Music fraud UPDATE! Now the LAWYER is involved!

[@LawLaughsMusic]

Fil, thank you very much. You are awesome. Please, everyone understand that Fil is the nicest person on KZbin, and yes, that means he’s nicer than me. As for the issue of the (alleged) scam videos, there is virtually no way they are parodies. Even if one might be a parody of Got Talent or X-Factor (doubtful), that would only justify using imagery from Got Talent or X-Factor, not a copyrighted song that is not being commented on. And as for people not caring about Simon Cowell, the content ID system would give the ad revenue to the songwriter (or whoever the songwriter sold them to). So Simon Cowell is not getting screwed, songwriters are getting screwed.

[@gungaddin]

@@kristiswa I'm afraid you are wrong. In that context, the use of the word "me" is correct.

[@partsmanba]

@@kristiswaReally? You’re going to take them to task over a minor grammatical error? How about you keep extraneous commentary out of the discussion and just applaud their willingness to help?

[@zathoros]

well as I recall from the original video there were 3 levels, some where he sang covers himself and auto tuned them, some where he mimed, and the third level where they covered or mimed and then also claimed ownership. I think its a mistake to lump them all together. Definitely the ones where they claimed ownership were outright theft, but your analogy doesn't really apply as much to the first two. You tube has its own rules on taking down covers or distributing add revenue. It's not black and white, who knows what the copyright laws are in Malaysia or w/e. Didn't you just do a video where they wanted you to edit yourself out of your video? report them and move on.

[@spiderlily4386]

​@@kristiswaI share your grammar knowledge and frustration in hearing the English language abused and misused. In my mind, i correct everybody! As for those dangling prepositions, have faith that we who choose to be silent on YT will continue to teach (nag) our children to use correct grammar. (My granddaughters knew lie and lay before 1st grade. Now they have to be warned to not correct their teachers!)

[@timkaye]

@kristiswa You've made the classic mistake of confusing conjunctive and disjunctive pronouns! (French has them too: compare je and moi.) So the OP was correct.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Good job, Fil. You are making a difference in the music world.

[@ivannovotny4552]

Fil rocks (as always).

[@jomc6734]

The person who commented 'who cares' would certainly care if it was THEIR song that was stolen. A few years ago, there was a self-published romance novel and people figured out that the 'author' had taken excerpts from other peoples' work and calling it their own. It's the same situation. You can't steal someone else's work.

[@Free2Fly2011]

Exactly.

[@Beruthiel45]

Plagiarism. Wrong in all fields. It's intellectual theft.

[@melsdarkopera]

So true

[@iankearns774]

A talentless hack may not care out of sheer jealousy they cant produce that quality of performance.

[@simonblackham4987]

Think of the cases where people have sampled a small amount of a song or tune without permission ... even seconds of a sample or performance without substantial changes from the original has left people like Rick Beato demonetized. What do you think should happen to a mimed performance of a recording of the original artist!?! Hash tags saying something is a parody is just a lie trying to cover up theft. KZbin should ban left/right mirroring by demonetizing them as this is only done to break copyright. I know some people do this to shorts, because they are incompetent, so KZbin should provide a facility to un-mirror shorts for those incompetents ... and there should be a report of fraudulent mirroring available on every post, and these should not be ignored. I would also like KZbin to mark all demonetized posts with who is getting the money, so we can vote 'with our feet' ... and perhaps allow us to refuse our viewing counting to the fraudulent monetization.

[@brettmccann3403]

Thanks. Your reaction to some of the comments and your thoughtful explanation of why you feel as you do about this unconscionable fraud provide a welcome insight into you as a person. You are a good man, Fil.

[@donnahilton471]

That was nice❤

[@ccampbell7214]

Agreed ❤

[@jasminaogrady7470]

Yes, Fil is a real gentleman!

[@atreb56]

Love your robbery analogy. You are a fine, honest man, Fil. Keep fighting for integrity. Rock.🤘

[@Tim091]

Your parent's did a good job Fil! Honesty is the cornerstone of any functioning society.

[@veramilton833]

I agree , certainly Fil was brought up with excellent values! Great parenting on Fil's parents part!

[@tnmoppylaura5476]

I’ve always said that Fil was raised right!

[@PaintingandExercise]

It's a shame how many people will defend someone stealing the work of someone else and the stupid excuses that they offer up. Stealing is stealing.

