NORD VPN HAS JOINED THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL: https://NordVPN.com/emplemon

I am already working on an unscripted video about the Mumkey Jones Takedown and Pewdiepie Smear Campaign. Be on the lookout for that very soon.

Bless Your Perfection <br>Praise the true creators 🙌

Bless Your Perfection
Praise the true creators 🙌

That logo looks like a fake Paramount Pictures

That logo looks like a fake Paramount Pictures

lol nord vpn more like mass advertising pn

lol nord vpn more like mass advertising pn

ok also i was the first person to beat bashi blocks on the internet as in leaderboards for the game don't show a high score for zone 10 but i beat it just for the purpose of documenting the completion of one of the hardest levels in video game histore round 89 n which is in its self a redikulously hard level with no way to look up any thing on it because the game bashi blocks is to obscure also i had to finish the obscure hell hole to documerent the ending does stuff along those lines qualify for you tube geographic because it is an unknown event that had a slightly bigger meaning

you should cover tgx game reviews on you tube geographic

you should cover tgx game reviews on you tube geographic

Hey Europe does a lot of good shit for education and health standards

EmpLemon I just watched your 2017 Rewind video for the first time...

Submits to the Dark Lord, EMPeror Lemon.

Notice me, daddy.

EmpLemon I just watched your 2017 Rewind video for the first time...

*Submits to the Dark Lord, EMPeror Lemon.*

Notice me, daddy.

Godzilla vs King Kong 😂

I just watched that before seeing this

that was the first nord vpn commercial that made me consider buying the product, but i still hate monthly subscriptions for SOFTWARE, so ima still pass.

EmpLemon  are you gonna make YouTube poops again please do

EmpLemon  are you gonna make YouTube poops again please do

I'm shocked that this part at 18:53 is around the time SOPA was a thing (it was 2011-12)

I really like your post here, youtube is the biggest example of the importance of safe harbor provision when websites have zero intentions of infringing copyrights. Being proactive to take down things voluntarily is completely impossible due to a sheer number of uploads per minute.

Heheh. Journalist who claims PewDiePie is a white supremacist caught saying the n word.

The answer? Decentralization! <br>Lusser's law states that:  Reliability(system)=∏(number of components, n=1, rn)= reliability of oponets*reliability of componets)

The answer? Decentralization!
Lusser's law states that:  Reliability(system)=∏(number of components, n=1, rn)= reliability of oponets*reliability of componets)

There is a way to protect you videose from Viacom and other corporations is to make a copyright disclaimer

Hey Emp I just recently joined the downward spiral a few days ago, clicked the STUPID FUCKING NOTIFICATION BELL, and found myself unsubbed today! Just thought you should know. (Hopfully I stay fucking subbed this time)

Hehe, tell us another history lesson soon, brother! :D

Hehe, tell us another history lesson soon, brother! :D

Why isn't there a Redguard VPN? That's wayciss!!!

Why isn't there a Redguard VPN? That's wayciss!!!

So you learned your mistake at the end of the algorithm

So you learned your mistake at the end of the algorithm

Is everything okay?  Is the Green Simpson project going well?

Is everything okay?  Is the Green Simpson project going well?

Yeah. I was so pissed when Mumkey died.<br>Edit: Jesus Youtube deleted his new channel as well. Wtf.

Yeah. I was so pissed when Mumkey died.
Edit: Jesus Youtube deleted his new channel as well. Wtf.

How are you working on it are you... WrItInG a ScRiPt

How are you working on it are you... WrItInG a ScRiPt

@MightyTax <br>Which is why his sponsorship of something is done tongue in cheek. They came to him, not the other way around. You'll notice that the people who endorse these new and revolutionary products tend to get free reign on what they say about it, because they are allowed to have their own opinion on the product. That's a sign that the company is not dictating an image, like many others would. You wouldn't have Disney sponsor things in this way.

@MightyTax
Which is why his sponsorship of something is done tongue in cheek. They came to him, not the other way around. You'll notice that the people who endorse these new and revolutionary products tend to get free reign on what they say about it, because they are allowed to have their own opinion on the product. That's a sign that the company is not dictating an image, like many others would. You wouldn't have Disney sponsor things in this way.

There isn't a smear campaign about Pewdiepie lmaoooo

There isn't a smear campaign about Pewdiepie lmaoooo

thank you i would but i dont have the clout

thank you i would but i dont have the clout

Thank u im so sad that munkeys videos are all fucking gone

Thank u im so sad that munkeys videos are all fucking gone

Hey Emp, after Pewdiepie and Mumkey, how about... <br>FRYING DORY?

Hey Emp, after Pewdiepie and Mumkey, how about...
FRYING DORY?

VPN's won't protect you from tracking if you're using Chrome browser without proper adblock!!

Does the 2.99 deal only last for the two months and then go back to 12?

I think your scripted are much more interesting to watch but I can certainly understand the parameters and I still enjoy your content either way, thanks for the new vid my guy.

Emplemon are you going to talk out how Youtube lied about the adpocalypse?

Did you hear about Patreon deplatformed Sargon of Akkad?

Did you hear about Patreon deplatformed Sargon of Akkad?

Dear EmpLemon, I believe that sooner or later (sooner than we may think) that YouTubers everywhere will commence a massive boycott against YouTube on the scale of (if not worse than) the "Adpocalypse". With all the bullcrap this website has done in year alone ranging from stupid to digustingly insulting and if they don't clean up there act ASAP then the entire YT community will simultaneously acheive "NUCLEAR RAGE!" and be like ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!! I have had it with these mothfucking bots on this motherfucking site! Ya need proof? Remember when Konami cancelled Silent Hill 5, the horrible working conditions, pachinko machines galore and they banned Hideo Kojima from attending The Game Awards 2015. Now Konami is nothing but a name and is doomed to an existance of irrelevancy. If YouTube dosen't fix their shit soon, they're next.

I’m so glad pewdiepie gave you a shoutout

I’m so glad pewdiepie gave you a shoutout

EmpLemon Thank you for creating a playlist for YouTube Geographic

The Godzilla footage was perfectly                             used.

The Godzilla footage was perfectly                             used.

💦💦So guys, we did it. We've finally tanked the Rewind.💦💦

💦💦So guys, we did it. We've finally tanked the Rewind.💦💦

EmpLemon i always like dads video before the add ends

EmpLemon i always like dads video before the add ends

Confi Dencial isn’t that for free vpns tho?

Confi Dencial isn’t that for free vpns tho?

Poor Mumkey, he probably has had the worst year out of all of us..

Lmao can't believe that you actually found a sponsor but awesome!

#TankTheRewind  was a total success. Are you going to talk about it?

EmpLemon Love the TF2 music!! Didn’t know you were a fan!

EmpLemon Love the TF2 music!! Didn’t know you were a fan!

Best ad read yet, more companies should sponser you only to see what kind of ad read you'll make

YouTube Poop Wikia's admins installed a court forum in the forums page which we will use to take our wikia back. But in order to vote you gotta do 25 goodwilled edits and be active for at least a week. It's the voter rules on YouTube Poop Wikia.

I rate your sponsor message a 10/10 I wanna rent a condom now

also when you login into any service like youtube. they will know what you are doing. because you are logged in they know its you

Hey EmperorLemon. Have you considered my proposal to liberate YouTube Poop Wikia it's current admins?

Remember, YouTube Rewind 2018 is the most disliked video now

Remember, YouTube Rewind 2018 is the most disliked video now

EmpLemon

Mumkey’s channels will be missed :(

EmpLemon

Mumkey’s channels will be missed :(

you know that vpn does not to your privacy right? they need your credintials to login and they can see everything you do too. and they will sell your data too.

Emp.. your the most real content creater on the planet

Emp.. your the most real content creater on the planet

I tried to discuss the pewdiepie smear campaign with sjws. Ad hominem ad nausea is all I can say.

EmpLemon nordvpn is gonna save us from YouTube dragonfly in 2021


As a New Yorker, I get an overwhelming sense of disgust every time I go near or enter the Viacom building in time square.

As a New Jersian. I'm surprised you guys haven't just reduced that building into a delapidated graffiti covered abandoned hole

@Gold Cross For work maybe, perhaps not for or in the building but perhaps having to stop there for whatever it may be. To be honest there's dozens of ways that could be answered

We need to name a disease after Viacom because they are pretty much like one.

Me: goes to New York
Sticks my head in the door of the Viacom building
“BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! You guys suck!!!!”
walks off

Me: *goes to New York*
*Sticks my head in the door of the Viacom building*
“BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! You guys suck!!!!”
*walks off*

As a NYer myself, I hate the viacom building myself.........

Pickle A.K.A Pickle Rick's Fatass Cousin

+Diego Chamberlain And why? I went there on vacation, and it was great. Much better than Shady Florida.

Why would you have a reason to enter it?

As a Tennessean, I get an overwhleming sense of disgust every time I hear mention of New York.

The person in your profile photo is a New Yorker. You’re the real Jew here


I'm an intellectual property attorney and I remember studying this case in law school. You did an excellent job in making this video. Educational, entertaining, and accurate. Bravo!

@Rubricatus Seneca It's a thought you don't own it.

@LameStudiosInc most intellectual rights are the unique fruits of an individuals labor. What makes you entitled to the ownership or equal access of these fruits which you did not labor for? If they are to be commercialized the cost should reflect the labor and not the monopolization of such an item but the intellectual rights are nescessary.

This video and the copyright metagame are four of his best videos

Well I hope you accomplish something that makes everyone less pisssed off, because it's sad to see someone proud of their profession have only negative comments in the replies.

Best of luck to you, hope you help the people.

@Your Kirbö Buddy You don't really need more than 10 years to establish a work as being yours.

@LameStudiosInc It sure is, fuck copyright. I was okay with at it first but then copyright holders got 2 greedy. I say it's time to punish them for their wicked and evil nature!

Intellectual property is fake and arbitrary.


something about that "ad campaign" sounds really fishy. it almost seems like they purposefully contributed to the problem just so they could have grounds to sue.

@Lemmon Boy of course it is. they did everything they could to make the videos look "edgy", so it was probably some mid-level marketing jackass who put them up, followed by a bunch of unintelligible internal screeching when they were brought up during the lawsuit. It's certainly not a purposeful contribution to the problem: those videos were well under 1% of the content available on the site.

On the other hand, I would have loved to have been the Youtube lawyer who discovered that they did that stupid shit.

@Lemmon Boy nah man, im done giving benefits of the doubt to media conglomerates, they do enough shitty things intentionally that i cant trust them when they do it unintentionally.

