in your head, but actually has a substantial weight in physical form.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS4g2rkZwLI

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larkeith 2734 days ago
Thank you - that's excellent to hear!
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efrafa 2734 days ago
Read the first comment under the video.
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