Talk:Remove Your Media

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sources aren't very credible (google drive url was taken down for violating Google's terms), selling fan art of an IP character is a grey area. Were the reaction channels inserting commentary or doing a Hassan Piker (walking away/eating food while video plays)? Mr Pollo (talk) 19:55, 20 September 2026 (UTC)

I can't speak about every channel because I don't watch all of them and watching them would just waste my time but from what I have seen, these anime reaction channels sit and watch while regularly pausing and inserting commentary. Many also cut scenes out so full episode doesn't get uploaded. I haven't seen any case when someone just leaves it playing.

Which sources do you think aren't credible? The ones for Etsy or Youtube incident?

I should have archived the Google Drive URL. My fault.

I also don't see how this article is irrelevant. It's literally about a company abusing their powers by using AI to send false copyright notices to innocent people. These two cases I described aren't the only ones. There are more smaller isolated incidents but I wasn't sure whether I should add them. Somehundred (talk) 08:10, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

I can see the BleachBit example being relevant to the wiki, as it can affect all of the program’s users if it is purchasable. However, YouTubers getting DMCAed could be relevant, but if it’s only a handful of creators being affected, then it’s not really relevant to overall consumer rights. On the topic of reaction channels, that form of content has always had issues with being transformative (all the way back to the JinxReload days of 2016 and now with SSSniperwolf). It depends heavily on the creator, but that doesnt mean a blanket statement should be given to all of the affected.

I let the other staff know about this so they can weigh in before any action is taken. Mr Pollo (talk) 21:20, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

As mentioned in the article, this is not about simple DMCA reports against people simply reacting to anime. This is about a company using AI to send massive amount of DMCA notices without checking what those videos really contain. They took down videos which contained anime names in their titles but didn't contain the actual episodes and instead something else like commentary. Nicholas Light TV, one of channels affected, made multiple videos covering this situation, he explains it very well, I linked one of his video as reference in this article. I recommend watching to understand this situation better. Also many channels were affected with thousands of subscribers not just 2 or 3. Those affected channels who I have checked have all made videos saying that they received DMCA notices so finding affected channels should not be hard.

To make this article more complete I could add the few isolated incidents I have found where website owners received false DMCA notices. Somehundred (talk) 21:43, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Copying my comment in the staff chat on Zulip from the other night:

I'd remove the section on Etsy since that is dealing with sellers offering unlicensed goods. The anime section is iffy since it's always been known that YouTube doesn't give a fig about fair use in general and is already covered on its page.

The part about BleachBit is a bit of a reach in terms of scope since it's just RYM being plain ol' stupid, but I guess it can stay for now.

— Sojourna (talk) 22:41, 24 September 2026 (UTC)