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[@scottzchannel2463]

Try contact the authorities about the situation. And scam are what thieves always do and steal and rob people. They are indeed corrupted by lust, pride and greed for power and money.

[@salimufari]

After reading the title I can't help but think "welcome to the Chinese National business model" I bought a "Made in America, 100% wool shirt" what I got was an acrylic piece of garbage that looked like what I bought. When I saw the shipping label was from inland China & they said my only recourse was to "give it to someone as a gift" I was furious. Being allergic to most synthetic fabrics & a huge proponent of wool really exacerbated things. I discovered their ruse when I read through their "about" page line by line & fact checked it.

[@qwertyios]

you have a typo :p

[@natalieisagirlnow]

"legitimate"

[@markhodgson2348]

Hi my heart goes out to you

[@Ralphs-House]

Facebook has NO interest in removing misleading or unethical ads - they make too much money from them.

[@DeekerJones]

At this point, I think it is more than that. I am becoming of the opinion that they are actively working against American interests. It isn't just naked greed... it is malevolence.

[@hugoguerreiro1078]

Facebook is currently getting sued for profiting off of human trafficking, of course they won't care about unethical ads. They'd never go against China and risk losing all that slave labor money.

[@jamesarnold2851]

This is why I’m not involved in Facebook or Twitter or (well whatever)! If you haven’t seen the Social Dilemma, it’s worth a watch.

[@samuraiboi2735]

@Dajuan Washington lmao yes

[@capeofstormz5974]

Facebook is full of Elon Musk sponsored scam ads yet they have something called 'community standards'.

[@antbib]

There's no shortage of villains in this story, but Facebook is the worst. I refuse to use any of their products. They are utterly corrupt and despicable.

[@rranger1014]

Hear, hear!

[@erictremblay6867]

Facebook is extracting money from China with those ads. They remove them when there is a complain, but I agree they should do better. Apple is sending billions of our dollars to China and yet people think they are the best. What kind of logic is that. Apple is the worst by far not Facebook. China is the largest criminal organization in the world and Apple is the main financier. People with Iphone and Macbook are buying WW3 for their children.

[@garrygraves3848]

FAKEbook isn't the only business. There are alot more!

[@DonMeaker]

I canceled my facebook account.

[@Wimpymind]

@@erictremblay6867 all of the big tech companies are pure evil.

[@jbrisby]

A little tip: when you put your watermark on your video, make sure it moves around the screen a lot. Maybe move it to a different place every three or four seconds, so the effort of blurring it or removing it is multiplied exponentially.

[@pollard068]

Eyesore for the viewer

[@spaceman9599]

Top idea, as long as it does not look like Mud

[@cindyouellette6365]

Thank you for this video Shawn as I 'almost' bought the Flip n Slide from a Chinese supplier on Amazon! Instead I am ordering from the rightful, deserving USA business! Please keep fighting the good fight! Have now subscribed to your channel!

[@charlieinsingapore]

KZbin: Not being paid, takes the fakes down in 20 minutes. Facebook, ebay, amazon: Being paid by the thieves, absolutely no incentive to take the fakes down.

[@HouseCallAutoRepair]

Needs to say "Made in America by an American!"

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

The evil Freemason U.S.A. politicians have opened up trade with the evil murdering communist Chinese government politicians how many years ago ?

[@erictremblay6867]

KZbin is getting paid for the ads, just like Facebook. Facebook is using doubleclick for their ad tracking and doubleclick is owned by google who also own KZbin. So your theory is flawed. Apple is sending billion to China and yet people love their product. The worst people in this game are people with Iphone and Macbook. Because they knowingly finance the largest and most despicable criminal organisation in the world. China!

[@ww-pw6di]

KZbin being "responsive" is just the side-effect of their lackluster copyright system where the Chinese sellers could have just claimed to own the copyright on Shawn Woods' video and channel. KZbin isn't any better, it just has a system which happens to workout this time.

