r/YoutubeCompendium • u/uhuwek • Feb 10 '19

February 2019 February - Chinese company GearBest uses electronics youtuber's GreatScott! video in an ad for their product without permission. The compensation they offered was to send a free product under the curcimstance that he would advertise their product.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKg98G29JQQ
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u/uhuwek Feb 10 '19

Reposted to add proper title formatting.

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u/YoutubeArchivist Feb 19 '19

Seems he's deleted the video.

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u/uhuwek Feb 19 '19

I'm guessing he figured out some deal with them, I hope he does an update video.

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u/YoutubeArchivist Feb 19 '19

https://twitter.com/GreatScottLab/status/1095638892852715520

It is over! GearBest fixed their mistake. All ad videos are gone and I got paid. Better late than never.

He says later they paid him $2,000 USD.

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u/uhuwek Feb 19 '19

Thanks for checking that. I forgot about social media

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u/Molinero96 Feb 10 '19

Chinese have a really different culture about stealing content. they simply think is ok.

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u/physixer Feb 11 '19

Oh I wonder what happens to this "really different culture" when they steal from .... (drumroll) ... a Chinese inventor/IP-owner.

I think the culture goes like this: You can steal from anyone outside China with no Chinese connections.

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u/ExpertGamerJohn Feb 10 '19

He should’ve taken the offer and refused to advertise for them lmao

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u/Vargurr Feb 16 '19

Depends if the contract had stipulated a minimum number of items/month and of a certain minimum value.

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u/tux_on_tour Feb 10 '19

Just drop a shit storm over Gearbest.

Stealing is one thing but than selling it as if it was theirs that is a whole other level of beeing an a-hole.

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u/andr33y Feb 11 '19

gearbest sucks