Or, it’s stupid companies not thinking before acting
I mean one of the main issues of the Lawsuit was Viacom’s internal structure disagreeing on whether or not to leave the videos up on YouTube.
So while it definitely LOOKS fishy, it’s probably just dumb, massive companies struggling to internally agree

It's like someone invites someone to their home, then calls the police on grounds of home invasion.


"By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet's impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machines" ~Paul Krugman 1998, the greatest quote I've ever seen

This quote has the same energy as <i>"640K software is all the memory anybody would ever need on a computer".</i>

This quote has the same energy as _"640K software is all the memory anybody would ever need on a computer"._

the dude wrote my macro-econ textbook I sued in college. ooof....

Honestly, the fax machine kinda laid ground for scanners. I think it's pretty revolutionary in a sense. So even at that time, that economist might have won a Nobel-prize but lacked complete vision in the practicality and scalability of past and (then) contemporary technology. Piss poor leadership in terms of helping society's economy evolve, in my humble view.

the whole gamestop thing. This quote aged like spoiled milk

@mocha No actually he's my uncle and he's a manager at Kmart now

@aprendizmetalero 666 Bullshit. He works at The Graduate Center in NYC's City University.


And again in late 2021 removing dislikes. Fuck this platform.

Like people say they are gonna boycott or stop youtube but it never never works

even coppa was little more than an inconvenience.

Ye, COPPA did throw a few punches, but we're ok

I didn't know you watch emplemon.
Anyways thanks for the good tower defence content you have produced.
Keep up the good work :).

Cant wait for the next tower defense challenge

**cough cough** *matt watson* **cough cough**


15:20 Actually, that sounds like a pretty clever strategy by Viacom. A cheap, effective marketing effort to promote their material. It probably would have worked very well were it not for Viacom trying to sue YouTube. Heck, I bet a lot of companies are doing the same thing right now.


If YouTube died, I feel there'd be a better video platform. But YouTube winning <i>this</i> case was good.

If YouTube died, I feel there'd be a better video platform. But YouTube winning _this_ case was good.

Wouldn’t the new platform be basically the same? They will still need a automated copyright system which probably will act the same as the current one

who on earth could possibly do better? Amazon? Just LOOK at twitch...

@SuperCityscan exactly, atleast i love steam as a company and they're consumer and (mostly) artist friendly. Can't say the same for YT

YouTube is like the Steam for online videos except it much worse and the alternatives are far worse.

I think not because if they lose this lawsuit the online space would have been much different from what it is now and without Google financial support is very improbable that another video platform could had grow this big Emp sad in his own video and I agree with him.

I would want to see Dailymotion Geographic

This case set a precedent on how online content is handled in a copyright sense. A case lost would set a negative preferential that wouldn’t allow something like YouTube to grow to what it is now.

bitchute
but the name may make confusions,
Bitch ute or bit chute?

<b>ORO 0147</b> if that happens, let's just hope its not from a company like verizon

*ORO 0147* if that happens, let's just hope its not from a company like verizon


Wow this feels like an Early 2000s PBS documentary.

There was a lot of great retrospective media in that time

Not gonna lie, I like PBS documentaries and other history documentaries.

The whole channel is an ode to 90s to early 2000s nostalgia


In short: <b>Viacom Literally played them self</b>

In short: *Viacom Literally played them self*


I knew Vidcon was bought out, but until watching this I hadn't put two and two together that it was bought by Youtube's biggest existential threat.  That is wild, corporations are frighteningly pragmatic.  Awesome essay and visuals as always.

@Tom Hill Google runs YouTube because of its audience and influence

@Pferd Schild Not JUST money, the money is a means to an end. POWER. Remember Google runs You-tube at a loss just to make sure nothing can replace it.

@Mr.נוֹאָשׁ • Who are you talking to and what are you talking about?

Arent you the company randomly copy right claiming shit.

@Nerd City Understandable. Thank you for replying to my comment. I love your videos.

Ro Har - I was taught to type that way, if I recall.  That’s how you did it on a typewriter in the prelaptop era.

why do you put so many spaces between sentences


Only 2 minutes in and this guy's editing is amazing.

I can really see how making all them YouTube poops has made him great for doing YouTube documentaries.

Daelin "Zeppi" Zeppeli (TheInsaneComputerGamer)


"Sometimes YouTube is it's own biggest threat"<br>This hits differently now.

"Sometimes YouTube is it's own biggest threat"
This hits differently now.


Viacom’s legal team like: <b>*clown noises*</b>

Viacom’s legal team like: **clown noises**

@i forgot my damn name you aint no clown, or circus, youre the entire entertainment industry

Their entire corporate culture is clown shoes, from the lawyers to the managers to the CEO.


Viacom, what almost killed the YTP community

@Sonigokuソニゴク Viacom took down CartoonLover98 and AwfulFawful (though fortunately, he's back)

Sonigokuソニゴク+ Viacom also took down years old amazing avatar amvs recently . So fucked up. 17 our of 46 vids in my playlist got blocked. They were fine a year ago and now they’re gone

Viacunt took down Spingeville, one of the first YTPs I ever watched.

There are so many YTP's that I loved but got copyright claimed. So I eventually<br>just forgot about them.

There are so many YTP's that I loved but got copyright claimed. So I eventually
just forgot about them.


I used to watch your YTPs 7 years ago back in high school. Now here I am, a law school hopeful working at a firm as a lowly paralegal. I really appreciate seeing a fellow former YouTube pooper making it into the mainstream on YouTube, and rightfully so. Your editing skills are phenomenal, keep up the quality content man!

@Debate Bro Neolib God Yeah because no-one remembers fond memories and no-one makes anything of themselves.


"Imagine a version of the internet where a website like youtube could not exist due to fear of legal extermination" yeah, a lot of people seem to be worrying about that, but it's not Youtubes fault


the sheer amount of effort you put into these videos are astounding, i love your channel :)


I would like the comment but I'm NOT ruining 666 likes 😌

@Souvik Mitra they drank it then peed on then with it

@NoWayAroundIt they drank it first before drowning their creators in it.


This advertisement is absolutely brilliant and more people should take inspiration from it. It makes a very relatable and understanding explanation and is funny as hell when tied into the message of freedom.


EmpLemon, I know you probably won't see this in the sea of comments, but I really have wanted to congratulate you for what you have done on your channel with your content on your channel so far.  You are the man we really TRULY needed on a site like this, that promotes censorship, to speak out and say what no one else will say for fear of what may happen to them.  Clearly you have a pair and aren't afraid to speak your mind to the unknown, a trait we all wish we had.  Not only do your videos present a new era in YouTube content, but you put so much work and effort into making your videos unforgettable, and extends a message that the viewers will want to think about for possible days after they watched it.  I mean, 26 MINUTES to explain a simple message?  I'm a man of intricate detail, but I could never do that.  The fact that you explain in such a clear and compiling tone, while also showing an occasional biased perspective is absolutely amazing.  This probably isn't new to you, as you demonstrate your capabilities in every video you make, including the more recent "there will Never Ever be another cartoon like Spongebob Squarepants" video, which I found to be very detailed and well thought out.  I may seem somewhat weird by typing out a paragraph just to say how extraordinary of a YouTuber you are, but there's really no other way I could do it.  Thank you for what you do for us.

side notes:

Upload more often!  I'm sure there's a large handful of us that wait patiently for you to upload your videos whether it be a YouTube Geographic, a YouTube Poop, Memes, Downward Spiral, or just a commentary video.  It's all evenly entertaining.  I understand this is kind of dumb for me to say, as I'm sure it takes around a month or so to make genuinely good content.

Merry Christmas!  In accordance to what I said above, I'm assuming this will be your last upload of this year.  Looking forward to see what you create in 2019 onward.

edit I forgot to mention how I have always really liked your TF2 references.  Hidden or in your face, it's funny how some people don't notice them from video to video.  Nice to see a fellow TF2 gamer still out there after all that has happened to the game and the community. (Especially after July 2016)

2nd edit Thanks for the heart, I honestly didn't think you would see this EmpLemon.  Hope it made your week.

EmpLemon, I know you probably won't see this in the sea of comments, but I really have wanted to congratulate you for what you have done on your channel with your content on your channel so far.  You are the man we really TRULY needed on a site like this, that promotes censorship, to speak out and say what no one else will say for fear of what may happen to them.  Clearly you have a pair and aren't afraid to speak your mind to the unknown, a trait we all wish we had.  Not only do your videos present a new era in YouTube content, but you put so much work and effort into making your videos unforgettable, and extends a message that the viewers will want to think about for possible days after they watched it.  I mean, 26 MINUTES to explain a simple message?  I'm a man of intricate detail, but I could never do that.  The fact that you explain in such a clear and compiling tone, while also showing an occasional biased perspective is absolutely amazing.  This probably isn't new to you, as you demonstrate your capabilities in every video you make, including the more recent "there will Never Ever be another cartoon like Spongebob Squarepants" video, which I found to be very detailed and well thought out.  I may seem somewhat weird by typing out a paragraph just to say how extraordinary of a YouTuber you are, but there's really no other way I could do it.  Thank you for what you do for us.

side notes:

Upload more often!  I'm sure there's a large handful of us that wait patiently for you to upload your videos whether it be a YouTube Geographic, a YouTube Poop, Memes, Downward Spiral, or just a commentary video.  It's all evenly entertaining.  I understand this is kind of dumb for me to say, as I'm sure it takes around a month or so to make genuinely good content.

Merry Christmas!  In accordance to what I said above, I'm assuming this will be your last upload of this year.  Looking forward to see what you create in 2019 onward.

*edit* I forgot to mention how I have always really liked your TF2 references.  Hidden or in your face, it's funny how some people don't notice them from video to video.  Nice to see a fellow TF2 gamer still out there after all that has happened to the game and the community. (Especially after July 2016)

*2nd edit* Thanks for the heart, I honestly didn't think you would see this EmpLemon.  Hope it made your week.

@freddy46 no, no.  YouTube promotes censorship, as they commonly remove videos and channels dealing with conspiracy theories, alt right or liberal extremist views on the world.

@MonsterSponge  wait, he promotes censhorship? Is that a typo or smth?

MonsterSponge *promotes anti censorship
Censorship = Not being able to say what you want, as it’s more appealing to be clean
Anti Censorship = Being able to say what you want, even if it makes you less appealing

@Callinater No it was not, YouTube has been exterminating those who speak out or speak of "sensitive" topics openly on the site.