[@Golfnut_2099]

There is one... Sue Amazon for Copyright Infringement!!!!! They are the ones ultimately selling the product!!!!!

[@PorchPotatoMike]

I don’t need one of these traps, but now I think I’ll buy one from the real seller just to support him.

[@WryGrass100]

MMM--A great gift to somebody you don't like!

[@JaphethStauffer]

I'm thinking of doing the same thing! Buy one genuine one, to support the real designer.

[@CalikL]

I had exactly the same thought

[@benchmarcdesigns5508]

Just did that...great idea....fkn "China"!!!

[@sarahallgood798]

Yeah me too

[@Remember_when]

Copyright is an issue everywhere, not just China. I used to make 3D content and it was stolen and sold on Second LIfe by thieves. The software that I used to make the 3D content is stolen all the time and put up on Warez sites. Developers are having to get creative to stop the stealing. Many are going to paid subscriptions.

[@icin4d]

Yep, nothing new. Years ago I went to an Adobe development seminar and it started with the speaker asking, "How many of you have Photoshop?" Hands go up. "How many of you bought Photoshop?" The room busted out in laughter.

[@Remember_when]

@@icin4d Exactly, lol.

[@barbarabeard6017]

I stopped doing business with Amazon for reasons similar to this a long time ago with only one or two exceptions when I got cornered. They clearly don't care about the consumer they only care about money for themselves they have monopolies on so many products it makes me sick. I asked for a refund from the seller on an eBay purchase when I found out he was just a middleman for a Chinese purchase. I always limit my purchases to North America on eBay so it was definitely a sneaky rule breaking game that many Sellers play. I got a refund immediately. I hope somehow the Lord rewards that young man through your video.

[@willbee6785]

Well said. I say, Made in USA is a good brand. 🇬🇧

[@bigclivedotcom]

My content gets used in Chinese adverts all the time. Including my voice overs. One of my most popular videos kept doing viral sweeps on Facebook and they really don't care about copyright breaches at all. This is why it's really important to have your channel name in shot in every video. (Although they still use the content with the channel name in view!)

[@ernestotejada4974]

I watch your stuff mate. Good content! Love the X-ray device. Lol

[@dibelgelo]

How is this hurting you if at all? They made your vids go viral, thanks for free promotion, no?

[@ksbs2036]

@@dibelgelo it's theft. They get the advertising and it appears that bigclive is somehow connected with the product. You can't eat exposure unfortunately, or else there would never be a starving artist

[@XBruceXD]

I never thought I would see you here

[@XBruceXD]

@@dibelgelo the copycats get monetized and recieve ad revenue depending on the platform they are on since they'd get tons of views. Those views and revenue should go to the people that deserve it. It's literally copyright infringement. The Chinese don't give a damn.

[@Dazdigo]

Sue Facebook under the DMCA. If they protect the infringer, they open themselves up to lawsuits as well. May want to get Leonard French involved to help.

[@foxmore262]

Good idea but Facebook is rich the only way to do it is probably a class action lawsuit

[@Slavicplayer251]

@@foxmore262dosen’t matter someone needs to stand up

[@slp0p544]

Yep

[@countbleck35]

hawaiin judge enters.

[@slp0p544]

@@countbleck35 nani

[@uktenatsila9168]

I wish you and the legitimate creators of the mouse trap success in this struggle.

[@sam5992]

They probably are already set for life, but still sucks they are stolen from.

[@susanbaynham-evans8453]

Stop using Amazon and eBay to buy things ! Allow big companies to control your options and this is what you end up with… Great vid Shawn.

[@masterskywalker8877]

When he said “KZbin’s the golden standard” I couldn’t help but chuckle.

[@Galko655e]

Atleast their faulty copywright system does work when needed to work,unlike the no copywright systems in other platforms.

[@remikid7]

no offense, but agreed. lol

[@mycroftselene3326]

Oh yes hahaha! Haha? As he laughed maniacally in the fashion of Mandark from Dexter's laboratory?!! Haha hahaha!

