Phil Fish: Youtubers are Theifs.

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bananaking21 said:

Blob said:
How is he wrong? If you're making money off of someone elses product they have every right to claim a portion.

should news channels start paying money to whoever they are reporting the news about? 

if ESPN reported statistics about chicago bulls before a match, should they pay the chicago bulls? 

Pretty sure if a News program showed an entire movie the owning company would hit them hard. You're confusing the reporting of news with the airing of an entire product owned by somebody. Same goes for the statistics which can be compiled in house if need be. Also ESPN would pay the NBA for the rights to air games so they do pay the Chicago Bulls in some manner.

Whether or not you like the fact that companies are making claims like this for money, you can't forget that it is well within their legal rights to do so.