Viacom's Spike.com posts and monetizes John's 'Viacom PWNED on Piracy' video (2010)
story · status: followed over 3 videos (2010) · last event: update (2010-06-11)
In June 2010 Viacom's Spike.com posted and monetized John's video about Viacom and piracy, then took it down after 300 views having made sixty cents; John said he still wanted his money.
Parts: John asks viewers to ask Viacom where his sixty cents is after Spike.com pirated his video (2010) · Hank asks intellectual-property lawyers to email hankandjohn@gmail.com about suing Viacom over Spike.com (2010)
About: Viacom, Spike.com
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-06-07 | told | John's description update: Spike.com pirated this very video, so Viacom owes him sixty cents. (playful) | Viacom PWNED on Piracy video description |
| 2010-06-09 | update | Hank reports Spike.com posted and monetized John's Viacom video; John called to say Viacom took it down after 300 views, having made 60 cents. → refers to Viacom PWNED on Piracy | Should We Sue Viacom? 00:01:27 |
| 2010-06-11 | update | John says he still wants his money for Viacom stealing his video and expects the $2 lawyers think Viacom made from it. → refers to Viacom PWNED on Piracy | Mmmm....PARTS 00:00:00 |
What is said about it
7 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2010-06-07 · Viacom PWNED on Piracy — announcement: John warns Viacom that if it steals his video as it stole Coulton's, he will sue. — video description
- 2010-06-09 · Should We Sue Viacom? — Hank's description says John had said in his last video he would sue Viacom if that video went up and was monetized on Spike.com, and it was. — video description
- 2010-06-09 · Should We Sue Viacom? — Hank: Spike.com has posted and monetized John's video about Viacom, so Viacom is monetizing a video about how it monetizes videos it does not own. — 00:01:27
- 2010-06-09 · Should We Sue Viacom? — Hank: After browsing Spike.com, Hank calls it a really bad website that appeals to his 14-year-old self: boobies, violence, butts and Mountain Dew. (playful) — 00:01:56
- 2010-06-09 · Should We Sue Viacom? — Hank: John called: Viacom took his video down after 300 views, but had still made 60 cents from a video it didn't own. — 00:01:56
- 2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — John reports the brothers have talked to some lawyers, who think Viacom probably made about $2 from stealing his video. (hedged) — 00:00:00
- 2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — John says that if Viacom is so opposed to piracy, he assumes it will be sending him his $2 soon. (playful) — 00:00:45