[@HotBaraDad666]

@entrepreneur What a Looney you are.

[@kobayachtee8182]

@@Galko655e dude... it's "copyright"

[@DDRUTOU]

Shawn, don't apologize for ranting. You are proof that humanity contains good people in it. Thank you for being who you are. We need you, buddy

[@nostradamus9608]

Majority of Amazon, Walmart, eBay, etc. sellers are CHINESE nationals selling CHINESE junk all round the world. If we don't stop it TODAY, we'll become CHINA tomorrow!!! Write to your State Senator and Representative DEMANDING to STOP American Corporate GREED ASAP!

[@timwinchester2366]

Shawn is a good dude! He'll probably get this video demonized because hes exposing china! KZbin is working with China as well! Google, Facebook, etc.

[@timwinchester2366]

@@nostradamus9608 exactly!!! 💯💯👍🏾👍🏾🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💪🏾

[@conanthecribber]

Completely agree with DDRUTOU. Standing up and not accepting this behaviour is not called anting, it's called "doing the right thing". Good luck in your crusade against the copyright pirates.

[@jimmothypakistan5223]

Ranting muddles your message and reduces your reach and good is an abstract concept.

[@zaz4667]

Excellent presentation! We hear about the industrial, technology and science thefts from China all the time! Now we need to protect the small guy working his way up!

[@gregwang168]

Shawn, You’re a totally cool and swell Dude!👍👍 after watching all your videos about this Flip and Slide bucket lid mouse/rat trap I bought the 4 pack from Rinnie Corp. to be placed in my garage so they don’t get into my cars and motorcycles and chew up everything. And although I am Chinese (Actually a Taiwanese who grew up in the U.S.) I fully support all quality products made the the USA!👍👍Happy New Year!🎆🎇😖🎊🎉🍾🥂

[@stompchunkman4248]

Facebook keeps calm about flagrant like this, but flips over and acts ban-happy for the dumbest stuff. Goddamn.

[@hotmailcompany52]

Well duh, you wanna make sure you don't offend anyone so you have the most amount of people to advertise to with dodgy ads. Gotta maximise those profits baby

[@perwestermark8920]

Same with KZbin. It went well with KZbin for this special case. But KZbin are just as unethical. They often demonitize videos - and then presnet the videos with *own* ads the video owner foesn't get any money for. Ethics isn't exactly at the top of the priorities for yhe bigger companies. Their main goal is making the companies selling the ads happy. Not the content creators.

[@boink666]

while true, companies are made of people. Not all of which are likely to be unethical, so with enough pressure they will either adapt to their customers, or go under. KZbin has changed many times. the most recent was the uptick in listening more to content creators. Which imo is a good thing. Enough people demanded a reasonable change and it happened. Have a nice day. :)

[@witchesbrewgacha2380]

They even banned Constitutional quotes made by Americans!

[@samueljames9342]

They'll take down our president but won't be concerned with thieves

[@t-wrecks7481]

Those other companies don't care because they're making big bucks off of it as well.

[@LiquidTurbo]

Yup Facebook and Amazon are just as bad

[@timwinchester2366]

Its insane!!

[@Romezview]

It's crazy but true our world doesn't care if it makes them richer. The only way to truly cut them out is to not use them at all. Kinda weird but local bought products direct is the only way. Amazon is a way too big to care about local companies.

[@garyfrye222]

A few years ago I came up with a fishing lure design. To get a patient was $3,000.00 dollars. That was 5 years ago. Now it’s $7,000.00. I was thinking; “ what’s the point?” Spending all that money and effort, and have China steal my idea.

[@aaronalder4796]

Social media sites and Amazon need to be held responsible for this. They’re cashing in so there’s no motivation. Foreign policy needs to get tougher on China as well. Make them feel the consequences.

