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[–]stickdog 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

LOL. Then why is Youtube still "doing business" with Brand by airing Brand's content with ads while stealing Brand's agreed upon cut of this revenue?

[–]Site_rly_sux 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

How pathetic for you to keep, keep insisting that's it's stealing.

Hey how about this

How about Brand just stop uploading to YT. Then there won't be any accusation that they're stealing from him.

He could even delete his whole back catalogue. That would really show them!

[–]stickdog 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (11 children)

LOL.

That's what you are reduced to in order to "defend" the FACT that YT is still streaming and generating revenue from every fucking video Brand has ever uploaded, but is just using a corporate media hit piece against him as its excuse to steal his share of the revenue?

Is there any sort of corporate malfeasance that you will not defend to the death?

If a bank "did not want to do business with him anymore," would you support that bank confiscating his deposits?

[–]Site_rly_sux 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

It's gonna come as a real surprise to you when you learn the economics of how YouTube works.

Hey mister ivory tower. Most YouTubers aren't getting paid. Amazing right? And nobody calls it shilling or malfeasance.

bank "did not want to do business with him anymore," would you support that bank confiscating his deposits?

In some regions, banks are regulated as utilities.

Let's be clear...

If British telecom says they're no longer connecting phone calls to his house then that's bad, because BT is a utility.

If Severn Trent water say they're no longer piping water to Russel Brand's house, then that's bad, because water is a utility.

If any company says, we don't want to do business with some religion, or ethnicity, then that's bad because those are protected characteristics.

But if....I dunno - Hotpoint washing machines say, we no longer want to sell to Brand because he's a creep and a rapist, then I have no problem with that. If they confiscate his washing machine from his kitchen then that's bad because he already paid for it.

Are we done with the straw men now?

Are there any more strawmen you'd like me to take a look at? You might as well get them all out upfront, so that we can return to discussing the matter at hand, which is, that brand is a creepy rapist and now nobody wants to work with him

[–]stickdog 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

It's gonna come as a real surprise to everyone when you manage to explain how withholding monetization based on a corporate media hit job is not stealing.

[–]Site_rly_sux 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Because YouTube, like every other private company, don't have to pay YouTubers if the contract isn't forcing them to

And if you don't like it, delete your shit off YouTube

Brand knew what he was doing when he signed up for the platform, knowing it was a good place to find viewers and build his brand. He took from YouTube's shine, from their userbase, and not the other way around. He was perfectly happy with the arrangement when he felt it was building a brand for himself. Only when he learned that YouTube aren't forced to stay in business with a rapist, suddenly it's a problem. Suddenly YouTube is the source of the world's problems and not rapist men in showbusiness

Give me a break

What a pathetic worm you are

You reason like a pathetic whiney snowflake baby

[–]stickdog 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

You reason like a pathetic whiney snowflake baby

LOL. You are a ridiculous one-trick pony. How many fucking times are you going to go your puerile "snowflake" well every time you have no argument? And once again, YT is 100% "staying in business" with Russell Brand. The only change to the previous business arrangement that YT has made is to steal Brand's money.

Right?

[–]Site_rly_sux 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Wrong. Strawman again. It's not stealing. If you're so sure it's stealing - then why don't you call the cops and make a police report? You might as well, right?

Edit - or I mean okay seriously now.

Totally serious.

Why don't you call the UK cops wherever Brand lives in Essex or London or whatever.

And just say "I'm calling because I heard about a person in your policing area who I think had some money stolen from them"

No one is going to get you in trouble because that's a legit reason for a police call.

Then you can talk to them about what you think happened and they will explain to you why it's not stealing

[–]stickdog 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

LOL. So I'm supposed to call the asset forfeiture kings and demand that they rein in the hypocrisy of their corporate masters?

It's stealing. YT is using a corporate media hit job as its flimsy excuse to pocket the money YT promised Brand for generating revenue for YT. That this stealing is legal does not mean that it is not stealing.

[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Yeah the real problem here is youtube monetary policy and not the rape. Let's talk about 10 other topics so we don't have to acknowledge that he's a rapist