Syberbolt found out that YouTube channel theScore esports used some footage from his video about Brigette without his permission. The video that the channel published clocks in at just under 11 minutes, and his clips were featured infrequently throughout the piece in two segments.
The video in question was published on June 25th, 2020 and is titled “The Character That Killed Overwatch”, even though what really killed Overwatch was Blizzard’s overly-aggressive community policing on top of needlessly turning characters gay.
In any case, Syberbolt’s video clips were used at the 0:32 – 0:35 mark and at the 6:33 – 6:45 mark.
According to Syberbolt, he never gave them permission to use the clips from his videos. He explained to One Angry Gamer via direct message…
“[…] theScore Esports – they took video footage of my most popular overwatch video, dropped it in theirs, and put “Courtesy: Syberbolt” in the video.
“I never gave them permission, and they’ve never reached out to me on the matter. I’ve tried asking them about it on twitter twice already, and left a comment on their video, but no dice.”
It’s true that if you check their video it shows a short text under the footage saying “Courtesy: Syberbolt”.
Syberolt’s original video was published two years ago on May 13th, 2018.
It’s titled “Delete Brigitte – Rant & Review (And some possible fixes)”.
You can view it below.
According to Syberbolt, making use of his content without permission was a huge “no no”…
“The thing is though, they flat out ripped my video and used the footage and claimed that I gave them permission. That’s a huge no no.”
So why didn’t they just ask for permission to use the footage instead of taking it for their own video?
Well, usually they try to avoid being too conspicuous because the idea is that they’re trying to avoid the hassle of being rejected the opportunity to use the footage. Typically cutting in other YouTuber videos helps pad out the play time of their own video to put it past the 10 minute mark, which helps with the video metrics and performing better against the search and recommendation algorithm.
According to Syberbolt, he’s already filed a copyright claim on the video for using his footage, but we’ll see if YouTube honors the claim.