[@Terri_MacKay]

I find it interesting how many people have this attitude towards music in particular. They wouldn't condone stealing a painting from a museum or a book from a store, but they have this weird belief that music should be free, that we should all be entitled to it, and to do whatever we want with it.

[@poetsdreamsatc]

This is also happening in the reselling world on Poshmark, ebay and Whatnot. Sellers are selling FAKE designer items like Lululemon, Louis Vuitton, etc. What I don’t understand is that many people say they’re okay with getting a knock off handbag or athletic gear. They seem to be totally okay with having a brand stolen from. If it was their own music or brand name item would they be okay with that? This is also stealing! So many designers and their lawyers are finally going after the greedy resellers.

[@Yesica1993]

In free(ish) countries they are being conditioned in so many different ways, especially through the envy of Marxism. "Eat the rich", the entitlement mentality, the "woke" / racist filth that says some people are better or worse than others SOLELY on the basis of skin tone and therefore it's okay to treat them badly - it's EVERYWHERE in culture right now.

[@thehellyousay]

@@Terri_MacKay music is free. anyone can sing any song they like, free of charge. it's when they start wanting money for doing so, that the lawyers will rise from their crypts ...

[@olirc]

Well nowadays it seems that we even sympathise with terrorists, so I guess anything goes. What a world we live in.

[@diannelovejoy5514]

I am glad there is an attorney looking into this. I totally agree that was not a parody. Thanks for the update.

[@tomjohnson4922]

I had my bank account cleared out one morning and I didn't sit there and go "wow, that's amazing how they did that." what a bunch of nubs.

[@anngulliver5964]

I hope that you are okay now. That sounds awful.

[@kingslaphappy1533]

The shows ( x factor, the voice, etc) should get their lawyers to go after these guys. They are clearly infringing Copyright law as well as using the likeness of the judges without the show’s consent.

[@markmorris8532]

Unless they are getting consent... do we know?

[@TheRighteousReign]

Is the Voice now being robbed as well? They have shows in practically every country all over the world. That would be huge!

[@yrbadself]

Bobby Hatfield had one of the most amazing voices. To try to steal his voice is like claiming to paint the Mona Lisa.

[@TE5LA-GAMING]

I did paint the Mona Lisa! da Vinci stole it from my garage, but I have to respect his ingenuity for how he did it.

[@anakina1]

And I invented cell phones, the radio and wanted free electricity for everyone. LOL 😂​@@TE5LA-GAMING

[@mabel7469]

Does the lawyer reaĺize that they're lipsyncing the açtual artists voices as theirs.. is that covering? song?

[@margitwes6495]

@@TE5LA-GAMING Time travel even. Genius!

[@BartdeBoisblanc]

2:00 Fil, for anyone who does not know Weird Al Yankovic is an example of someone doing a proper parody.

[@jbird4478]

And despite that he still licenses every song he parodies.

[@madjock-ig5bv]

And he won't do one if the artist says no.

[@strangebrew5545]

​@@madjock-ig5bv like Prince did

[@maryswanson9982]

Before Weird Al, it was Alan Sherman!

[@kumada84]

You don't even have to change anything - you can use the original audio and still have it be parody protected by fair use, but it has to actually be parody. Just standing there lip syncing to someone else's song is not parody.

[@suehollar2578]

It's funny that parts of the music industry is so rough on people analyzing/reacting to music videos,, but let this junk fall through the cracks. You're right! Everyone should care. Great video Fil!

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

They are Fat and Lazy! As soon as they figure out they are losing $$ they’ll be on this like a wet towel.

[@madmoe4]

Completely agree with you, these are NOT parody. Glad a lawyer is looking into this.

[@Coverswithchords1]

As long as those people are in countries where nobody cares about copyright, there is nothing they have to worry about. How YT is letting this happen and doesn't delete those channels is hard to understand.

[@michaelallison2085]

YT focuses its censorship efforts for those that put out the truth 🙄

[@localbod]

YT don't give a flying farrk off the high board with a double somersault. As long as there are clicks and adverts being seen, the platform doesn't give a damn.

[@albertschepis]

Yes, this is on KZbin - they should be policing their own platform. Perhaps they will be held liable now too.

[@chadbennett7873]

Agreed! Go after YT!

[@earthtaurus5515]

ad revenue.

[@takeUSback2024]

Just because people can get away with stuff doesn't make it right! There is still right and wrong that applies to all of us. Thank you, Fil, for speaking up about this!

