Travel YouTube has a (Plagiarism) Problem
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 มี.ค. 2024
- Yes. It's a video about plagiarism.
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Thank you for this. As one of the victims of her scam - she stole and used numerous posts from me - I am livid that her channel is still live and that @youtube has not taken it down entirely.
I hope her channel gets taken down! The cheek
I’d love to find out if the house in LA she claims to live in is actually an Airbnb. I’m going to do some sleuthing and find out and I’ll let you know. That house in LA that she showed is worth at least $8 million.
Anyway I’m sorry she stole your work. As an artist I’ve had my work used by other creators, stolen, and used as references without my permission. This will, sadly, be more and more common with AI. Hopefully we can get some regulatory support from various governments to stop it.
@@Bingewatchingmediacontent thank you for your support!
Are you talking about Anagoldman?
@@Frag_Limit who are you asking?
Thanks for this video, I'm the owner of Rome Actually, interesting how easy is for some people to just copy and use other people's work. I reported her video to TH-cam but she has many videos about Rome and Italy so I wouldn't be surprised if she has also used my work elsewhere.
Her thefts are pretty "uforskammet", as we call it in Danish - shameless. I'm sure she assumed she'd never get caught! Thanks for pointing out that this woman has been repurposing my posts without permission. It turns out she borrowed the "no bike lock" from me as well - so she even duplicated my mistakes!
Yours, mine... that of many of my friends.
This is appalling. As a blogger and photographer I deal with copyright infringements way too often, but this is really taking it to the next level. Thank you for making this video and for raising awareness. I really hope TH-cam takes action and compensates the creators whose work was stolen.
Commenting to boost your video engagement so it can boost the awareness of what she's been doing. 😤😤
This is my first video of yours... I've never seen any of hers, but commenting to boost your videos. Thanks for bringing the issue to light.
Thank you, Sarah!
I bet she won't copy this video. 😁
Great video Adam! Fellow Dane here. It sucks when you see people cheating and succeeding. There’s a lot of injustice out there in the world. At the end of the day they’ll pay for it one way or the other, probably they don’t sleep well at night and deep down know somethings wrong. Thanks for sharing.
You're not wrong there. Thanks for watching :) 🇩🇰
I’d be willing to bet good money that she’s not actually living in that house in LA. It smacks of Airbnb rental. If that gives you any feelings of hope that she’s not actually successful.
Excellent expose. 👍 When writing my own work and articles, I take inspiration from my research but I don't copy and use my own experiences. I make sure to never literally copy anything and give credit when needed. I'm glad there are still people like you and those in the comment section still have enough sense and integrity to appreciate honesty and originality.
I was recommened your video on my TH-cam home page. Thanks for making a video covering this topic. I am having a siumilar challenge right now, with people using incredibly similar titles as I do on TH-cam videos. I use the word "TYPICAL" a lot, and its become my thing on videos. And now I see video after video with titles the same or very similar to mine, pigging backing off the topics I've covered. Although, it's not to the extent of the TH-camrs your covering, its still something I struggle understanding, litertally one year ago, not a single content creator used this word on videos going back 5 or 10 years.
This is mind blowing! It’s one thing to read articles for research and use some of the info but to use it as a script is CRAZY and blatant plagiarism. Can’t believe she’s gotten away with it for so long!😩 Wonder how many other TH-camrs are doing this.🤔
thank you so much for bringing up this topic, Adam! I've been recommended her videos on TH-cam several times and each time I had a feeling something was off about her content. now I know why!
She stole so much content from me. She stole all over but I think I’m by far her favorite (6 videos published by stealing content from my two sites). Today the content I reported was reinstated despite the fact that I filed a lawsuit against her (as requested by TH-cam). I feel cheated.
Wow, just wow! 😠 TH-cam should really do something about this!
Thanks a lot for this video! Being "inspired" got completely out of hand. It's mind blowing how far people go now.
Why is she not being sued? Also, she is extremely annoying!
I have sued her. But TH-cam reinstated the videos anyways
Omg, thank you for sharing this! How can people really do this?! 😮
She should be sued
She is, by me. But catching her is hard. Her address is a coworking space in London!
I do not care if people copy, but they should give credit to the original.
CFE, good work man. Good video.
Wow thanks so much for doing this video Adam and bringing awareness to this theft.
I love this video and you really have to make it indeed. Small content creatirs like us, spend lots of time for true content while she stealing things literally.
Nicely investigated! I always suspected there was something fishy about her channel. You proved it. 👍
Thanks, Pål! Unfortunately, it seems like TH-cam think it's all right to do...
This is unbelievable! Hope @youtube take down her videos!
Thank you Adam.
Great job, exposing that dirty thief. I have shred it with some people, including some friends I have in the media. I hope this video will go viral, so that it does not only scare her away from doing this, but also others. Because this is more common than many people think.
