Popular game distributors hire “reprinters” who will publish their unofficial cutout videos without permission as official staff



Asmongold , who has more than 1.2 million followers at Twitch, officially hired YouTuber who edits part of his live movie and earns profit by arbitrarily reprinting as part of his official channel management staff The game media Kotaku reports.

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The movie of the distributor who plays the game on Twitch and Youtube can be as long as 10 hours or more, and it is quite labor-intensive to watch all of them. Therefore, there is a presence called “ Reuploader ” that allows users to record and download without permission, edit only the places where there are high shots, and upload to YouTube. In many cases, users who want to watch the broadcast of the broadcaster are satisfied with the clipped video edited by the reprinter, not the movie of the broadcaster himself. Of course, because the reprinter edits and re-uploads the movie without the distributor's permission, even if a lot of the clipped video of the reprinter is played, there is no money in the distributor's hand.

Asmongold distributes mainly on Twitch, focusing on the actual play of World of Warcraft , a popular large-scale multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) of Blizzard Entertainment. Asmongold is so popular that Twitch has 1.27 million followers at the time of writing. Many of Asmongold's World of Warcraft live events lasted for quite a long time, and many movies edited by reprinters were uploaded to YouTube.

Asmondgold said, “It ’s a pretty mess. It ’s absolutely ridiculous… Some people make $ 27,000 a month by editing and uploading my play highlights. 'I couldn't believe it, but I also got a screen shot. The next month after the conversation, he earned $ 32,000 (3.5 million yen).' It was. According to Asmongold, some clipped videos boast more than 5 million views.



Of course, the act of `` downloading, editing, and re-uploading movies without permission from the person '' is copyrighted out, but for new viewers, a movie that summarizes the highlights is very appreciated, and as a result the distributor Because there are parts that contribute to the increase in the number of registered users, it is currently overlooked as a “gray zone”.

Video editing is a laborious task, and it takes a lot of time, effort, and skill to edit a movie that is longer than 10 hours. So, Asmondgold has officially hired the reprinter as an operational staff and decided to publish his clipped video on the newly opened “

Asmondgold TV ” channel.



Asmongold said, “The video on this channel is not the one of the reprinter. It is my content created by the reprinter. After watching my clipped video on YouTube, I watched the distribution I'm doing on Twitch. There are a lot of people coming. '

However, in addition to the reprints employed by Mr. Asmongold, there are people who edit and upload the live broadcast of Mr. Asmongold. Asmongold said he did n’t intend to sue all those reprints for copyright infringement, “It ’s interesting that there are people who earn the top 1% of society by uploading my distribution. I think. '

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