[@Stszelec01]

Free market bad ahh yess

[@fortunateson6070]

I met the owner who made Bunch o Balloons. He is an inventor and developed it with his family, this is his main source of income. He spent years in legal battles fighting fakes, he didn't make any money on it. The fault is not just in China, people in the US knowingly buy chinese fakes because they're cheaper.

[@LulzWuts]

Big this! People will always want the cheapest product available and that is available as quickly as possible. Morality and supporting your own community/country goes out the window when money is involved. Just how it is.

[@Verisquishy]

Always check where your things are made before you buy them! buying things made from china only encourage and fund their efforts!

[@byrontakeuchi9768]

I remember them. I bought from their original Kickstarter campaign and couldn’t believe how fast the copies came out!

[@jedidiah5131]

Pretty simple do you want to pay 40.00 for a t-shirt or 5.00 at Wally mart...I'll buy the 5.00 t-shirts...

[@seaofgreens]

@@jedidiah5131 Go to a thrift store and pay $1.00 for a great t-shirt that also recycles some local waste and supports a local business. No reason to ever buy a new shirt in the US.

[@FrederickDunn]

This is one of those terrible situations where someone here, comes up with something extraordinary, and someone there buys one and copies it only to flood the market with fakes. Seriously impacts innovators here in the U.S. I bought two of them through your links... thieves are everywhere. I wish we could stomp the thieves. Thanks for sharing this Shawn! We'll spread the word!

[@cccc285]

I hate the chinese

[@willy8539]

@@cccc285 China mainlanders*

[@ALISHISNOIUS]

@@lexerwilliams8880 indeed. And he did mean that yes. He was saying xii and the stealing dictatorship.

[@ALISHISNOIUS]

@@lexerwilliams8880 the people are amazing the owners are curropt.

[@HouseCallAutoRepair]

It happens all the time. Doesn't matter if you're a private individual, a business, or even a Government.

[@Purowalangkwenta]

Damn! I used to live in Cali for 18 years and buy stuff US made. Now I'm here in Manila and saw online that they are selling that in China for $4 a pair!!! Disgusting!!

[@stevendonovan2394]

Absolute disgusting that they get away with this crap

[@BasicFolders]

*Time for justice folks! Off to Amazon to leave some reviews on the knockoffs!* 👮‍♀️

[@explorenaked]

Just put in as many as Amazon will allow for non verified purchase.

[@1234BaileyDavid]

Might help more to report the ads as abusive.

[@Oxnate]

Just reported 5 of them myself.

[@1234BaileyDavid]

And leave positive reviews on the legitimate product

[@arnarerlingsson6440]

you click the Report incorrect product information under the 5 bullet points on Amazon listings

[@AbzRaz]

Bro, watermark! Get stickers of your channel logo and stick it on your buckets, traps etc too. And we need to make this video known to Facebook. Maybe they'll sort it out. It's disgraceful

[@pterodox123]

Simple stickers do sound like a good way to low tech protect your stuff

[@Scermac]

That is a really good idea, especially with copyright infringement. He needs to see this idea

[@stompchunkman4248]

He should even put stickers on the mice and rats, for good measure.

[@jevfrocleblando7519]

Any links to the chinese version?

[@kargaroc386]

Bigclive does this and it's great. by using stickers/writing/other physical things rather than just editing a watermark in, it becomes a part of the video itself, and doesn't annoy me.

[@SonneCreations]

Glad you made a video of this fact. I was initially going to buy one from Amazon and I had a generic one in the cart because it took some searching to find the one made by Rinne. I eventually found one by Rinne, then ensured the source was made in the USA. Facebook sucks. Glad you watermark everything on your channels. Appreciate your videos!

[@taichiroward5770]

Thanks for adding a link so I could purchase this product from Amazon. I’m totally willing to pay a little more to get the genuine product from the original manufacture while supporting a local small entrepreneur & not a the knockoff folks who stole this idea. Cheers

[@khakiwolf4146]

The scammers probably use Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram because they won't do anything about it.