[@pgray5223]

Isn't it sad that people think it is ok to rip people off in any way? We all lose when people take from others. I have no musical talent, but I truly appreciate those that do. I am happy to recognize that talent and the hard work they put into their music. I really am disgusted that anyone would steal that recognition.

[@ZER0--]

I don't think you can steal recognition.

[@pgray5223]

@@ZER0-- if you are pretending that you are singing when in fact it is someone else, it is indeed stealing. When people praise your wonderful voice and you are lip syncing, I would think you would say who was really singing.

[@ZER0--]

@@pgray5223 I disagree. Moving on.

[@anne-zh2kd]

Someone who exploits people, who manipulates people, who makes money on making fun of people, many of whom are disabled. Who makes money off chewing up and spitting up young artists. I mean come on here.

[@dafunkychickenrecords1149]

People just don’t want to understand copyright law. What about the song writer(s) who isn’t getting credit or money from these scams? Ugh

[@lorenrobertson8039]

This is the exact point in question. I hope the scammers get a lesson taught.

[@UncleDansVintageVinyl]

Lawyer here: Those videos aren't parody. Not even close to parody.

[@roelfbackus]

I didn't laugh for a second at the previous video.

[@Rkbmomma]

Clearly not a parody, otherwise why are they hiding their mouth

[@albertschepis]

Right, they are simply rationalizing, claiming whatever excuse they can to continue to get away with it.

[@Tel864]

Half the people on social media are lawyers.

[@thehellyousay]

actual song: ghost riders in the sky parody song: ghost peppers in the rice easy peasy, lemon squeezy ...

[@miramihic9573]

I love the fact that the LAWYER is involved❣💯

[@carolethroup5868]

Rick Beato also has a video on "interpolation" or stealing of music written by someone and used by others,

[@Lilah1754]

That was a good video. I had never heard the term interpolation before, so I learned something new! Some of the songs were so blatantly “interpolated”!!

[@kallsop2]

Saw that video the other day and just had to shake my head at "interpolation". What a crock, Beato is quite correct. It reminds me of Tone Loc's Wild Thing. First time I heard it back then, there was no mistaking Van Halens guitar and drums.

[@jskit92380]

Music Industry: Let's makeup a word to excuse people stealing music! 🤑🤢😡

[@rkk578]

Yeah, Rick just likes to forget that this is not something that has started in the last 10 years, but his assumed "golden era of music" was also well known for this sort of stealing. That video is nothing more than his usual boomer rant to generate comments.

[@patriciapowell6047]

@@kallsop2 Do you know if they did or did not pay a sampling fee?

[@simoncarney9944]

Thanks for the update Fil. You’re right, theft is theft, whether it’s intellectual or property. My father went through some bad times due to an industrial accident but we would never have resorted to breaking the law. The parody angle doesn’t work either, it’s a deliberate attempt to make money by deception.

[@cathyshaw-kalloo237]

*THIS.* call it what it is!!!

[@martinpfeilsticker5420]

Great work you and Scott are doing here, please continue and let us know how it progresses

[@alrightbal9190]

Thanks Fil calling this out! I immediately commented on the one with Bobby Hatfield that anyone who knew Bobby that this was not him that the guy was lip syncing!

[@Rkbmomma]

He has lip synced Bon Jovi as well

[@spoodlew]

And Tom Jones. I commented on 3 of his videos that he wasn't Bobby.

[@patriciamoran9143]

And Air Supply. He's all over the place with stealing songs. Manny people comment, warning that he's a scammer, but it goes on

[@kaisokka5381]

It's an outrage that youtube does not act to remove and ban those videos as they should!

[@uNiels_Heart]

As long as they're getting away with it, it's likely a lot easier and more profitable for KZbin (Alphabet Inc.) to just let those people do what they do. Or in other words you have to either incentivize or pressure them into acting.

[@EmperorTaebok]

KZbins's entire business plan is based on theft.

[@johndoe-ln4oi]

Great video, Fil. It is discouraging that you have to explain basic "right and wrong" to people, but I appreciate your taking the time to do it.

[@just_passing_through]

KZbin delete videos of people ‘reviewing’ or ‘critiquing’ artist’s performances if they don’t add enough original content to the original. This can be based on either the video or audio component. KZbin is really dropping the ball by allowing these songs to play in its entirety from start to end without any interruption at all.