8 months later update, hit 1000+ hours in TF2, no regrets

I always wondered if emp still played tf2, or just had a soft spot for it and put references to it for his olden days. But at this point he's made plenty enough for me to think he still plays it. TF2 forever <3

@SPFrobber If you can't appreciate EmpLemon's work, then that's your own problem.  You honestly didn't have to reply with that at all.

Well I had 700 hours in tf2 but I quit because of the Pyro update they didn't add much new stuff and I hated it...

He may do an unscripted, if we're nice enough ;)

I'm sorry, I stopped reading after the first paragraph

@Definitely Not Alex 5th most popular I believe

@FreeToPlay Scout Agree completely with you.  I think the game might start doing worse in the coming months with CS:GO going completely free, causing people to switch over.  It's a big statement, but I think Valve is trying to quit TF2 for some reason.

I’ll always love the machinimas. It felt like I watched them for so long that it felt like I grew up with them.

Glad someone noticed the TF2 references, but that "July 2016."  O O F right in the feels.  TF2 imploded for at least an entire week after that and was significantly weakened for several months to a year. As a long time player I'd argue it's never been the same since July 2nd, 2016 when all the changes from the past two years came to a head and marked a strange new era in TF2's history.  Fortress Forever <3

God I love TF2.  I loved all of the old machinimas that were made. Including the portal and portal 2 ones

@antlerman I was going to mention the Jungle Inferno update with the July 2016 update in the original comment but I thought against it, as not everyone would agree that it was horrible.  Even though I hated it, I do miss seeing those funny spies on Doublecross sitting on the sniper deck crouched aiming with the ambassador, only to head shot me and throw a Lenny face into chat multiple times.

Fellow TF2 gamer. Love ya. However, it was after the Amby was nurfed it fell to shit for me. 1000 hours at spy for nothing...

That TF2 music in the beginning made me stop watching for like 20 minutes to find more tf2 music.


Ahh 2008<br>Back when Nintendo made the best hand held devices

Ahh 2008
Back when Nintendo made the best hand held devices

@OtakuUnitedStudio By that logic, the PC is not a gaming system. They are desktop computers that just happen to be capable of playing games.

See how that doesn’t really work?

@Carlos Daniel Borja Leaño steam deck: are you sure about that

@lepidotós I have played dozens of games on Switch that were all excellent. Mario Odyssey, Breath of the Wild, Kirby Star Allies, Cadence of Hyrule, Age of Calamity, Luigi's Mansion 3, not to mentions plenty of non-exclusives and ports of fantastic games that now have a portable option as a result.

@Quest for greatness All joystick devices right now are garbage. It's not just Nintendo. Xbox One and PS5 controllers are just as prone to drift. The joysticks themselves come from the same handful of manufacturers who keep pushing plug-and-play joysticks because they're cheaper to make and easier to replace.

Also, you can fix most Joycon drift with isopropyl and a cotton swab.

@Nathan Brown Cellphones aren't handheld game systems. They are pocket computers that just happen to be capable of playing games.

Nintendo has ALWAYS made the best handhelds and still does.

@Quest for greatness Breath of the Wild, Splatoon, Super Mario Odyssey, etc. etc. etc.

@Quest for greatness can you please handle other people having different opinions than you

@Quest for greatness I'll be the one to cry more,

Your videos...

TF have you been doing setting someone on fire? All for an prank?

Maybe I should tell YT to ban you forever for abuse...

You did it again, you all did it again, you managed to turn the reply section into a petri dish of never ending baseless arguments.

Guess that's the only thing that'll never change about youtube.

Quest for greatness Wow. You act like your opinion is fact.

@Callinater could be because it's really inconvenient for a handheld, it killed the much, much better for portable play 3ds, and even the switch lite is a regression to the game boy advance pre-sp in terms of design, with screen and joystick much more susceptible to damage now that there's no lid to keep them safe. that and there's only like two worthwhile titles.

Uh they are like the only one left doing that lmao and good at it

@Tom Hill Ahh nice "EVERYONE I DISAGREE WITH IS A TROLL" Cry some more.

@Quest for greatness Not in the slightest? Kinda overselling it troll, you gotta be more subtle.

@Quest for greatness Breathe of the wild is a great game.

@Quest for greatness Smash Ultimate, Octopath Traveler, Mario Oddysesy, BOTW (nigh everyone agrees it's good), cadence of hyrule, etc etc

The number one rule of the video game console market: DO NOT GO HEAD TO HEAD WITH NINTENDO IN THE HANDHELD MARKET!

@Religion is Cancer S little unnecessarily combative.

Callinater Perhaps because they made the joycons shit on purpose to make money? until they got a fat lawsuit, or maybe it's their shit ports which are literally just last gen quality, And constantly crash and have frame drops. Or their mediocre titles such as breath of the wild (if you think botw is good check out the video Breath of the wild not enough zelda) Or maybe their garbage online service that cannot even handle it with Nintendo providing no effort to fix it. There's a lot of obvious, serious issues anyone could see. unless you're a fanboy in denial.

Quest for greatness I honestly don’t see how anyone could hate the switch. Even if it’s not your type of console.

Now they make the best hybrid consoles I'd say

Nathan Brown
**Achoo** freemium **achoo!**

Xavier Saavedra *cough* *cough* cellphones

well considering the only competition it has is the ps vita id say that's still true today


I can tell you put so much effort into these videos and I really appreciate that


Wow that was amazing!! An amazing documentary well done with the right facts and explanations for people like me and you who are not that deep into rights studies<br>!I congratulate you! And thanks for the video

Wow that was amazing!! An amazing documentary well done with the right facts and explanations for people like me and you who are not that deep into rights studies
!I congratulate you! And thanks for the video


Holy cow, i knew the Viacom case was a dire situation for youtube back then, but to think that Viacom had them dead to rights and they managed to fuck it up so gloriously like that is insane


I just watched a 27 minute video on a corporate lawsuit... only on this channel could I do that and be engaged the entire way through. Thank you EmpLemon. Your content is incredible.

I didn't even notice this is 27 minutes until I saw your comment.


Hey Emp, thanks so much for still being on YouTube. You have made some of my favorite videos of all time. I'm really happy that you haven't quit YouTube entirely.


Amazing editing as usual. Love watching abdridged accounts of legal battles. You should do more. I had no way to expect that it would have ended in some weird disaster like viacoms ghetto self piracy


Excellent show. Well thought out and researched. Great job!


EmpLemon, I love your perspectives. You explain your points so articulately and clearly and in a way that doesn’t feel like any boring old essay. Your channel is like a college course on internet culture. Bravo!


this video is amazing. amazing content as normal, emp. please keep making more. you tube geographic maintains my sanity on this website.


So, if Viacom owns VidCon, how long until they get their hands on YouTune themselves?

How long? Try never. Google would never ever sell it nor go bankrupt and have to sell it.

Surprised Viacom changed the name of VidCon to ViaCon or VidCom


great, loved it cant wait for more<br>this series is god damn amazing i just hope it doesn't get hit by the demonetization hammer.

great, loved it cant wait for more
this series is god damn amazing i just hope it doesn't get hit by the demonetization hammer.


I must say, this was simply entertaining and insightful to watch! Also, can I say that your editing and background music selection was AWESOME?


When are we getting how to start with black fire bombs and master key?


This is my favorite episode of YouTube Geographic. In a matter of fact, this actually might be my favorite EmpLemon video so far!


You always amaze me with how detailed and through your research is, hats off man


You clearly put a lot of effort into structuring your video scripts. Really keeps me interested all the way through your videos. I appreciate all the effort and passion that goes into your work.


benny here since ytp golden age, and i’m happy to say that your content still keeps my attention and provides entertainment start to finish. cheers.


It’s been almost a year since the last youtube geographic episode.<br>Please bring this back Emp!

It’s been almost a year since the last youtube geographic episode.
Please bring this back Emp!


YouTube went from battling companies, to battling world powers. Good job boys


I love this channel, even though he takes some stuff so serious that it sounds stupid sometimes


Absolutely brilliant video on a topic that I remember hearing about years ago!

Viacom were a huge threat to YouTube back in the day, and I also remember everybody sharing that "RealWeeklyNews" video on the lawsuit, and then everybody losing their shit over "HuluTube" in 2009... How was that ten years ago?!


To put into perspective how much money Viacom wanted to sue YouTube for, that’s one dollar for every 8 people on the planet.


Only your videos are so interesting and well made that I can rewatch them time after time. And get something new and valuable every time


I'm happy with whatever YouTube is doing as long as my favourite YouTubers get to keep their content & revenue running


I love how DreamWorks Animation was one of the companies that weren’t even owned by Viacom, but needed to be boycotted anyways.


This website has grown to an insane degree over the years. It's so sprawling now and so grand in scale that there are literally thousands of channels with over a million subscribers you've never heard of. Hell, most people in the West didn't even know about T-Series till they had 60 million subscribers. The platform is so niche, there are so many tiny circles of creators making hyper specific content. It's amazing really. It's a shame the homepage is always plastered with celebrity content, because the amount of user generated stuff is so incredible. I can rattle off like 15 video essay channels without thinking. There used to be a program where a random channel with less than 100,000 subscribers would be features on the home page for people to check out. YouTube needs to get back to those days. Exposing people to new, engaging content. Not overly colorful bullshit


Emp I don't know what your real job outside of YouTube is but you would do well in video production. Your videos are interesting, compelling and great to watch. Keep up the good work>


I can't stop watching your videos man. Great stuff, love your editing style.


EmpLemon... your well picked niche topics, insightful calm hilarious deep commentary, classy throwback videogame background music, engaging visuals, and well built story lines - have won me over. You got yer self a s'scriber, Sir! Keep killin' it!!!


i love the "pretty good" vibes from this. the music choice, the google earth, overall presentation. goodonya


The best sponsor placement you could possibly have for this video

Man, didn’t expect you to be here. Love your stuff, been with ya since 68k.

hey NB, have fun getting a notification for a comment you posted 2 years ago, lol

Never thought a scuttlebug would join the downward spiral.

Nathaniel Bandy
Never through I would see you comment on a emplemon video.

*Nathaniel Bandy*
Never through I would see you comment on a emplemon video.


This is some spectacular editing you’ve done here! This video is amazing!


Im glad to see that emp somehow picked up a sponser! Keep it up emp!


this video explains a lot! now i know why youtube does not manually examine the video in question of a copyright infringement and just lets the youtuber and the 3rd party complainant duke it out. thanks!


What Viacom did to use their own pirated clips to infringe YouTube themselves is quite a shady business practice.


For the first time I actually agree with a YouTube sponsorship, good work


that intense music after objection is what i need from videos like this, i have never been so excited about a lawsuit ever. great job man.