[@KiCkiN828]

Exactly

[@erictremblay6867]

They use them because they are popular. All three platform remove ads when their is a complain . But I agree they should do better. On the other hand China is not doing anything about it. Because no matter what, you will keep buying Apple product and this is how they finance their criminal organization called the People's Republic of China.

[@Aereto]

@@erictremblay6867 That is true: Their criminal syndicate IS a governing body.

[@calvinwalker4654]

It's not really a "scam". Everything you buy is a cheap Chinese clone of something that used to be made in the USA. People are cheap so they could spend $30 for the original or probably less than $10 for some copy.

[@moncorp1]

If only China was conservative. Social media would shut them down in minutes.

[@DaUltimateFuzz]

This is why science channels watermark all their videos You need to have stickers or something to put on the stuff you are testing

[@momonde8707]

the stickers are actually much appealing versus a digital watermark. even just wrap the buckets or near the doors.

[@geoffcrumblin7505]

Surely its the disgraceful shoppers always going for the cheap item. Amazon don't care, remember "do your own research"

[@tonymoran9794]

Just ordered mine from the link below with PayPal! Thanks for keeping companies honest.

[@naitnait00]

This really boils my blood, especially as someone who knows more than most about how China works. There will be no repercussions for these pathetic, uncreative, dishonourable thieves since the governing body quietly supports these practices because money. Spread the information, expose the truth, let informed customers decide with their money.

[@mandowarrior123]

Not just money, if it harms the us they would consider it gain enough.

[@macrumpton]

Repercussions? They will make far more money off this than the original inventor, because they have the resources to advertise it everywhere (using other people's footage) and they are making them in volumes that cut their costs way down.

[@BxBxProductions]

This is what you get for letting China take over as the world's primary manufacturer and establish a monopoly

[@mofamba]

Small business was sold down the river over 20 years ago. Xi Jinping is looked up to and in cahoots with our elected officials. It’s been over for American small businesses basically since Amazon started Prime!

[@infra_Gray]

Intellectual property doesn't exist

[@stompchunkman4248]

Even worse that the companies will fork over money without doing a background check. They don't care about quality, they only want cheap supply.

[@cjr1881]

Explain your ignorant concept of how companies “fork over money without doing background checks”. I want to know how you think it works.

[@infra_Gray]

Bruh yeah that's capitalism. If you don't like it, overthrow capitalism

[@TheHungrySlug]

@@cjr1881 Are you a shill or something else? Seems like you are trying to defend what greedy companies from china are doing.

[@EdgewiseSJ]

Bruh, this has been happening for several decades. Even Chinese brands in China get copied and counterfeited in China. If you want to hire a lawyer, it might get you somewhere, but ultimately it's likely a lost cause.

[@drwisdom1]

This is not new. Back in the late 1960s my friend went with his parents to Hong Kong and came back with cheap knockoffs of real products. It is the culture of the Chinese to do that. But instead of selling off the streets of Hong Kong, they now have tech complicitors that allow them to sell their rip-offs inside our homes.

[@adama1294]

If you filed a copyright claim with them and it is not taken down, it opens them up to liability to be sued.

[@jregulatori4672]

How are you going to sue some random Chinese company? China doesn't care about trademarks or copyright issues and the Chinese company will simply change their name and relist the item within minutes.

[@Jacob-eg3kv]

@@jregulatori4672 He is talking about facebook and what not. They are responsible if they are informed of the copyright and they take no action. It is the same reason why KZbin is so jumpy when it comes to this stuff.

[@RayleighCriterion]

The better action would be to send a bill for services to Facebook for using your video, it is a thousands times easier and cheaper to collect on a bill than to prove a fact in court.

[@bastion8320]

@Peter Evans mate ur joking right? Ur not siding with the Chinese companies right???

[@bastion8320]

@Peter Evans I’m not sure but you sound like a guy from a shitty Chinese company

[@censusgary]

You’re right, this is disgraceful. These scoundrels are stealing your work and the inventor’s design. Amazon refusing to do anything about it gives me one more reason to dislike Amazon.