[@CapriciousBlackBox]

And often delete videos even WHEN they have plenty of original content in the review. See Rick Beato.

[@debieisenhour3538]

Nice work! Artists need to have their work protected. And you're right, the law applies to everyone equally. That is very important!

[@HermesNinja]

At bottom, while all parody is imitation, not all imitation is parody. And therein lies the issue for the scammers (assuming YT or the IP owners choose to pursue the issue at all). So glad you’re shining a light on this scam!

[@GizzyDillespee]

Plus, lipsyncing over the official release isn't even imitation. They're using the actual song, not imitating it. They're imitating the show, KZbin's Got Talent... but we're talking about a music copyright. The show cleared the music with the song's publisher, before airing. The fake singer can imitate and parody the show, no problem. But if they use the actual song, they need to clear that with the song's publisher before uploading. If they don't want to share income with the rights holder, they could open up their DAW, and make their own imitation of the song, and sing as best as they could, and then use Melodyne and AI vocal replacement... then they could upload that as a legit parody. But instead they got lazy, downloaded the official copyrighted song, and lip synced over it.

[@HermesNinja]

@@GizzyDillespee Agreed. But we simply don’t know what the singer/YT’er is doing with regard to permissions, if anything. Could they have a licensing agreement with the IP owner? It’s possible, but unlikely. Interested to see how this plays out. 👍

[@2009kygal]

So glad you got the ball rolling on this!

[@Terri_MacKay]

Many people have a very strange attitude towards music. They would never condone stealing a painting from an art gallery or plagiarism, but they think nothing of downloading music for free, and they see no problem with content creators claiming ownership of a song they had absolutely no part in the creation of. The "who cares" people. As long as they can download and own the music they like for free, they don't care if other people pay for their downloads, they don't care if artists get paid, they don't care who's getting the copyright money from YT, and they don't care if someone fraudulently claims ownership of a song. All that stuff is just blah, blah, blah to them. It's just noise, and they don't care as long as they can access the music they want to listen to. It's a shame that integrity means so little to them.

[@johnsrabe]

100%. The corollary (to me) are the people who nitpick about YT videos by actual creators. It’s free! Don’t watch if you don’t like the lighting or whatever.

[@Robbie1075]

EXACTLY!! So many people with little or no integrity and respect nowadays.

[@jdenino6022]

I download concert footage that the original artist isn’t doing anything about. Their fans upload videos and I make copies bc they are not available on a DVD or i would happily buy the dvd.

[@Known-unknowns]

Many ‘who cares’ people are honest and have plenty of integrity in other areas. Most of them even pay for the music they listen to most of the time. Disruption like this can be healthy. I look forward to an exciting music industry in the future. What that looks like we can’t tell yet.

[@efsu8374]

@@jdenino6022 some artist think, it's'free promotions/marketing! As long as no one is profiting from it. Radio of free. YT and TikTok is free... lots of ways music is free. I remember the time when artist would be happy to get their stuff played on the radio for free. Even now, getting your stuff played on the radio is not really free.

[@Thunderbird-2]

"... appreciate the ingenuity..." committing a Fraud? That's like complimenting a Murderer for his marksmanship.

[@oldguitarjames9303]

I think it's differentiating between *how* something has been done as against *what* has been done.. If someone is watching the videos Fil is drawing attention to and all they're seeing is the ingenuity then they are as immoral as the person making the video. The videos are cleverly made, and it's not wrong to acknowledge that, but then most successful frauds are cleverly constructed.

[@veecee3669]

An excellent analogy. Theft is theft, there are no excuses.

[@Carol0000P]

I completely agree that copyright needs to be protected otherwise, over time, there will be less incentive for original content.

[@tylerpurrden]

Indeed someone should also crack down on that b.s. that is "interpolating" as that really seems like theft as well (personally i think it should be treated like sampling). The industry is so lazy and solely focused on lining the executives' pockets and any threat...🙄

[@Carol0000P]

@@tylerpurrden yes! I had no idea what that was until I watched a Rick Beato video. For me, that’s sampling.