7:23 - Just to clarify they can legally operate without following safe harbor provisions. For example, Netflix does not have any DMCA take down system like YouTube or Twitter. This is because companies that choose not too follow the safe harbor provisions are not doing anything illegal, they just are not afforded any of the protection from lawsuits that the safe harbor affords. So, Netflix is responsible for curating it's own content and if something got on their platform that they don't own then the company itself can be sued. This works for them since they license all of the content on their site. They have a shiny piece of paper, signed by the rights holders, that says they can host their content. The safe harbor provision is generally for sites like YouTube that are made up of mostly user driven content. YouTube can not vet every single video so to operate as it does it follows the safe harbor provisions.

The point you were making still stands though, YouTube must follow these systems to operate as they do. Just wanted to provide some extra info!


Another incredible video, I really like the way you present things in your videos


These YouTube Geographics are good, man.  Please make more


Respect for that judge for saving the internet, also nice video!


I love the usage of the TF2 song. You used the calm part for the pretty informational text and the thrilling part when the suspense grows. Well done!


Viacom and CBS are back together. As of December 5, 2019 they will be known as ViacomCBS


Who would win?
One big company
or
One greedy company

*Who would win?*
One big company
or
One greedy company

wvlfAce more like one big greedy company vs one smol company

So now your in my YouTube feed and in every comment section.. great

@Your Sexualized Grandparents One big greedy company has a big O and the other one has a smol o because the One with the BIG O bought a bigger "O" letter.

One big greedy company vs one big greedy company


I mean the thing is that YouTube really <b>does</b> have lots of copyrighted material that shouldn't be here but is.  We don't want YouTube to have to change, of course not, but I feel like it's really true what they're saying.

I mean the thing is that YouTube really *does* have lots of copyrighted material that shouldn't be here but is.  We don't want YouTube to have to change, of course not, but I feel like it's really true what they're saying.


I'm extraordinarily biased in favor of Ace Attorney. Your use of it here, and the fact that this is by any reasonable definition, a legitimate turnabout, make me absolutely adore this video.


I remember watching a Viacom hate video when I was a kid when it was a big thing and because of my young self..I was literally so scared of Viacom like they were going to kill me in my sleep.


Great editing in this. Topics like this have the potential of being confusing but you're able to get a slick narrative out of it. Really interesting stuff.


I am consistently impressed with how well made these YouTube Geographics are.


0:39 if the mirror were to deflect the laser shot, that would be an accurate representation of what YouTube is doing to itself


UMG is doing the same exact thing, expect instead of going for the whole company, they go for individual videos and it seems to be working


This video was like an audio visual feast. Incredible! Must've taken forever to edit though


Nothing much to do with the content but the presentation is exceptional. I love this channel's edition so much. Just wanted to say that. It's amazing.


I'll be honest, I wouldn't mind the copyright problems nearly as much if Youtube weren't knowingly editing the type of content everybody sees.


God DAMN! I watched the entire video, and MAN this was interesting to see! Seeing two <b>HUGE</b> companies battle it out in the biggest legal battle EVER and decide the fate of The Matrix as a whole.  In fiction, this would be AWESOME! A battle of The Century! But in real life, it would be pure hell...

God DAMN! I watched the entire video, and MAN this was interesting to see! Seeing two *HUGE* companies battle it out in the biggest legal battle EVER and decide the fate of The Matrix as a whole.  In fiction, this would be AWESOME! A battle of The Century! But in real life, it would be pure hell...


Can we show some love to the YouTube lawyers who saved the platform


man I don't know why I get so hyped up over law suit stories, I love these so much, it's just so great


A small part of me misses your YTPs, but objectively, these kind of videos are MUCH better.


“It just really sucks that one huge conglomerate can set a legal precedent that a corporation that wants all your data can just ask for it.” <b>laughs in 2020</b>

“It just really sucks that one huge conglomerate can set a legal precedent that a corporation that wants all your data can just ask for it.” *laughs in 2020*


I don't watch EmpLemon for the actual well made content or structurally sound scripts and research, I watch him for that classic TF2 MUSIC


That funny moment when Viacom almost killed the Internet


Note: In December 2019, Viacom and CBS have merged into ViacomCBS


"Imagine a version of the internet where a website like Youtube could not exist in fear of legal extermination in the event that anybody uploads a clip from a TV show"
Hey, this sounds familiar.
Hmmmm....

"Imagine a version of the internet where a website like Youtube could not exist in fear of legal extermination in the event that anybody uploads a clip from a TV show"
Hey, this sounds familiar.
*Hmmmm....*


Knowing EmpLemon's financial situation, I watched through the ENTIRE ad


I wonder if Viacom tried to post their own content on YouTube so they could sue them planning the lawsuit in the first place but fucked up somewhere down the line.


this series is great <br>looking forward to episode 6

this series is great
looking forward to episode 6


Hi emplemon..great work on this vid just love it.. also is the reason why I wanted to join forces with ya..keep the good work


This is great as always, love the effort you put in the visuals and editing of these with lots of extra clear information. It's easy for people to dismiss your complaining as just hating on youtube, but you do it because you care and it shows. I wish more creators were this knowledgeable about the platform.


"If copyright law was harsher daily motion would be the most popular video service"

Emp


To think that there's a time line not too far fom this one where Viacom had won and completely changed to course of internet history


at the part where you talked about viacom uploading their own videos to youtube, which ultimately led to them losing the lawsuit, you said you didnt understand why they would do something like that, but it just seems like theyre trying to frame youtube by planting videos as evidence of copyright infringement. they uploaded slightly altered versions of their own videos so they could point and say "look, heres more examples of youtube creators putting up our content without permission" when it was really them all along.


Whoaaa, that Real Weekly News clip at 12:16 takes me way back. I helped that guy set up his Facebook page.

Yooo that's fuckin sick dude! Really shows how far people come huh?


I will never forgive YouTube for what they did to my boy Mumkey Jones.

@gulden I've seen a couple of his bigger videos reuploaded by random channels but I don't think all of them are up again.

So anyone knows where all of his videos can be watched? There were hundreds of them.

If he didn't save his vids, he can consider himself fucked.<br>Remember what people like Emp are talking about. This site won't die that easily. You've gotta just roll with it or bail out of the truck. They WILL do irresponsible and disrespectful things. It's sadly their right if it's causing controversy elsewhere, and if you didn't know, Mumkey just had that experience. His videos are causing external controversy from a dumb girl who thought his vids were serious incel warnings.

If he didn't save his vids, he can consider himself fucked.
Remember what people like Emp are talking about. This site won't die that easily. You've gotta just roll with it or bail out of the truck. They WILL do irresponsible and disrespectful things. It's sadly their right if it's causing controversy elsewhere, and if you didn't know, Mumkey just had that experience. His videos are causing external controversy from a dumb girl who thought his vids were serious incel warnings.

But Mumkeys Jungle is a genuinely better neme


funny how everyone thought you were wrong about article 13, and how it was actually about to kill youtube, and then you were right all along.

god i love this.

funny how everyone thought you were wrong about article 13, and how it was actually about to kill youtube, and then you were right *all along.*

god i love this.


Before this video i always go "YOUTUBE HAS NP CLUE"<br>your video convince me youtube is unfortunately doing exactly what it takes to stay alive.

Before this video i always go "YOUTUBE HAS NP CLUE"
your video convince me youtube is unfortunately doing exactly what it takes to stay alive.


Man it took three years for me to find this channel. Three years since I actually started taking YouTube seriously. Before I used to just watch cable TV. After swimming through shit for three years I found three top quality channels in 2019 - Internet Historian, videogamedunkey and yours.


Me: "Damn, a lot of detailed edition goes into this guy's videos"
This guy: "As a former Youtube pooper..."
Me: "oh."


Honestly, YouTube should listen to the people that actually USE IT

/42chan/ Nobody is gonna switch to bitchute

If you hate what they did, then support Bitchute.


God this is one of the best YouTube series ever. EVER.


I can run YouTube better by just sitting on a keyboard!


I was there...

WE were ALL there...

The war was legendary.

@Anna Kutitahvel Deleted my original. Sep 16, 2007 was my original account creation date.


The timing of "Cornered" was perfect and made the story go from interesting to epic


Thats how youtube won?  I thought it was due to viacom reuploading youtube videos onto their own platforms and striking down youtube videos they stole for use in tv ads.  I have no idea how they could screw this up so badly.


It’s been 1 year since this video came out. Incredible EmpLemon


Someone: mentions Viacom
Me: We do not speak that name.

Someone: *mentions Viacom*
Me: We do not speak that name.


For a second I thought this was recent, so I got scared. Though I watched further in, and its just a look at the past.<br>Very informative and funny at the same time. Nice. Keep that up and I may have to start coming back on a regular basis.

For a second I thought this was recent, so I got scared. Though I watched further in, and its just a look at the past.
Very informative and funny at the same time. Nice. Keep that up and I may have to start coming back on a regular basis.


@Lavenderstar The Dragon they nuked THOSE channels now too, the world is ending my friend

He has new channels now. His gaming channel was renamed and became his main channel, and he has another one too. Hopefully he can rebuild

I've been living under a rock. When did he get scrubbed?

First they came for Alex Jones, and I did not complain, because I did not think that the frogs were gay-

Then they came for Sargon of Akkad, and I did not speak out because I wasn't a Kekistani shitlord-

Then they came for Mumkey, and I did not speak out, for I was not into anime reviews and survival guides-

Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out for me.

Mumkey's videos are the #1 best thing I know of for handling the topics of depression, mental illness, and mass shootings. At the very least I'm sure Mumkey has prevented suicides. I can't even find a word for how disgusting banning him is.

First they came for Alex Jones. We laughed. Then they came for Mumkey Jones.

@Underfell Sans The edgy skeleton <br>Nah fam he started another one and he has a hidden channel full off all the edgy stuff that got taken off the original channel even before the termination. (Like his Koran "anime review" video)

@Underfell Sans The edgy skeleton
Nah fam he started another one and he has a hidden channel full off all the edgy stuff that got taken off the original channel even before the termination. (Like his Koran "anime review" video)

It has been a truly roundabout path. Arigato Mumkey


So ultimately Viacom wanted stolen content to be uploaded on to YouTube as a marketing strategy but wanted to be the only ones uploading it? Why not save that budget and just let people upload the content as a marketing strategy instead of trying to remove it? Allow clips to be uploaded but have YouTube remove full episodes.


I definitely contributed to viacom's complain, I had a youtube channel back in 2007 that was just re-uploads of old nickelodeon and cartoon network cartoons. Not sorry, Viacom!