Tak for indsatsen Adam, fedt at du afsløre en husler.
Commenting to boost your post!
Finally someone said it!
To be more specific this is very clear example. But there are many, many many people copying other creators.
Absolutely. It's pretty wild and this is certainly an extreme example.
I’m a high school teacher and she reminds me of some students who plagiarize and attempt to cover it up by changing word order, using synonyms/different words, or paraphrasing ideas of others. I’ve noticed an increase in plagiarism in these “no-face” AI generated explainer type videos that just regurgitate ideas found on the internet. TH-cam should crack down on this intellectual dishonesty!
Why would youtube crack down on them? They get views. I think those AI type videos are boring, but as long as people watch them youtube isn't going to care.
@@pedrozatravel For the same reason that TH-cam gives copyright strikes for using the music or video content of others.
I mean, If she at least had done that, I would probably never have noticed!
- It seems that TH-cam have deleted several videos already, that have been reported by some of the original creators. So at least that something!
Making me miss Malaysia bro... I loved my time at Ceylon. Interesting topic. Never knew this was happening in the travel space.
Malaysia (and ceylon) is amazing :) Thanks for watching mate!
The travelogue business has always been dodgy. I'm old enough to remember the days of the Lonely Planet guides, whose authors claimed to update every year but actually got caught leaving out of date info unchanged for over a decade. Here in Japan, far better guides were available in Japanese, much better produced and updated constantly. They totally smoked the Lonely Planet guides.
Name and shame! If you see a possible copyright infraction, let the original author know. Report it to TH-cam or any social media channels it was shared on. She is shamelessly profiting from the hard work of other creators.
Well. Here’s the thing: Adam reported the theft to me. I reported the stolen content (6 videos) and alerted many others. She had at least 12 videos removed. She sent me and others threats (I was privileged to get an additional email where she admitted to stealing). She then filed a counter claim. TH-cam forced me to take legal action or the video would be reinstated. I did. Guess what? The videos were reinstated and I’m €2500 poorer in lawyers fees. I’m waiting to talk to my lawyer on Tuesday to decide on the next steps.
@@ClaudiaTavani I sincerely hope it works out for you.
Although my case wasn't connected to TH-cam, someone stole one of my photographs several years ago and used it for advertising. Little did he know, I had registered the copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office in Washington D.C., so that I could get not just any regular damages, but also statutory damages and my attorney fees back from the offending party.
Once my attorney got involved and the other party found out that I had registered the copyright, they quickly folded and my attorney and I received a handsome payouts.
Thanks! I’ve actually trademarked everything but just here in Italy…
great find man!
With a big account like hers and seeing as there have been not one but more plagiarized scripts, she probably hires some researcher and script writer but does not vet the sources.
If enough article authors claim copyright on her videos her channel could be taken down. I think 3, or maybe that’s only for community guideline strikes
I believe you are right. After speaking more with Claudia, one of the creators, at least 8 videos have been removed by TH-cam already! That could possibly lead to her channel getting taken down.
Well. Here’s the thing: Adam reported the theft to me. I reported the stolen content (6 videos) and alerted many others. She had at least 12 videos removed. She sent me and others threats (I was privileged to get an additional email where she admitted to stealing). She then filed a counter claim. TH-cam forced me to take legal action or the video would be reinstated. I did. Guess what? The videos were reinstated and I’m €2500 poorer in lawyers fees. I’m waiting to talk to my lawyer on Tuesday to decide on the next steps
@@ClaudiaTavani omg wow that’s just insanity. World isn’t fair
@@dzllzit’s not
I know of serval video that have used copyrighted music without permission. I just discovered that Apple AirPods my son bought are fake. There is a lot of people that are happy to live off other people's work. People that do this are parasites. Vert interesting video and I can't imagine how long it took you to do the research, etc. Thanks!
I am glad you confirmed what I also noticed and suspected. I am a big fan of Scandinavia and love to watch YT videos to learn and get a "virtual experience". I used to watch her videos but found her/them full of self-hype and pretentious, so I stopped watching. Even though she covered one of my favorite topics - Scandinavia. Furthermore, I always thought she seemed like a lost individual and was just trying to be something leading to the self-hype and pretentiousness. For me, her actions just reflect how lost she is. I am glad you covered this topic. I conclude she is a leech.
On a good note, I just found your channel, immediately subscribed and find them enjoyable.
Thank you for this video. I have wondered how she would know so much having just visited the country. I didn't subscribe. So unethical.
This is so so crazy!!!
A German TH-camr called Desy did the same thing to one of my blog posts and got over a million views on her (sponsored) video. She never apologised, even though I had the video removed. Turned out she had done it to many other creators. She's still going strong as far as I know.