[@lloydbraun6026]

At the current Materialistic view taking over the world there won’t be anymore original content. People will use AI and those that don’t will find themselves one of the millions of people calling themselves artists who can’t keep a beat never mind play and instrument or carry a tune. At our current trajectory, with all this illegal migration and Orwellian “hate speech” crimes the future might be very bleak

[@tylerpurrden]

@@Carol0000P i saw the same one! Thought i was tripping when i first read the term in the credits in a song's 'credits' page on the genius app, and instantly felt it was legalese for acceptable theft. Then i saw his vid and it's like 😤🤬🤬

[@DawnDavidson]

For an alternative view about copyright, read Spider Robinson’s “Melancholy Elephants.” You can Google it. It’s under a Creative Commons license for free. He made a bunch of good points, back in the early 1980’s. It’s thought provoking.

[@saraking6527]

Hi Fil. Thanks so much for highlighting this. My husband is a musician, singer, writer, composer and teacher. He won the best rock folk artist back in the 70's (when he just turned 17) and appeared on TV with Tony Wilson and The Old Grey Whistle Test. He's made a living over the years but has had so many songs "stolen" over his career. Even now Spotify pays all his earnings to an American singer of the same name !!! It is maddening that people don't know (or seem to care) that copyright laws pay an artist less than 10% of the total cost of a recording and that decreases if the music is in a different region of the world but think there's no harm in reproducing recording, DVD's and pocketing the proceeds. Theft is theft. The majority of musicians, writers, composer's still have rent, mortgages, bills and are not living the highlife even if they or the song is well known. They do it because they are artist's and just like Van Gough and Mozart mostly never get paid :-(

[@SEGoddard]

Give my regards to Jo, Sara! It's been a long, long time.

[@saraking6527]

@@SEGoddard Joe sends his love. Ears& Eyes was a long time when you were all young and eager and had hair as glorious as Fil's :-) !! Are you still writing and playing? He's still working on 'The eccentric Millionairess' :-D

[@tammydoolittle6054]

Thank you, Fil, for this amazing analysis video! I appreciate you using the "hypothetical situation" so we can understand this situation better. I agree 100% with you that laws are laws and should be kept by everyone (including the copyright laws), whether they have money or not, because laws are meant to protect everyone! Im glad you've teamed up with Scott. You two are doing an excellent job and are going to make a big difference in this world! Thank you! 🙂

[@aaronlopez492]

It's not surprising to see this going on Fil. From identity theft, home title theft but now stealing a song or performance from someone and claim in it as your own. How can someone believe with millions of people watching, no one is going to catch up to you, WOW. That takes the cake!! Great video.

[@zephyrbear]

Everybody hits hard times during their lives at some time or another, but not everybody resorts to stealing other people's stuff! Well done Fil and original poster for bringing this to the attention of the law, let's hope there is an international one they've breached that they can be held to account for.

[@donnaguy9057]

Thanks Fil! Great video. Thanks for explaining. I agree, people don't understand about Intellectual Property.

[@quicktastic]

People that have never done an original or creative thing in their lives are at ease with other people's work being stolen. It doesn't mean anything to them or they may even harbor some resentment toward people that do have talent. If one of these people did create and copyright something as part of their livelihood, they would be the first to be angered to find someone stealing their work for profit.

[@anne-zh2kd]

Having talent is not anything. It has zero value. That you treat people with talent as better is disgusting. And they DO have talent. It's just that they're shitty. You can be shitty AND have talent. Look at Ricky Gervais

[@sarcasmfordays]

I've seen many of those videos and report them all to KZbin. Thank you for getting involved! Sending love from Alabama,USA💜

[@davidwalker5665]

thanks for the update.. regarding the Simon Cowell factor, I filed theft charges on 3 individuals for trademark fraud. They bought cheap guitars, made them up as Gibson's and then pawned them. The Asst DA I worked with refused to follow through with the charges because she disliked pawnshops so much, "they can't be victims". That was 15 years ago or so and still stuck in my craw.

[@ChopBassMan]

6:46 - "can't you appreciate the ingenuity?" ARE YOU SERIOUS?!! That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! Here's a non-music example - Can't you appreciate the ingenuity of the hacker who broke into your computer and is blackmailing you or has stolen your identity and money??

[@altx1978]

Who are you talking to? Fil's non-music example was at least as good as yours.

[@Fl4ppers]

This reminds me of those muppets that now say "copyright is theft!" Makes me angry that they'd deny even the small artist a chance at defending their income.