Viacom strategy for "viral campaign" was hilarious 😂


So basically, you want the world's most popular video platform, to die? This is bad for YouTube you know.

Well, what did they have in 2018? They can't just have no rewind, they needed SOMETHING.

@Kneight I don't think they're will be a new ship tho. Although YouTube is ass what the creators do with it isn't. It's a place to get info. As a 15 yr old I learned what  conservative and liberals are in u.s history but YouTube showed me why they hate each other and can't get along. News about overall life like net neutrality. It's basicly this generation newspaper. I don't think anyone will spread info if they're not getting paid which what other platforms can't do. They start off small and can't pay creators which often leads to them not getting exposure. I heard Amazon was making a platform but Idk. I can't see anyone with a ship as big as YouTube's unless it's coming from a big company like Amazon, spotify, or maybe even Apple trying to find gold in a platform like YouTube.

2007 YouTube was awesome though. Maybe all the bullshit from viacom and shitty youtubers caused them to go mad and create Rewind.

all you comment is boring Youtube Rewind jokes.<br>@kremit the frog

all you comment is boring Youtube Rewind jokes.
@kremit the frog

Why do I feel the original commenter didn't even bother watching before commenting this.

They tweeted about it saying “New record..! Oh wait...” then they did a paragraph long thing about how they’ve heard our feedback and will take it into consideration

kremit the frog The most disliked video on YouTube

@Story & Spice I wonder when there'll be a ship as big as YouTube capable of handling mass migration when this one finally sinks?

Personally, I see youtube sinking right now, even if there aren't good options around, as something better than having youtube around. Because it can do whatever it wants, hurt the creators, hurt the entire community, and thus this lowers everyone's standards when a new ship is available. It then becomes sort of Stockholm syndrome, with companies being able to get away with the abuse, instead of people calling it out and resisting it as much as possible.

TL;DR: I'm pissed, I wish youtube died already, regardless of collateral damage.

No, they deserve demonopolization, support Bitchute.

Yes, but the problem is that YouTube makes the creators suffer for their problems.

Your favorite creator is gonna get hit next. We all in this together. It's like a ship gets hit with a cannon and your response is the captain deserves it very though you are on the same ship.

<i>le default dance on YT Rewind 2018's grave</i>

_le default dance on YT Rewind 2018's grave_

Of all things that are true, this thing is the most true.


very interesting, particularly 22:17 (sums it up quite nicely).

Also your sponsor read is one of those where its worth watching. :D


It's weird to remember a time where Youtube was the good guy


💖💙Thanks for explaining the past of Youtube to me.<br>i'm a new Youtuber who was always complaining about how bad things are now, but now i see how good it really is. Thanks again Lemon Boi. 💗💚

💖💙Thanks for explaining the past of Youtube to me.
i'm a new Youtuber who was always complaining about how bad things are now, but now i see how good it really is. Thanks again Lemon Boi. 💗💚


9:35 I love the editing skills for that mini-ytp


That moment when you felt legit happines thinking "Finally this garbage place is going down" only to realize this happened years ago and wasn't succesfull.<br>Lets be honest youtube NEEDS to be replaced by something better.

That moment when you felt legit happines thinking "Finally this garbage place is going down" only to realize this happened years ago and wasn't succesfull.
Lets be honest youtube NEEDS to be replaced by something better.


Love how you use the tf2 ost<br>Happy to see someone recognize it's awesomeness

Love how you use the tf2 ost
Happy to see someone recognize it's awesomeness


Imagine if Viacom won and we had to use a different video streaming service? Perhaps one that.. actually.. cared about it’s creators...? Fuck.


[YouTube]

You either die a hero...

Or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Is that pfp a soothouse reference or just you on reddit?

Or see yourself being replaced by alt-tech


Love how he shows Viacom as an Abrams tank, but when Viacom is destoryed, it shows a German tank. Shows how great of a tank an Abrams is.


Wow. Viacom really fucked themselves on that one. 😂 I need more YouTube Geographic please Emp. Also dat PBS like intermission gave me hella nostalgia. Me gusta.


even though i've already watched this video many times, i'm gonna go get me some popcorn and watch this in fullscreen.
wish me luck.

edit: the popcorn and video was good as always


14:27-16:55

The makers of the safe harbor expected that pirate users upload infringing content on the platform, but did not expect copyright holders to post their own videos on there and cause the platform to be confused to know which one is legal or not. This is the loophole.


No matter what platform users and creators use. It will always be corporately corrupted. It's just unavoidable.


Viacom blocked they best thing ever that the Dallas Stars made

Sweet Sweet Victory


2019 is going to be a clusterfuck, and I’m going to enjoy every minute of it.


YouTube Reality Check 2018? I mean, we didn’t just tank the Rewind this year, we obliterated it. If not a reality check like last year, then at least discuss the obliteration?

Finnjr63 hence why I said he should at least discuss it

Rekeinserah He said he wouldn’t do a Reality Check 2018.


At least Youtube was honest when they essentially pleaded incompetence.


That's actually a hell of a Yu Gi Oh / Anime plot twist right there.<br>Loved the edits, great job.

That's actually a hell of a Yu Gi Oh / Anime plot twist right there.
Loved the edits, great job.


YouTube geography is awesome, can't wait for the next video


Viacom can simply wait for the EU's final vote on the copyright directive


I remember that I made my first YTP in May of 2010. And Viacom was still the main villain of YouTube then, because it got taken down after it had 10k views.

@Rekeinserah 10k views in 2010? I mean, how bad is it? Send me a cloud link?

Sin Siddhi it’s a terrible spadinner poop. I’m not putting it up unless for irony’s sake


I remember in 2018 I wrote a paper on net neutrality and how it would kill the internet and small businesses online and now even though it’s repealed nothing has changed. In other words the entire premise of a project I worked on for a year was wrong.


The "Meme ban" has recently passed, but happily, it was changed so it won't affect most memes. It's more of a Fair Use law for Europe.


The world needs more YouTube Geographic. All hail EmpLemon.


The history of vidcon, and how the Green bros sold it to Viacom would make for an interesting companion piece. I work for one of the security companies that was at Vidcon one year, I know damn well how shitty my company is and how underprepared those folks were, which likely led to some of the issues, like locking kids in closets.


THANK YOU VIACOM FOR RUINING THE CONCEPT OF FREE USE!

It's already hell. This copyright system and YT's monoply on video sharing are stupid.


For some reason I find his ad segments     as entertaining as the video itself


this whole thing makes them look like a massive evil supervillain, but no, they were just trying to get some quick cash while blissfully destroying a site that they would later call home. Huh.


I’m confused, what does Viacom even want to do to YouTube?


Ironically, it was iCarly, a Viacom show,  that sold me on YouTube’s importance in 2009, and I have been a regular user ever since.


I really like the editing in this video.  The subject matter is interesting too.


Viacom vs. Dracula was the most important video about the Viacom lawsuit ever made.


Man you really nailed it with that final quote about the condom.


is it a reasonable idea to suggest that this whole dispute was just an elaborate, pre-orchestrated song and dance number? Look, i'm NOT eluding to some malicious conspiracy theory, but when you hear or read the word "sue", you might imagine two or more parties at each others' throats but business litigation doesn't (always) work that way. What sounds like beef to us could just be laying down the groundwork, establishing new rules for copyright laws in the still-young internet wild West. Viacom probably wasn't really expecting to win a big ol' pile of money but they still played an important role in establishing case law for future conflicts we'll inevitably see more of down the road. CLEARLY i'm no lawyer, but considering the ridiculousness of Viacom flubbing their own case, is it too large a leap of logic to guess both parties knew what the other was doing the whole time? Considering the outcome we COULD have gotten and that Viacom and Youtube are getting along so well as business partners now, is it really such a stretch? This may not be a blatant case of two neighbors bickering over whose dog pooed on whose lawn a la Judge Judy. Business takes place in the courtroom just as often as on the show floor; it just LOOKS like scat throwing from a customer's perspective.


YouTube is a never ending juggernaut however even something on this scale could still create its own death spiral, all the years of work could end in one simple move, add a price tags to YouTube if it wasn’t free it would never have made it this far, ads are one thing payment plans are another.


Old heads remember when a youtube video would have just the sound/music removed from videos because of Viacom.


Grandmaster Viacom made a serious blunder and YouTube checkmated him


This video was amazing man! I felt like I was watching something on cable


I should really change my name to "Copyright Claim" in order to stay hip with the kids.

@The Crimson Dragon
Who me?
Yeah I kinda go to place to place... LOOKING FOR ANY COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, IT IS MY LIFE PASSION TO DECLARE ALL VID---, sorry some youtube employee got hold of my keyboard again.

Dude I see you in the most random of places

if you really want to get hip, change your name to Copy Striked

<b>Random123456789O</b> Whatever you want.

you can change to "copyleft" to stay hip with the anons


150,000 Viacom owned videos were on YouTube so they sued; I call 100% bullshit, considering they flag any 5 second spongebob shitpost nowadays, which I'm pretty sure counts as transformative content just like the YTPs of the time, which isn't illegal under copyright law.


I knew Viacom was bad, but frigging a lawsuit to get 1 billion dollars!? This practically made them look worse in my eyes


Serves youtube right for being insensitive to us.


judge stanton: "YouTube say something to them... something cool."<br>YouTube: "YOU DIDNT SCARE ME AT ALL, YOU IDIOT!!!!"

judge stanton: "YouTube say something to them... something cool."
YouTube: "YOU DIDNT SCARE ME AT ALL, YOU IDIOT!!!!"


They did it to sue youtube for copyright when it was them that uploaded the copyrighted videos so they have an excuse to sue them<br>Maybe they were just short on money and needed some so they took advantage of youtube who was the noob of the internet at the time

They did it to sue youtube for copyright when it was them that uploaded the copyrighted videos so they have an excuse to sue them
Maybe they were just short on money and needed some so they took advantage of youtube who was the noob of the internet at the time


Hey emp,
Have you ever applied for youtube partner program?
What I am asking is that does the kind of video you make be monetised?


With the safe harbour position, they probably needed to make a safe zone to first survive, then they could transition to fair use once the threat of lawsuit was a thing of the past.


5:41
Me: Sees reference.

Also Me: "Yeah, that definitely works."

5:41
Me: *Sees reference.*

Also Me: "Yeah, that *definitely* works."