[@calvinwalker4654]

What is Amazon supposed to do? Shawn isn't the patent holder (If there is one). The patent holder has to take this to court.

[@sampark3502]

Thanks for making this bold awareness video to bring some light on evil big techs and Chinese counterfeit! keep up the good works!

[@68404]

Rinne's Flip and Slide is only available for sale to the USA and Canada. Yes, I checked their site. It's hard to be loyal when you can't buy the thing overseas.

[@Feadds]

Facebook literally makes all their money from ads, they don’t care 🤣

[@stefanwarmuth5251]

Exactly butif you talk about how biden's drone strike hit civilians as well as targeted an aid worker before the facts came out. Fact checking is a joke in most cases and protects the ones with power. I will believe in fact checking when they fact check their own adverts with the same discretion.

[@rkan2]

Time to cease and desist

[@Sidicas]

If you're not giving them money, then you're not their customer so they don't give a darn about you.

[@stivi739]

That's why I never buy any product that's rammed in my face

[@618GOLDENRATIO]

I deleted my FaceBook account years ago, never again

[@charlieinabox1164]

That's pretty bad when KZbin is the gold standard for protecting content creators...

[@goodolrainbowpet]

google got screwed by china some years ago so google probably isnt supporting the Chinese... meanwhile Facebook probably makes good money selling personal information on European and American countries and their citizens

[@charlieinabox1164]

@@goodolrainbowpet Good call outs.

[@simonruszczak5563]

KZbin, protecting, LOL.

[@someguycalledgoober155]

I'm surprised KZbin did anything.

[@CaspergerTheAwkwardGhost]

Not only did I just buy one thru your link, but they are on SALE right now! $15 off! Thank you!

[@danb5019]

Just FYI, watermarks in the corner are easily cropped. They will crop out your watermark, flip the video horizontally, and adjust saturation to make the copying harder to auto-detect. Better put your watermark right over the trap itself.

[@gamingwyvern22]

Or wear a glove with his watermark

[@MrLogan-ji6nl]

The most efficient way I’d to put Watermark with bad month of their President in Chinese they don’t dare to use

[@ShiningDarknes]

better yet: 2 watermarks. One the correct way and one flipped horizontally that way even if they try that trick there will still be a mark

[@yukin1990]

Put "Taiwan Independence" , "Hong Kong Independence", "Free Hong Kong" helps..... From Hong Kong

[@flytelp]

@@MrLogan-ji6nlI know it’s 2 years late but the fact that he actually did this is so funny 😂

[@Josh12323]

KZbin is the villian turned hero in this new story arc of Mousetrap Monday.

[@john15yt]

With 1.5 million subscribers with a very unique niche, Shawn is a KZbin superstar and YT knows it. I assume that Shawn doesn't have that type of notoriety with the other platforms mentioned, while those "advertisers" are spending their money on these other platforms to sell a stolen design using pirated video footage. I would hope and believe that there are lawyers out there willing to represent Shawn and RinneTraps. I think there would be great interest out there if Shawn would video document this legal process as thousands of others out there have dealt with similar frustrations. Meanwhile, RinneTraps should immediately apply some distinctive branding with the Made In America flag directly onto the product, even it's just a decal to distinguish it more.

[@racebiketuner]

I worked in manufacturing for thirty years. I've got stories about Chinese business practices that you would not believe are possible...

[@ANONIE47]

Sorry to hear what happened to your footage Shawn, and to the original designer and manufacturer 😠 .

[@auronotcs5440]

My mom saw the ad on Facebook and said she needed it. I immediately thought it was probably your video. I didn't realize at the time it was being copied until I looked on Amazon and there were tons of copies already, so I used your affiliate link.

[@JPlokford]

The most mild-mannered rant ever.

[@jimmiller6704]

That's him but I'll point out that he can't swear on KZbin.