[@GlennM2413]

I have recently had a similar conversation with my daughter when she was frustrated with people "hoarding money", and other people don't have enough. She basically said the law should apply differently to them from the average person. I turned that around and gave her an example where something would apply to her to her detriment. Again, her intentions were good, but then she finally understood more clearly, "I may not like something, but the law is still the law, and it should apply to everyone equally." Of course, we know it isn't always applied that way, but it should be applied that way. I think blatant disrespect for the law is doing great harm to our would today, and I'm not talking about the criminal element that we've always had. In our country, the legal system is also being used to promote or hurt politicians. It shouldn't be for that, it should be about justice! Fil, thanks for your, in my opinion, very accurate comments! We need to be careful what we ask for, because we might get it!

[@CameronMcCreary]

When fraud in the music business comes up it takes me back to the "Badfinger" group and how badly they were defrauded. Pete Ham killed himself due to despondency and depression. Tom Evans hanged himself.

[@atreb56]

Yes. Stan Polley was the despicable thief. I will never forgive Polley since Pete Ham blamed Polley in Pete's suicide note.

[@mbass192]

Public school teacher here. Sadly, people feel like theft from corporations or the wealthy is ok. That’s how things seem to be today.

[@richardvale214]

It’s always been that way, more or less. Think Robin Hood.

[@jaysea1553]

l must say corporations and the wealthy have been ripping us off for years,you don't have to be a teacher to realise that capitalism is on it's arse

[@yvonnejohnson9587]

​@@richardvale214Robin Hood took money from the government who had illegally taxed the poor and returned it to the people who had been robbed. Not the same thing at all

[@juliezug9855]

@@richardvale214the character Robin Hood wasn’t a thief. He returned what was stolen.

[@richardvale214]

@@juliezug9855 ok, Julie, enlighten me. Surely you must have many examples. Or are you here simply to play devil’s advocate, too?

[@rageneburks2306]

Thank you Fil for upholding equal application of the law. It is disturbing how many people seem to approach the law with “situational ethics “. The law only applies to who we want when we want. This never leads to justice. You do a fantastic job. Keep it up.

[@bibistaufi2653]

From me also: Great job, great work!! Keep on !! Many greets from Germany near Cologne

[@ElusvOptmst1]

Criminal Minds feel it is okay to take whatever they want, with no qualms or rational. However, wrong is wrong, and right is right, with no exception to the rules. And your example is correct. Unfortunately, we live in a world with unscrupulous individuals, with no conscience or accountability for their actions, thus scamming and fraud is prevalent in today's society.

[@glamgal7106]

You used a word that hit the nail on the head-unscrupulous. I remember when I was watching the video, it was like these “people” had this “In your face” attitude about what they were doing, really had the gall.

[@melindawallin3713]

Right on Fil So happy for the update and glad to hear there is a lawyer involved You are so right about the importance of laws, without them, chaos . Thank you.

[@graycat5959]

Yes, stealing is stealing. We don’t decide who we should steal from.

[@richardvale214]

What about Robin Hood?

[@graycat5959]

@@richardvale214 Actually, it’s what I tell my child. We don’t decide. Unless you’re Robin Hood (but meant in jest. ) Are these people Robin Hood or are they keeping the money for themselves? Maybe the next video should show all the charities they are giving to. Thieves are not generally thought of as Robin Hood because they happened to rob a rich person.

[@richardvale214]

@@graycat5959 I agree with what you say. I was just playing devil’s advocate.

[@vallaindigital]

I LOVED your hypothetical situation you have layed out for the people saying "who cares" about the entire fraud thing! I can only imagine if they get their stuff stolen as you said, they would then call the cops to explain the situation, and the cops would respond "who cares" and "you have to appreciate their ingeniosity".

[@Melodymatters2me]

Bravo!!! Great update on the fraud explanation. Will be curious to see how it all goes moving forward. 😉

[@ElsonFernando78]

Hi, Fil, I'm so glad to see your channel is getting a lot ot attention, as you are the nicest person and do a great job for music and musicians. You deserve all this positive feedback. Celine Dion video being commented by the Fairy Voice Mother, Seal comments on live performances, auto tuning videos and so many others are a perfect example of your great work. Would love to see a collaboration between you and Rick Beato or even an interview! Cheers from Poland

[@LinkRocks]

Thank you for doing this.

