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Betty · Apr 12, 2016

The original Sad Affleck video that went viral has been blocked world wide.

I disputed the initial copyright claim but the holders ruled that I wasn't allowed to monetize it (fair enough) and decided to let the video stay up.

Now a second copyright claim by UMG has blocked it completely.

Basically, I didn't make a cent on the video, which is fair, but the video did make the copyright holders a ton of money and shot the song in the video into the billboard top 10 downloads, making them god knows how much.

Feels really unfair that this video out of the millions using the song is the one to get hit.

Even the Dark Souls III version that was created and put on the official twitter for Dark Souls 3 is allowed to stay up, using the exact same clip of music.

Just wanted to vent, it was good while it lasted.

TL;DR: Original Sad Affleck video got pulled while all the others and many more videos using the song clip are allowed to stay up.

Bronx-Man · Apr 12, 2016

There is no justice.

DeathoftheEndless · Apr 12, 2016

BY2K · Apr 12, 2016

Wait, YOU did that video!?

jmood88 · Apr 12, 2016

I didn't know that that video started here.

wetwired · Apr 12, 2016

So you made the original video?

Dennis · Apr 12, 2016

Betty got taken down by the Batman.

Who else among us can say such a thing?

It is like we have a supervillain on GAF.

Toa TAK · Apr 12, 2016

That's bullshit.

That was a great video, got a lot of laughs to people I showed it to.

echoshifting · Apr 12, 2016

That really sucks Betty, I'm sorry.

Any idea what the final view count was?

stump sock · Apr 12, 2016

rip betty's 15 minutes

George Oscar Bluth II · Apr 12, 2016

What the fuck.

More like Dawn of Injustice amirite

Betty · Apr 12, 2016

BY2K said:
Wait, YOU did that video!?

Hai.

And it's the one linked in all the articles, all the news reports, all the reaction videos.

And they took it down.

Maximo · Apr 12, 2016

Surprised they didn't take it down earlier you would think WB wouldn't want the video to stay up.

Nickle · Apr 12, 2016

Gaf can give you a free copy of Dark Souls 3, that's worth at least 80 cents.

Betty · Apr 12, 2016

echoshifting said:
That really sucks Betty, I'm sorry.

Any idea what the final view count was?

22,315,596

Prompto · Apr 12, 2016

Thats some bullshit

akira28 · Apr 12, 2016

when money comes into play, people get crazy.

too bad you made those dickheads all that money.

DarkLordMalik · Apr 12, 2016

Congratulations on creating a new meme. Sad to hear that your effort was taken down. It went viral really fast too.

jediyoshi · Apr 12, 2016

echoshifting said:
That really sucks Betty, I'm sorry.

Any idea what the final view count was?

Page itself is still up
Sitting on 22,315,596

DontBeThatGuy · Apr 12, 2016

Simon and Garfunkel should send you a check.

noshten · Apr 12, 2016

This is how villains are born
I feel for you OP twas a brilliant video

Ashby · Apr 12, 2016

Betty said:
22,315,596

Did you get any money off that?

DrBo42 · Apr 12, 2016

Betty said:
Hai.

And it's the one linked in all the articles, all the news reports, all the reaction videos.

And they took it down.

Wait...so it's true?

GAF -> Internet -> GAF has been real this entire time?

.la1n · Apr 12, 2016

It's okay Betty you'll always have the best user name avatar combination on GAF. Nobody can't take that away from you.

stump sock · Apr 12, 2016

so was it Simon or Garfunkel that you made enemies with?

sixteen-bit · Apr 12, 2016

How many views did it get tho? It was popular.

BronsonLee · Apr 12, 2016

GOOD
TAKE THAT, BETTY
Now Affleck can sleep freely!

Dennis · Apr 12, 2016

Petty as fuck.

PSqueak · Apr 12, 2016

Bronx-Man said:
There is no justice.

You could say it was the sunset of justice.

Eidan · Apr 12, 2016

I don't get it. If you're not making any bank off of it...why take it down?

jediyoshi · Apr 12, 2016

Maximo said:
Surprised they didn't take it down earlier you would think WB wouldn't want the video to stay up.

Probably wouldn't have a claim on their end
Yahoo footage, UMPG audio

disappeared · Apr 12, 2016

Well man at the end of the day at least you made a video that tens of millions of people watched.

Permanently A · Apr 12, 2016

Seriously? 20 million views down the drain.

They just wanna keep a gaffer down, man.

Sojgat · Apr 12, 2016

Snyder must have been doing research for Justice League and noticed your video.

Betty · Apr 12, 2016

Ashby said:
Did you get any money off that?

Zilch.

And in trying to dispute the original claim I can't monetize ANY video until August.

Gentleman Jack · Apr 12, 2016

Could Music-GAF cover the song and you re-upload with that version?

Shaanyboi · Apr 12, 2016

That ain't fucking cool...

What a great video. Real shame, man.

Ashby · Apr 12, 2016

Betty said:
Zilch.

And in trying to dispute the original claim I can't monetize ANY video until August.

That's stupid. You should have gotten paid, man.

NumberTwo · Apr 12, 2016

I have no doubt that Affleck himself has seen the video along with Cavill and probably Snyder. It's amazing that one of our very own gaffers (and by extension GAF) is having a quantifiable influence on the reception of this movie. Congrats Betty.

What an age we live in.

wetwired · Apr 12, 2016

Betty said:
Hai.

And it's the one linked in all the articles, all the news reports, all the reaction videos.

And they took it down.

Now I'm waiting on sad Betty video with The Sounds of Silence over your take-down notification

Tesseract · Apr 12, 2016

zack snyder paid off lore to hire blame space to make the claim

smurfx · Apr 12, 2016

Betty said:
Hai.

And it's the one linked in all the articles, all the news reports, all the reaction videos.

And they took it down.

how fucked up is it that i only found it thanks to some youtuber reacting to it right now.

Deleted member 13876 · Apr 12, 2016

Betty said:
Zilch.

And in trying to dispute the original claim I can't monetize ANY video until August.

Damn, YouTube's claim system really blows.

Alienous · Apr 12, 2016

The DCU can burn.

This was the best thing to come out of it.

EnlightenedMint · Apr 12, 2016

A damn shame

Dennis · Apr 12, 2016

No views, no justice!

Ahasverus · Apr 12, 2016

I don't get it. WB being petty? Why yours?

Diabelli · Apr 12, 2016

Your Sad Affleck V Captain America is better anyway. But holy shit, 22M views in 3 weeks is pretty damn impressive - I'd be salty as fuck even if I didn't get a penny for it.

WillyFive · Apr 12, 2016

Youtube continues to be broken.

Doctor Decimate · Apr 12, 2016

Batfleck is coming for you

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