The one time viacom does something right

Other than creating the character in your profile picture.

aren't you the guy with the dvd pause screen stream? gtfoh

@Alberto C. Routwell Uhm what. That Person isn't doing anything


Back when YouTubers proudly stood behind the platform. lol


Could you imagine if it was Warner Bros. or Disney sued YouTube back then instead of that idiotic media company Viacom, what a different place the Internet would've been.


After Rewind, I wouldn't  be surprised if this actually happened


Funny how Google worked so hard  to keep personal data safe during this case and then proceeds to sell it to third party advertisers for profit


Is it just me, or is some of this editing Pretty Good?

I love the editing style you've got going here, and the content is amazing too!

He's one of the og YouTube poop channels so its no surprise his edits are godly

@Jeremy Newcombe It's a story time series. The stories are pretty good. I recommend the one on baseball.

@Andrew Robeson Second best, the best is You-tube geographic.

It IS Pretty Good.

Reminds me of that time the New Orleans Saints completed one of the only successful series of Lateral Passes in the very last seconds of an NFL game... only to lose that game with a missed Extra Point. Both of those things happening were 1% likely to happen, so those two things happening consecutively is one of the most rare occurrences in all of Football history.

@Jeremy Newcombe Pretty Good is a series by John Bois. It's hard to explain what it's about so I recommend just watching some. It's amazing


For all the simpsons clips you mashed in there, at 21:03 you missed out on a chance to use the one where mr burns offers the simpsons $0 in from the episode where they try to claim legal damages but their case falls apart


3:15 I know Emp really didn’t sneak in a Simpsons Hit and Run song in the background of the video and act like I wasn’t gonna notice 😭😭


Knowledge is power.<br>Thats why Google is collecting information.

Knowledge is power.
Thats why Google is collecting information.


nah man meiaids was the biggest threat to youtube


Paul must be feeling pretty silly after all these years.


this feels like an hour long video in the best way


Dude I love how you use classic rock, such as Yes and Led Zeppelin in your videos. Hearing the intro to South Side of the Sky in the beginning of the video was pretty cool.


I'm pretty sure flatscreen computers were fairly common by 2008, as was high-speed internet.


Viacom: theres no such thing as fair use

everyone else: there i...

Viacom: T H E R E S  N O  S U C H  T H I N G  A S  F A I R  U S E

it isnt fair use if someone uploads a whole fucking episode.

@VISTA GREAT you're still making no sense<br>What does "stywh" even mean, and what does it have to do with this video at all

@VISTA GREAT you're still making no sense
What does "stywh" even mean, and what does it have to do with this video at all

@VISTA GREAT you didn't explain anything

@craze09 tru sty w atc h e s
stywh
that's what i'm on about

@craze09 tru *sty* *w* atc *h* e s
stywh
that's what i'm on about

<b>And now it has gone full circle with YouTube being the remorseless pricks who deny fair use.</b>

*And now it has gone full circle with YouTube being the remorseless pricks who deny fair use.*


Woah there Ricky Bobby, imma need you to upload more than once a lunar cycle. Your content is just too important to this platform. Love you daddy emp


Looks like the concept of "legally mandated ignorance except for algorithm data" explains the symptoms of youtube that you highlighted in the past, such as YouTube Responds to Logan Paul just NINE DAYS Later (and now I've lost it completely). This video is a great explainer for all of that!


4:18  Why go for a BILLion when you can go for a TRILLion?
Oh, wait. That actually makes sense.


what if youtube was based in international waters or somewhere with no copyright laws, would the copyright system still be the same?


You do you, Emplemon. I love these discussions as well as the unscripted ones.

I use DuckDuckGo now.

I did watch the movie The Corporation.


I wish this happened so we can escape from this hell hole corperation filled website and go to other websites like story fire.


0:37 content creators can't really do anything but deal with it. The video industry needs competition.


I find it funny how EmpLemon uses “Pardon the Interruption” memes and visuals in every video. For example 4:58. Used to watch this show all the time with my dad


You weren’t kidding Viacom did send shivers down my spine


Viacom was basically the Grinch of the Internet

@Cybernik The Robot Viacom is owned by National Amusements, not Comcast

Cybernik The Robot Comcast doesn't own Viacom

It's even more true when you think that Comcast, the company that owns Viacom, has encouraged the FCC to ruin Net neutrality.


I can say the next 10 generations of children will love youtube so i see possibility of them crashing theoretically


10 years ago, Andrew Stanton ruled in favor of YouTube. Crazy stuff


Viacom: You're done.

YouTube: I'm afraid that claim is false.


...There's nothing stopping competent companies from doing the same, is there?


The “f**k Viacom “ section, the statement of that being one of the first times most of YouTube teamed up against something. It reminds me of the thing we did to YouTube rewind.<br>We killed it

The “f**k Viacom “ section, the statement of that being one of the first times most of YouTube teamed up against something. It reminds me of the thing we did to YouTube rewind.
We killed it


I get that Youtube and the internet weren't as big back in '08 but I still don't see how a website dedicated to providing videos to viewers didn't classify as a videotape service provider.  Sure, they didn't have each video on physical tape but the concept stays the same.

EDIT:  Also, that Krugman guy is even more stupid when you think about how the fax machine actually effects office work.

12:50
A high ranking Viacom employee rides up on their horse, their hordes of 9-5 office workers waiting lazily in the background.
Viacom - Youtubers!  Give us your private viewing infomation!
Suddenly, the spear of the Fuck Viacom Campaign pierces their chest and they fall dead to the ground
Youtubers - Viacom!
Forms phalanx with authority.
Youtubers - COME AND TAKE IT!

I get that Youtube and the internet weren't as big back in '08 but I still don't see how a website dedicated to providing videos to viewers didn't classify as a videotape service provider.  Sure, they didn't have each video on physical tape but the concept stays the same.

EDIT:  Also, that Krugman guy is even more stupid when you think about how the fax machine actually effects office work.

12:50
*A high ranking Viacom employee rides up on their horse, their hordes of 9-5 office workers waiting lazily in the background.*
Viacom - Youtubers!  Give us your private viewing infomation!
*Suddenly, the spear of the Fuck Viacom Campaign pierces their chest and they fall dead to the ground*
Youtubers - Viacom!
*Forms phalanx with authority.*
Youtubers - COME AND TAKE IT!


When you root for the Villain against the Evil.


It's interesting how Viacom uploaded their own footage in a disguised way.  I wonder if this goes on nowadays with the endless amount of 4 minute clips of popular cartoons (for example the absurd amount of family guy clips with lowered pitch/mirrored footage to "avoid" copyright).  Probably not, but still makes me think.

Aside from that, really love the way you edit these long videos.  Youre fucking awesome, keep it up.


Start a powerful union to protect creators big and small...we'd join


Luckily youtube is so big that it would be impossible to assume that youtube could keep up with any of these vids


I see ads for nord vpn and youtuber patreon pages and I'm just like<br>"I'll do it when I have a computer I can call my own"

I see ads for nord vpn and youtuber patreon pages and I'm just like
"I'll do it when I have a computer I can call my own"


Viacom: here take this
Youtube: eh alright
Viacom: you thieving bastards! Somebody call the police!


holy shit this is such an underrated series


The dialogue from the incredibles at the start made it that much better


damn this is so well edited, great job (not being sarcastic)


Adding in the Pursuit theme made this so much more badass than it shouldve been


Glad to know that the head of Cartoon Central saved YouTube indirectly.


So viacom lost through sheer incompetency

@Strato They're also both 𝒶𝓈𝓈holes to creators.

both Youtube and Viacom are incompetent but yes


"No knowlegde", that somehow means that section 230 of the Communication Decency Act would be overturned. Meaning that platforms were responsible for the actions of their users. Also, How do you prove that you didn't know something?


i got to say after a long while its refreshing seeing the little commercials bits in these older videos


A little heart to heart improves every video.


I was 9 years old when this was all going down and somehow I remember seeing this happen in real time?


21:18 Those are also most likely run by undercover agents sent by Viacom as well.


viacom and similar companies need to learn to collaborate with others


1:05
I always assumed that the biggest threat is the fact that for all of YouTube's supposed invulnerability, for all the praise you pile on about how we're all still here, it's the fact that YouTube doesn't make a profit. No seriously. It's believed Google is running YouTube at a loss. Did you know that Bing makes a profit? Microsoft happily brags that Bing brings in more ad revenue than it costs to maintain. YouTube, even though it brings in more money than Bing, runs at a loss


Oh it's you here. partys over. The edge lord is here


So worth sitting through the sponsor to hear “NordVPN: It’s like putting a condom on your internet”


Hard to believe it's been a year since this video came out.


"A country which isn't completly spineless"<br>\*Highlights America while Star Spangled Banner plays in the distance*

"A country which isn't completly spineless"
\*Highlights America while Star Spangled Banner plays in the distance*


"Hope someone gets fired for that,"? Why would you want them fired? They hurt Viacom!


Question about copyright: why is it so easy for a video to get a copyright strike for music but not TVs or movies

Jim Secor ultimately it has to do with the fact that scanning videos for copyrighted music is far easier than scanning for copyrighted videos and pictures, mostly because videos and pictures can be distorted far more and still be recognizable, while music can only be distorted so much before it sounds terrible or is overly distracting to the rest of the video.

The ID system has an easier time detecting music compared to video clips

@Jim Secor These people are wrong. music is just easier for bots to detect.

Jim Secor because typically a company like Disney is gonna be able to at least hold their own in a multi-million dollar court case against Ariana Grande.

John Smith on the other hand can not.

@Jim Secor Gotcha, sorry! Playing clips of shows falls under fair use but there are different laws regarding music.

Rachel Mazurek I mean like why can a YouTuber play a quick clip of a show but any amount of music can get you a copyright strike

Filmmakers and showrunners typically pay for the rights to use certain songs in movies and TV shows, where YouTubers usually don't/can't. It basically boils down to money, the singer/recording company make money if the new Avengers movie uses their music but not so much if Joe Schmo plays it in the background of his vlog.


Goddamn I wish I could like this video 500 times.


If this was happening now, idk who I'd root for.


Stanton gave a new meaning to the phrase “OKAY BOOMER!” He made it a positive.


At 1:14 this was freaky as heck, I'm using headphones and the left is facing outside, i thought it was a real explosion 😳


Now that your ultimate rival Mumkey Jones has been eliminated, you can now take the title of best documentary youtuber

kamalindsey when did I say I wanted anything? It’s just I hear normie thrown around so often that at this point it’s kinda normie to call some a normie:/

@Gendo Ikari nah, its a cleansing of the subs that don't care enough to know

Mumkey Jones is back from the rubble. He gotta recoup his sub count tho

@時計仕掛け Is this a pasta? If it isn't already it sure is now.