This is wild.
I don’t understand this. I mean seriously, all she has to do is copy the article into chat gpt and ask it to re write it into a more original version as a script for a TH-cam video lol you can even then ask it to re word any sections that are too similar and add it to create separate points with an added different point of view
“GOLDMAN” tells me all I needed to know already lol 😂
Wow! She is like walking ChatGPT. Impressive!
It is honestly way easier to STUDY a location and other blogs first, then make your own material and CREDIT people you took inspiration from. Everyone benefits. But no. People are greedy, inept, brazen and all-around sad. The most creative people I met all took inspiration from various other artists, different fields of study and created their own art by fusing the elements, building up the shared cache of art and knowledge. This is why we cannot have nice things :( Plagiarism is the lowest form of art, and always will be.
You can tell from the odd bits of ad libbing that her English really isn't up to the standard that she uses throughout the rest of the videos...when she's reading the scripts.
I've send your video to the norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, which is the biggest newspaper in Norway. She must be stopped..
Well. Here’s the thing: Adam reported the theft to me. I reported the stolen content (6 videos) and alerted many others. She had at least 12 videos removed. She sent me and others threats (I was privileged to get an additional email where she admitted to stealing). She then filed a counter claim. TH-cam forced me to take legal action or the video would be reinstated. I did. Guess what? The videos were reinstated and I’m €2500 poorer in lawyers fees. I’m waiting to talk to my lawyer on Tuesday to decide on the next steps
@@ClaudiaTavaniShe sent threats?? About what?
@@Gassmaskeshe sent me and another friend who reported her a letter via a lawyer in Italy that demanded we take our claims back so TH-cam wouldn’t delete her channel. Or else, she’d sue us for damages.
@@ClaudiaTavani Wow, well if your lawyer is worth his wage, that should be an easy one to win in court. She has clearly stolen yours and other people's work word for word. And it's easily verifiable!
@@Gassmaskenow that’s live, I’ve recorded everything, taken screenshots. And of course I have her admission of guilt and her threat.
omg, this is so annoying! I really hope TH-cam does something about this!
Well. Here’s the thing: Adam reported the theft to me. I reported the stolen content (6 videos) and alerted many others. She had at least 12 videos removed. She sent me and others threats (I was privileged to get an additional email where she admitted to stealing). She then filed a counter claim. TH-cam forced me to take legal action or the video would be reinstated. I did. Guess what? The videos were reinstated and I’m €2500 poorer in lawyers fees. I’m waiting to talk to my lawyer on Tuesday to decide on the next steps
I’m so sorry you are going through this! What a nightmare… hope your lawyer has a good action plan 🙏🏻 and that you’ll not only get your money back but get a BIG compensation as well! All the best and keep us posted!! 💪🏻
@@flaviadesario thanks. I will talk to him on Tuesday when back from the national holidays. Meantime, I have taken screenshots of any script under the videos, and recorded all the videos. As evidence.
HAHAHAHA this is unbelievable!!! I suppose you could give her credit for remembering all that off by heart... i can't even remember one sentence! :') what a joke though!
Just terrible plagiarism, not acceptable.
She probably stole video shots as well.
The problem here is not her im afraid. I mean, you always are going to have people like that in every field. They just dont care, they see an easy opportunity to make some money and go for it. Now we can have long discussions about how terrible some people are, but that is completely pointless. Im pretty sure that she herself just things she is being very smart. The problem here is obviously TH-cam itself, and like any large social media platform: They just dont care about any of this because it makes them money. In fact, I wouldnt even be surprized if they like what she is doing because she brings quality content from other sources to their platform, increasing their views and therefore their advertising potential. So there is just no way that they will ever, unless forced by laws, do something about this.
Social media isnt some sort of government protected open platform where the normal rules we follow in society hold value. The same was true with all the crypto nonsense... The internet is just the Wild West still because of its international nature, so laws are incredibly difficult to enforce. And which laws? And who should enforce them? And I think all these tech giants really would gladly keep this as vague as possible for as long as possible. Dont know how much they exactly spend on lobby groups in Washington DC for example, but its probably a lot. So the only thing you can do is really on an individual basis make copyright claims yourself or take legal action in extreme cases. I mean, as soon as there are actual consequenses to it, im sure TH-cam suddenly completely agrees with the fact that plagiarism is very, very bad.
Sorry, videos stolen.😌
This practice has always been awful, but why, why with so many tools available now that can assist on paraphrasing (at least) the script you are plagiarizing, she chose the lazy way out? She definitely needs to read more, and learn tons about writing styles. That way, she could get away with murder less blatantly. As an international living in Copenhagen, thanks for this cautionary tale and video Adam!
Exactly! Thanks for watching, Juan!