[@JoeGarofaloII]

@@jimmiller6704 that's true but I bet he curses very little if at all in real life anyway

[@wyattwilliams2457]

@@jimmiller6704 his voice remains relativly calm

[@Ubersnuber]

I could do yoga to these rants.

[@jimmiller6704]

@@wyattwilliams2457 There's a shake to his voice. He's worked up.

[@LoneSasquatch]

I watched this video about 1 hour after inadvertently ordering a Chinese knock off. So glad I was able to cancel my order and get the genuine thing. Thanks for the heads up!

[@milprepper]

I would advise you to contact a copyright law attorney concerning Facebook's denial of your copyright claims. Facebook is not legally supposed to be the party that determines the validity of those claims - that's the responsibility of the courts - and when they choose to do so they assume some liability for the resulting damages. You have a real case, and it's one that could generate some real money for you and for Rinne.

[@Parker-di7ef]

Ridiculous! So sad to hear this happening to a good American company. Thank you Shawn for sharing this with the community.

[@juniorimac]

No one on the planet is more passionate about mousetraps than this guy

[@psychotropnilachtan8869]

He used to be passionate about bushcraft and then one random nouse trap video went viral and he never made bushcraft videos again :D Thats how easy it is to drop one passion and aquire new one.

[@Zanthorr]

Almost as much as China loves ripping off other peoples ideas. Definitely not as much as big tech loves helping Amazon crush small business.

[@deaniversen351]

not just mouse traps jaggoff, china is doing this with everything, it puts americans out of jobs and OUR money over to china, the CCP, OUR ENEMIES! AMAZON is owned by china good grief you guys

[@MegaMeaty]

I like my cat better - it disposes of the mice for me.

[@7deeprecords493]

@@deaniversen351 who cares you got entrepreneurs

[@budbudbonbon]

I saw this video and ordered the Rinne from Amazon. Thanks for supporting American made small business products.

[@mouser485]

This activity has been going on for a very long time. It’s nothing new.

[@clitisswood7330]

Make the trap looks like Mao's face, the tongue being the lid or his famous haircut :) They won't dare copy that.

[@Localghost5075]

who are you, who is so wise in the ways of science?

[@carval51]

technically I get the point but they could modify it and remove those part. Usually they just steal the concept lol

[@stanm299]

Excellent idea. :) :)

[@khoi83]

Mao??? xi would be Much better now

[@RutherfordBcrazy]

thats a great idea and im ded well done

[@RyanDr]

This is why I hate Facebook and will never download it.

[@bobspizza7444]

Im with you stay strong.

[@mikewood1492]

the conservative

[@Kolbra2004]

I bought one of these traps and I think it works great! The inventor came up with a wonderful idea and he should get credit for everything he did.

[@PeterLloyd1]

Amazon have been doing this for years. The only way to make them stop is to take legal action against them and seek full compensation. Others have done this on the UK and won.

[@roguegen5536]

If only KZbins copyright system wasn't so easily exploited. I'm glad it worked out for you in this instance.

[@ManabiLT]

KZbin's the only company who took the stolen videos down! This time it's not KZbin's fault. The biggest offender is Facebook, unsurprisingly. They have no ethics.

[@davidnewing6904]

Eastern Australia is suffering a devastating mouse plague at the moment. Hopefully a lot of the genuine American article arrives here to help turn the tide.

[@jeremyclyde3006]

This would fill up to the bream in seconds!

[@Ethan_488]

I think they’d need much bigger buckets

[@davidlillecrapp2960]

You would need to dig a very deep hole and use a large diameter plastic pipe. That was all I could think of while watching the original video. All the best from Tasmania.

[@bobjones1131]

"One bite"....it kills them dead !

[@WiseSnake]

@@Ethan_488 Need one for barrels.