[@lorenrobertson8039]

Thank you Fil for being such a caring and responsible person. Much respect from Nashville, TN. USA

[@veramilton833]

Fil, I am so glad you did this video! Excellent explanation as to why fraud is so very wrong! Loved your talk about the thieves in the night scenario! I absolutely agree with all you said in this video! Fil, you are an exceptional person at getting your point across! You are kind, empathetic, and precise in your presentation! Very well done! Now I am off to subscribe to Scott's channel! Well done, Fil!💜💜

[@jeff8ball]

Nice job for highlighting this. I hate to see people make money off the back of someone else's hard work. They don't have the talent to do it legally so they resort to this. Enjoy your channel and keep going.

[@ekrwy2]

This is why I love this channel. Truth always shines through. Keep up the good work Fil.

[@lieslwindjulie3230]

Hi! Fil, kudos to you and your friend, the lawyer 🖤🤘🏽🍀

[@LOL-Can]

Thank you for the update Fil. Theft and cheating are far too common now. Thank you for maintaining your ethics. Parody has humor to it.

[@markshveima]

Very impressed with not only how clearly spot on you are in addressing the criticisms leveled at you, but how completely polite you are in doing it. You not only excel at using the skills and talents you have, but at being a decent human being. Bravo!

[@debbier938]

Hi Fil, Thanks for this update. Good information to know and keep in mind. Nice job! Debbie ☮️

[@magnusrubecula]

Thank you for this video. We are all part of a society that must abide by the same rules.

[@jeannedube9238]

Thank you for getting the lawyer involved, Fil. There are no victimless crimes.

[@GizzyDillespee]

Sure there are - loitering, for one. But this crime has an easy to identify victim - the rights holder from whom the imposter is stealing money. There's no need gor any mental gymnastics to find a victim... it's the person whose song and vocal identity are being stolen - monetized by an imposter.

[@EJJ-EvArms]

Everything you said in this video is 100% spot on. And I almost never say that about anyone.

[@chrissarr4101]

Thanx for making the complex to some simple understanding.

[@Cashcrop54]

Glad that happened so quickly. I saw a video a couple weeks ago from Rick Beato that was also exposing fraud on KZbin. Can't remember exactly what but also included copyright fraud. I didn't sense an ounce of comedy. Not a parody!

[@roelfbackus]

I admire your eloquence and manner and examples with which you explain this matter.

[@autumnpiper60]

Excellent follow-up, Fil - thank you for making this.

[@cathyshaw-kalloo237]

Fil you are brill - ! you're doing serious work... virtually *nobody* is calling these thieves to account, except you.

[@jeffersoncosgrove1910]

Keep it up bro. I feel like we're on the cusp of another Milli Vanilli moment in the industry. It reminds me of when musicians would say "we did that song in one take," only they failed to mention that it was "one take plus 4 punch-ins with 5 go arounds each."

[@AndreaMoore-Emmett]

Yay! These thieves are on notice…hope they have real consequences in addition to life ban from KZbin. There is a good reason for laws against stealing the intellectual property, talent & efforts/work of others.

[@leighblacklocke7190]

Great video. Fil is a voice of sanity in an insane world. Criminal behavior should be punished and thanks to Fil, music fraud is being exposed. God bless and keep you, Fil!

[@Rkbmomma]

Thanks for the update, Fil!

[@jessicatee5833]

Fil, you never fail to make my day brighter. “You can’t imitate the somebody, by using the somebody”. Keep educating the public about the smarmy tactics being used.

[@Tony-Ball]

Hi Fil 👍Awesome Work!. I'm a fellow musician. I've noticed loads recently on KZbin where people are Green Screening An Original Video BUT putting there Green Screened Face very small, in a corner & behind the Originators logo or emblem!. Again everyone thinks its the Original Artis!. (Hope that makes sense🤷) Tony (Suffolk UK)

[@peterprice2048]

Love the ingenuity analogy you used, being robbed. I was thinking of leaving a comment about robbing a back or hacking, INGENUITY! It is sick how criminal activity on the internet is becoming normalized.

[@richardely2404]

The burglarly analogy is brilliant!!

[@thetattedpharmacist3215]

Perfect analogy of the house being robbed. Thanks for shedding light on these scummy scammers Fil. Keep fighting for what’s right! ❤

[@jorgeleyton1474]

You are absolutely correct. I remember "Like a Sturgeon" by Weird Al Yancovic being a parody of the Madonna song "Like a Virgin"..... : )

[@FurtiveSkeptical]

Yes, and Al Yankovic is historically vigilant in getting the artist's permission before he does his parodies. If he doesn't get approval, he doesn't proceed with the parody.