@Twist Reject It's like a pot calling the kettle black.

Wrong!
Internet historian and Fredrik Knudsen are still on track... FOR NOW!

*Wrong!*
Internet historian and Fredrik Knudsen are still on track... _FOR NOW!_

If youtube takes down emplemon I'm gonna start a meme war


That is a pretty cool and interesting style of video essay you have :)


you're telling me, a ytp youtuber has a series...of different content? cool.


Should we go back to Viacom

Because youtube is going to
SHIT in 2020


So this is what quality content looks like


I take comfort knowing that our AI overlords will eventually drag certain people, and anyone who decides to pick up their bloody mantle, into the streets and punish them for their disruption of global leisure, recreation, education, and information exchange.


So this was the precursor to article 13.


I would say that YT is the worst at deflecting threats, it just doesn't have an alternative


"That's how I lost my copyright license"


Youtube's original victory is one of the most Ace Attorney things ever lol


The examples of what "most computers" during 2008 looked like at 11:20 is very inaccurate for 2008. Yes, 2008 was a transitional period and you did have some people who still used old PC monitors but many had already switched over to LCD screens. The ugly bone white aesthetic was completely out of fashion and most computers were blue or black and were quite stylized. Remember, this is only 1 year after TF2 came out! Your example is more akin to a computer between 1997 - 2005.

Here in Sweden, we already had DSL connections as early as 2002, giving speeds higher than 56 KB/s to a blazing fast speed of 256 KB/s or approx. 1 Mb/s. A lot of people still use 1 Mb/s connections today because they simply don't need faster internet than that, even for YouTube browsing today. The way YouTube used to solve the issue of the "slow" internet speeds were to allow people to buffer videos in its entirety so if you wanted to see something with decent quality on YouTube, you'd go to the video, then press play, then pause and go and do something else while you waited for your entire YouTube video to get downloaded locally on your computer for you to play.

The 240 p quality is also kind of misleading. You could easily stream in 480p but monitors of the time were still using the 4:3 aspect ratio and these pixel values are for the height of the screen. Before 16:9 and 16:10, if we only used one value to denote resolution, we used the width of the screen. Back in 2008, 1280x1024 were the still the most widely used resolution back then. That's "1024p". Ofc scool computers were far behind personal PCs and had worse specs and performance but if you were a gamer, 2008 wasn't a bad time to play video games. The following year, Microsoft would release Windows 7 and people would grudgingly leave Windows XP.

On the internet, 2002 already had plenty of online forums which engaged people. We had gamer tags and instant message clients. Websites primarily spread through word of mouth because the search engines at the time weren't very good. Google really turned all of that on its head...


"Every single time the government may threaten YouTube, nothing really changes and YouTube pretty much stays the same"<br>That was easy to say at the time this was uploaded. Then, one year later, along came COPPA.

"Every single time the government may threaten YouTube, nothing really changes and YouTube pretty much stays the same"
That was easy to say at the time this was uploaded. Then, one year later, along came COPPA.

@insert name here You did a better job explaining that than I did

@Tea Master Disabled miniplay, playlist saving, downloading, and comments on any video that was declared "content for kids", and fines content creators that did not label what the algorithm thinks is kids content as kids content.


2.3k likes, 7 dislikes? That’s like the opposite of YouTube Rewind!

The video has one of the best like-to-dislike ratio I've ever seen on Youtube.


Well, Viacom didn't actually "get nothing". They got hated by a lot of people.


NordVPN is hella smart.
They knew that Europe is in some sorta Danger, so they advertise their Programm especially to europeans.

NordVPN is hella smart.
They knew that Europe is in some sorta Danger, so they advertise their Programm *_especially_* to europeans.


If your wondering what would happen if I made a public access show and uploaded the content to my channel, ...

I would sue myself


Oh I remember when Viacom flagged their own videos. Aaah so much joy.


Ever wondered why Vimeo or Dailymotion never rose up to YouTube's level?

Google money means better servers, which means faster streaming for the watcher. creators don't usually have much reason to upload to a website with less traffic and less potential viewers, it literally is too big to fail, in a sense

No idea why we should get a new website to replace YouTube and good internet content can become mainstream again


like i always say<br>If you want to find out whats behind these cold eyes, you'll just have to claw your way through this disguise.

like i always say
If you want to find out whats behind these cold eyes, you'll just have to claw your way through this disguise.


14:13 - 18:18

This chunk of the video made the whole video for me, it's so fucking good!


I love you man, but the fact that "Viacom Sues Youtube for a Billion Dollars"is in the present tense is kinda clickbait.


Can’t wait to watch this!  I’m sure it’ll be amazing as always.  Love your work.


So I can see this is inspired by the “Pretty Good” series by John Bois, but good job by giving a different spin and a different topic


Was the internet really that small then? I was born in '98, and I don't remember ever not having the internet. I don't remember the internet ever being viewed as a gimmick, either. But, then again, YouTube itself is not actually as old as I thought. But, again, I don't remember a time before YouTube. Hmm.


you might just be the least funny youtube user at the current date but these videos are still fun, good job


I feel like I'm watching a bloody A grade Movie everytime you make a video like this


Man, looking at such a past gigantic YouTube-existence- threatening event, actually puts the way the site has changed into an interesting perspective, especially with what you've stated in the video. No matter how shitty this site can get or how much shit the site itself has to deal with, it still persist, we're still here after all of it, one of the biggest and most influential platforms on the internet...And it has yet to fall down. That's almost reassuring. <br>But besides that, these were some very interesting and entertaining almost 27 minutes, as always, keep it up big guy.

Man, looking at such a past gigantic YouTube-existence- threatening event, actually puts the way the site has changed into an interesting perspective, especially with what you've stated in the video. No matter how shitty this site can get or how much shit the site itself has to deal with, it still persist, we're still here after all of it, one of the biggest and most influential platforms on the internet...And it has yet to fall down. That's almost reassuring.
But besides that, these were some very interesting and entertaining almost 27 minutes, as always, keep it up big guy.


Nice Video, but 1 thing triggers me so hard as someone in the IT: VPNs aren't protecting you (except for when youre using free Wifi, where someone could easily read out your data) and especially not from your data getting selled, when you're using an account. All of your data is in your account, just get your data summary from your google account. As long as youre using an account, the VPN isnt helping you that much


And now Viacom bought CBS. I think we’re so screwed

we probably are but all people care about is Star Trek


Can't wait until this happens with twitch as well


1:44 I watched the entire Incredibles movie after hearing this quote, such a good movie


LOL so Viacom saw an easy way to get at Google money by using YouTube as the weakness in Google's armor? Makes sense -- from Viacom's standpoint, there is no downside for trying


I can’t monopolize myself because there are copyrighted materials that is not mine, but I can identify with the name of the company, country of origin, give more money to the companies that made with their creations, and give them the credit to the respective owners.

The authority is not always good because of their rights that want to enjoy their liberty because we live only once.


Now viacom is trying to become the chessboard too.


Youtube Geographic is essentially the best documentary series and has 0 funding, sans the new introduction to Nord. Thank you for your dedication Emp.


11:35 just documenting the part of the video that made me laugh the most. Don't mind me.


Could you image some boomer telling YouTube to disclose user data, if they proceeded to “play the legal game” they could charge millions in copy paper and ink, the same dirty play government institutions did during the freedom of information act, several situations where people like you or me request documents from the government but get a bill for thousands that we can’t afford because of ink and paper cost to the individuals who requested information to begin with.


I am not a fan of Google's practices, i.e. recording your info.


@Death Morphosis thank you for the memes


0:30 This is exactly what I say when people talk about how Article 13 is going to ruin the internet.


Is Coppa gonna do anything? Probably not

Edit: nevermind, it made a dent


9:40 honestly thought it was going to be the "FUCKING NO ONE" from a previous youtube geographic video


I remember the good old days of youtube when there was a recently uploaded tab that allowed me to watch porn on youtube before it was quickly taken down. 12 year old me really appreciated that.


viacom is playing checkers but youtube has been playing chess for years

Leafy IsHere SoFlo is both alive and dead to an extent

I won't lie.<br>This is definetly me when I'm suing YouTube.

I won't lie.
This is definetly me when I'm suing YouTube.


I was only 3 years old when this happen,the internet has come a long way


viacom: pulls uno reverse card on itself.
At that moment he knew, he fucked up.

me: [enter j jonah jameson laughing meme]
also me: this has aged very well


Plot twist:<br>What if Doug Herzog told them to keep the videos up so that Youtube could win the lawsuit?

Plot twist:
What if Doug Herzog told them to keep the videos up so that Youtube could win the lawsuit?


And they're still around to this day, making feeble attempts to grab copyright on Spongebob memes.


You need to be in rewind 2019

Actually no

@Deka 001 jshahwhsgha. Ik versta er geen kut van.

The reason why I stay on Youtube is because of the content creators, when they leave I leave. Rewind this year sucks.

Remember when being invited to YouTube Rewind was kind of an honor for a creator?

Me neither

Youtube actually promoted Pewdiepie's and H3's videos about the Rewind. Also they joked about it being the most disliked video in Twitter. I honestly think they will make the 2019 Rewind better as they also promised to do.

It’s the most disliked video in YouTube history, it hasn’t tanked, it’s been obliterated

Honestly, it would be cool if the good youtubers made their own rewind.

100% dislike ratio the downward spiral would be complete

I actually wonder if anyone will agree to be in rewind 2019


16:59 this shit right here is why this channel is the best. The content density is intense.


I occasionally pay to rent or buy stuff on Youtube rather than bootleg them from Dailymotion or Youtube.<br>And yes, most of these have less than 2000 views.

I occasionally pay to rent or buy stuff on Youtube rather than bootleg them from Dailymotion or Youtube.
And yes, most of these have less than 2000 views.


Uses Nord VPN
Logs in with personal accounts everywhere
Watches youtube, sees recommended videos
orders stuff online, sees messages like "People who bought [x] also bought"; "Hell yeah I'll take that too!"
keeps using Nord VPN
"Hah, they'll never get my data!"

*Uses Nord VPN*
*Logs in with personal accounts everywhere*
*Watches youtube, sees recommended videos*
*orders stuff online, sees messages like* "People who bought [x] also bought"; "Hell yeah I'll take that too!"
*keeps using Nord VPN*
"Hah, they'll never get my data!"


YouTube was nearly in a complete <b>downward spiral</b>

YouTube was nearly in a complete *downward spiral*


It’s a Christmas miracle! EmpLemon has uploaded another YouTube Geographic video! Great work as always, Emp!


