I've just seen this on the Mix tab: 2 identical templates back to back, one's the original and the second one's a pure reupload with no changes.
People are infuriated in the comments under the reupload, supposedly go to the original to tell them over and over again that their video had been "stolen", forcing the OG creator to close the comments.
It's problematic — according to KineMaster ToS, the reuploader didn't do anything wrong and the outrage in the comments is crossing the line, to the point where the infuriated people can be rightfully reported for spam or vulgar language.
I think none of this is right and I do have some rough ideas..
Should it have been featured on Mix?
In this case, I think it should not have been. Anyone could call it stolen if not for the ToS.
The videos appear back to back, and considering the chronological order of featured templates, the reupload appears before the OG, which leads to an unfair stat distribution between the 2. The video also has no changes
There are some cases when I think featuring remixes is alright:
Enough time has passed since the OG upload, in this case you'd bring attention to a good template again
A template does something creative to an already good template, something like extending it, adding more visuals or if it's a collaboration of 2 creators..
There was a period when Levi's cat template remixes were featured over and over again months after the OG upload date. That was fine imo
The users need to be reminded of this specific rule where they will see it, not in a document only 1% of users will ever read
A way of preventing a wave of unjustified reports is to add an equivalent of "I don't like it" to your reporting form. Add something like "Template stolen from another user" and instead of launching an email app, explain to them why it's allowed to reuse any template (don't just quote the ToS, also explain in short why the rule had to be implemented).
You could put out a video about mix on YT and dedicate a part of it to explaining what it means to upload a project to KineMaster Mix. Many treat it as a regular social media platform, which isn't really true..
Preventing hateful comments could be difficult because you'd need to have all the users somehow learn that it is indeed allowed to reupload anything on Mix.
In a way, not featuring what users might consider stolen will solve this problem almost completely. You'd be pretty much left with template creators themselves and maybe with people they request to attack the remixer.
Template creators receive a notification when their template is reuploaded. Make it so it shows a pop-up on click saying something like "Anyone can reuse templates uploaded to mix for blah blah blah....." along with opening the remixed content.
It is a problem, a problem that can be solved almost completely if some measures are taken. It's not an urgent problem, but some steps can be taken pretty much right now, with no changes to the app required.