[@Otokichi786]

Speilling kaunz, duncha gnaw? "like a SURGEON" is what you were after. (What would "Weird Al" Yankovic look like as that very ancient singing fish?;)

[@bccabernet]

I too was thinking about Weird Al's videos. His videos were clearly parodies of the songs he sang.

[@jomc6734]

Madonna actually suggested that Weird Al parody Like a Virgin and came up with the name. Weird Al gets permission from the writer/artist to record the parody.

[@kayanneyoung9788]

@@Otokichi786 I make the same error sometimes...I subconsciously confuse it with "Wet Dream" by Kip Adotta (novelty song full of bad fish puns).

[@pastelsgirl]

Hi Fil, I’ve been watching your channel for a long time and I’ve enjoyed every single episode of your videos. But now I’m here to express my gratitude, respect and appreciation for what you’ve been doing to help expose and bring awareness to this type of scams, specially in the art community. Hopefully, this situation will be dealt with soon enough, and the perpetrators be exposed and their scams terminated. Thank you, from an artist’s heart, for speaking up! Rock!

[@markkinnish1196]

Great update as always Fil

[@jackieu8209]

I can't believe there are people out there who would defend thieves. Stealing is stealing, and I don't think the thieves are going hungry.

[@woody816]

Unbelievable work Fil. You doing fantastic stuff. You deserve a pint from myself

[@Legslarsen.]

Nice vid Fil! Music creators must copyright their music with the Library of Congress. Then the music is protected. A DMCA claim at KZbin forces them to take down any video that violates the Act. Adding another persons music, recordings, to a video is unlawful.

[@Dadofer1970]

"Can't you just appreciate the ingenuity". Yes, Ponzi was very ingenious. He still went to jail.

[@flwrfan1752]

It was horrendous seeing the people acting like they were actually singing to famous singers songs and accepting complements from the comments like that was them singing like they actually had that beautiful voice!It was maddening.They have their nerve!How tacky.

[@czerskip]

People got so used to theft of IP on YT they don't care anymore. I used to follow a channel on airplane history that steals their video covers from model plane box covers, I kept pointing it out and all I got in reply were similar comments bashing me for highlighting the issue of someone using the artwork somebody else paid for for exclusive use… 🤷‍♂️

[@danalawrence4473]

Fil: It is apparent that few people actually understand what copyright is and what it covers. And music has become a commodity that no one wants to pay for, so the combination leads to theft at all levels. I see it my area of written publication- textbooks that I wrote that later were copied and sold to others without my knowledge, for example. It is hard to crack down on, expecially when people do not understand it is essentially theft.

[@MrBillybooks]

Pure logic and common sense! Excellent!

[@marlachristensen2076]

@6:09 - You are so right. Not only do these laws need to apply to Everybody, but they also need to apply to everyone EQUALLY!

[@daytripper9222]

Great job fil and Scott.

[@twinstickpete]

Fil, you're are absolutely correct.. You can't put your own stamp on someone else's material, PERIOD. An artist that creates doesn't appreciate some thief making money on material that they labored over... Way to go, Fil.

[@_whatsername1911]

You tube does have a "cover rights" clause/agreement with a ton of artists/labels/etc. There is no list though. And it has some very specific requirements to do covers. I believe one of them is that you aren't supposed to use the original music as a backing track. Or it has to be stated as such. I can't remember I'm just going by memory here, but the policy is written somewhere on creator rules.. I think green screen background has rules too.

[@shanearbuthnot]

Great work Fil, Love your energy with all the music you cover.. I'm an old rock fan, but learning so much from your analysis videos.. keep up the good work, and being a voice for us real music lovers ..respect - Shane. N.Ireland.

[@dianayount2122]

Weird Al is parody

[@macgrad1]

Weird Al also receives permission from the artists to use their music in his parodies. If they refuse, then he doesn’t use their song. He’s a true genius and an honest gentleman.

[@bettysmith9466]

He asked Prince if he could do a parody of one of his songs and Prince said no so Weird Al didn't do it.

[@caperboy1169]

He had permission for every single one them

[@thomasbennett4853]

Love your honesty and integrity!

[@dawnagoad9745]

This sounds like its gonna be fun!!!

[@stock33647]

Spot on Fil. Some people just are completely ignorant and have no integrity. You have every right to point out the dishonesty of this kind of stealing of intelectual property!!!