Using TF2's "Archimedes" OST for the theme at the beginning is genius.


The fact that the intro is so accurate is scary..


One of my videos got a copyright claim from Viacom B. It's banned in every country except Canada.


Im so glad that someone finally used that tf2 song in an actually good way.


I think the Death Star was a perfect analogy for most corporate platforms. It’s huge, seemingly unbeatable and can be used to shut down anything that attempts to go up against it. And with every Death Star, there’s always an Emperor Palpatine behind it. A cold-hearted, unfeeling entity of pure evil that only wants to corrupt more and more until it rules. It’s the deeper things like this that make Emp my favourite Youtuber. Well, that and the memes.

Devil's Advocate yeah, but that doesn’t mean it’s not there.


Your rambling for Nord VPN is actually making me consider signing up, mostly the "Don't give Susan's jetski free money; give ME free money instead." I appreciate honest advertising.


Honestly..I'd be happy if YouTube lost a lawsuit. They deserve it -_-


Interact interact interact

No but seriously, your videos are top-notch. Thanks for all your effort.


TheRealWeeklyNews<br>Jesus Christ, I was only 10 years old when I watched him on YouTube after he did movie reviews.

TheRealWeeklyNews
Jesus Christ, I was only 10 years old when I watched him on YouTube after he did movie reviews.


God, hearing The Real Weekly News took me the hell back.


I have stumbled upon the greatest channel of all time.


This is an example of living long enough to see yourself become the villain


damn, you actually made a sponsor entertaining, im actually thinking about buying it<br>(i probably won't because idc if some loner in india watches what porn sites i use)

damn, you actually made a sponsor entertaining, im actually thinking about buying it
(i probably won't because idc if some loner in india watches what porn sites i use)


We’re ready for another YouTube Geographic


Godamnit I hate how convincing and reliable you make your sponsor are


i have been tempted to punch this monitor every time i see viacom's logo......but i promised my dad i'd never punch another monitor again and i fear him above Viacom.....albiet only just


I always look forward to these, your videos are very good in quality. In my opinion, take your time these are really good un-like people who upload every 2 seconds.


Man, that would have made a hilarious Ace Attorney case.


My first memes were YTPs and I cringed whenever I saw 'This video has been taken down by viacom' on a good ol' spongebob poop.


i honestly kinda wish viacom won the lawsuit, and someone else took up this market niche


Copyright Infringement Laws + Sheer Coincidences + Capitalism in general + No way to prove myself as the owner = My worst fear and paranoia-monger


Man, ya make a few Spongebill ytps,and the next thing ya know, some company is asking for $1,000,000,000 in damages


12:05
Papa: Philip Philip?
Philip: yes papa?
Papa: scamming people?
Philip: no papa?
Papa: open your bank account...
Philip: HAHAHA!


This has the entertainment of a movie I love it


Looks like Emp was right about Article 13


Nice Video! Also I Love the Pokémon music you’ve used in this video, it fits Pretty well!


No Joke when the roundabout theme played I actually got hyped as fuck.


<b>HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TEACH THIS LESSON TO YOU OLD MAN?</b>

*HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TEACH THIS LESSON TO YOU OLD MAN?*

Justin Y. bruh I wish I was as famous as you for doing nothing this is not a sarcastic message I’m genuinely jealous of you

<b>How many breads have you eaten in your life?</b>

*How many breads have you eaten in your life?*

If you want youtube to stop, please support VidLii and BitChute.

Justin Y, thanks for your comment on my video.


Just wait for Amazon video platform. See how YouTube gonna deal with it lol.


That bit at the end about Article 13 aged well...


The problem with Youtube is there is no real competition for it.


This does not deserve to be so well written like what lol


YouTube is it's own worst enemy. Remember Mumkey. We're all next.

@MR. OBVIOUS Current: Idubbbz content cop

I'm still subscribed to Mumkey even though it's a deleted channel. I'm not unsubscribing anytime soon. I'm gonna keep this channel in my subscriptions just as a reminder that it existed. Same thing with this John Oliver channel called "consumer". Lol

@TheFPSKingsGaming his documentary and comedy eliot rodger vids, which had been monitized for a year and were like 2 year old videos


2007: Viacom sues YouTube
2018: Viacom acquires VidCon

That says a lot about how Viacom changed their attitude toward YouTube after they fired Philipe Dauman, who was the Michael Eisner of Viacom. Bob Bakish is the Bob Iger of Viacom now, just way smaller in resources. Now Viacom is embracing online video instead of being against it, even going as far as buying AwesomenessTV and partnering with Netflix despite getting their content removed in 2013.

Paramount also fired Brad Grey because of the studio's high amount of money losses, with this year's bomb Wonder Park being one of the final projects he greenlit. Jim Gianopulos brought the studio up from the ground with A Quiet Place, and they have done a great job on the television side.

This shows that sometimes, a company can become good again with the right people running it.


"Everyone just keeps watching YouTube"<br>BUT WE AREN'T WATCHING THE FUCKING CONTENT CREATORS BECAUSE YOUTUBE KEEPS PUSHING THEM OUT

"Everyone just keeps watching YouTube"
BUT WE AREN'T WATCHING THE FUCKING CONTENT CREATORS BECAUSE YOUTUBE KEEPS PUSHING THEM OUT


There's a user called B_Viacom that has been reporting a ton of videos for copyright infringement and abusing that ability. A bunch of my favorite videos have now been blocked. 😖

Anyone know if this is connected to Viacom the company?

Allison Argent pretty sure that’s Viacom. I see it in my YTPs from time to time. In fact, one of my videos got removed then reposted months later. Very weird


“Settled out of court” ok so who’s kneecaps got broken?


This may be a controversial opinion, but after the algorithm has been trained sufficiently, I had no complaints (as a viewer, of course). Everything I watch is on the homepage/initial one/whatever you call it, no need to travel further


That clip from Philip DeFranco was absolutely hilarious.


I’m not from the USA, but I do know that Viacom fucked over the development of The Legend Of Korra series and I will never forgive them for it.


The funniest part is that this happened in 2007.<br>We can laugh at them now.

The funniest part is that this happened in 2007.
We can laugh at them now.


YouTube> literally any Television company ever


5:16 YouTube has been coughing up a lot of yellow, let’s hope it at least makes it to 2020.


Viacom is like the old version of jake paul


while everyone is roasting viacom, i would just like to point out the absolute mad lad at 9:56


Thanks Emplemon for the video. Can you please upload a bit more constantly?

P.S I miss your YTPs.


Do you really think that changing the simpsons characters skin green will change anything? I don't think companies will care about 5 seconds of programming?


"Your corrupt legion of unelected bureaucrats"  Literally came when I heard you say that


3:52 best little animation I've seen in a while...


Damn<br>Louis Rossman has been on the internet longer than I thought

Damn
Louis Rossman has been on the internet longer than I thought


Viacom just saw the latest Rewind, that's why.

Rewind is a Tradition, they can't abandon it.

@Shady Sam why would you assume that I was trying to be funny<br>do you take me for a clown

@Shady Sam why would you assume that I was trying to be funny
do you take me for a clown

@Alien Epsilon People who say r/woosh or anything similar to that on websites that are not Reddit are one, not funny. And two, should have there genitals surgically removed.

They used squidwards time machine to see the future

atomic doomsday58 no it didnt what are you talking about


There is a rather big flaw in your introduction, namely on the bit about "Sometime the big threat is the Government". Is it true that "every single time" such measures are enacted "nothing really changes, and YouTube pretty much stays the same" ? Let's examine the 4 cases you mentioned, shall we?

Net Neutrality has only truly been gone for a relatively short time. Not enough time for ISPs to make changes big enough to hurt YouTube. YouTubers are also lucky enough that, as far as IP-addresses go, videos aren't tied to a particular channel. Thus, it would be pretty hard for ISPs to slow down videos of particular creators, but not for others. At any rate, this MIGHT affect YouTube, but it's too early to tell.

SOPA and PIPA never made it to the stage where they actually became Law. YouTube and other big Web Companies' lobbying against these 2 bits of (proposed) Legislation played a big part in killing them. So, again, to say that YouTube is simply too much of a behemoth to be affected by such things is completely misrepresenting the situation.

The Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Copyright in the Digital Single Market has NOT had its FINAL VOTE yet, and this therefore automatically also applies to Article no. 13 of that Directive. Thus, saying ANYTHING on how it will or won't affect YouTube at this point in time is just completely silly, really.

There is a rather big flaw in your introduction, namely on the bit about "Sometime the big threat is the Government". Is it true that _"every single time"_ such measures are enacted _"nothing really changes, and YouTube pretty much stays the same"_ ? Let's examine the 4 cases you mentioned, shall we?

*Net Neutrality* has only truly been gone for a relatively short time. Not enough time for ISPs to make changes big enough to hurt YouTube. YouTubers are also lucky enough that, as far as IP-addresses go, videos aren't tied to a particular channel. Thus, it would be pretty hard for ISPs to slow down videos of particular creators, but not for others. At any rate, this MIGHT affect YouTube, but it's too early to tell.

*SOPA* and *PIPA* never made it to the stage where they actually became Law. YouTube and other big Web Companies' lobbying against these 2 bits of (proposed) Legislation played a big part in killing them. So, again, to say that YouTube is simply too much of a behemoth to be affected by such things is completely misrepresenting the situation.

The Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Copyright in the Digital Single Market has NOT had its FINAL VOTE yet, and this therefore automatically also applies to Article no. 13 of that Directive. Thus, saying ANYTHING on how it will or won't affect YouTube at this point in time is just completely silly, really.


I think there's a typo in the title. It's supposed to "Viacunt", not "Viacom"


Omg if I had a penny for every time I was earraped by your totally unnecessary editing I’d have a billion dollars.


I mean Coppa and Article 17(former Article 13) are still to come.


Loved the Hit and Run soundtrack! Great video!


damn i didn t expect one of my favourite youtube poops to jump in


<b>That's gotta to be one of the biggest OOFs in Internet history.</b>

*That's gotta to be one of the biggest OOFs in Internet history.*


Article 13 still hasnt went through yet and even if it takes over a year to be law.


16:32 You know it’s tense and exciting when Cornered kicks in.


YouTube is as stable as a job as factory workers in the 21st century


YouTube was attacked by the “V of doom” 😂😂😂


"what has the eu ever done for europeans?"<br>oh, i don't know.... 70 years of peace, the schengen area, the single market and huge economic growth?

"what has the eu ever done for europeans?"
oh, i don't know.... 70 years of peace, the schengen area, the single market and huge economic growth?