[@RandomShart]

This happens everywhere, such as big name supermarkets are great are copying branded food and drink products and bringing them in under their own name label at lower price. The only way to stop it is to pay more money for branded items, which is unlikely to happen as most people are not wealthy

[@Turboy65]

Lesson learned: If you are doing a video to promote your product, WATERMARK IT. Put several watermarks on it in several locations and display them ALL THE TIME. Be sure that watermark includes your site or name, and your copyright notice. They may still rip off your product, but they'll have to make their own demo video.

[@GreatStar6]

I love how Amazon has turned off reviews to stop people from getting the truth out 🤣🤣🤣

[@as1465]

Can't stand Amazon and their China crap products. Hiding country of origin! Buy USA!!!

[@jimturpin]

I remember a company I used to work for had amplifiers made in China at this one business, and within weeks, another company a block or two away was cloning them and selling them as their own product. That is one country where the term "intellectual property" means nothing.

[@cnutsack]

They are genuine bugmen.

[@MNms-ny1gl]

That's because they are morally bankrupt.

[@TheWaynester101]

A german laundry machine company opened a shop in china to sell cheaper basic versions of their equipment. Within a month a new laundry equipment company formed and was selling equipment that was exactly like the German equipment. Lol, serves them right for trusting china.

[@aphilipdent]

@@MNms-ny1gl that's the new communism

[@overbored617]

their arguments is why are we using air when we did not discover air? why are we using gravity when we did not discover gravity? their another argument to this is they aren't copying the thing but they just came up with a better improved version but the greatest is that we are just jealous of china for their great innovations and chinese technology like the 5G because other countries don't want china to rise to be a global leader

[@matthewbattie1022]

You need to file a lawsuit against Facebook, and Amazon!

[@xxakli]

I've been a sub for a long time and I just now got one off your link, I want to help you and American businesses big and small!

[@dexobj]

Just a tip. If you are going the watermark route be sure to at least pop it at random times and random positions in the video. Otherwise they just stamp their own watermark on top of yours

[@RFC-3514]

They don't care. They just use English-language videos from KZbin because they want something that mentions the product and isn't in Chinglish. As long as the watermark doesn't cover the product, they'll gladly use the video anyway.

[@tslim250]

This is the exact reason why our society continues to crumble. I'm appalled by this situation.

[@p331083]

If only there was a person who ran on a platform of fighting IP theft and general trade imbalance with China....

[@kc-lz8gs]

Lol yeah ok, our society is crumbling because of international copyright laws. Sure.

[@p331083]

@@kc-lz8gs If you think this is purely about international ip theft then you are a simpleton.

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

There are much worse things going on. Watch the video documentary called, 'IN LIES WE TRUST' by Doctor Lenny Horowitz.

[@Aereto]

General MacArthur was right. We should have nuked China when we had the chance in the Korean War.

[@micheleleimbacher5867]

I am not surprised with Facebook and Twitter - crooks

[@johntc8840]

They've been doing this for years and our politicians don't care.

[@adinugroho3977]

They never care about "stealing". They think its just "copying".

[@cliffordbuttle4529]

China been doing that for years

[@Akideoni]

copying is not the worse, counterfeiting without quality, or even worse out right scamming.

[@rkan2]

In Chinese Communism there is no copyright law - only profits :P Ironic isn't it

[@jpsimmonds-au]

Oh they care, but only when you do it to them

[@gregnulik1975]

You mean, like if someone had a mini ''great wall of china'' that they marketed as great American border idea ? That kind of copying ?

[@bobbyv369]

I think we need a mouse trap for these illegitimate businesses

[@honigtrailapiary4341]

A BIG RAT TRAP WOULD BE BETTER!

[@nickblack1324]

@@honigtrailapiary4341 Underrated sassy comment and reply, have a like, you two

[@sheepdog5799]

And maybe burned down lol

[@dgagamingaesir]

More like a dog trap

[@rodneyjohnson6168]

Yea a giant Nuke.

[@_Everyone__]

They copy everything, even complex electronics, to the point where it will try updating from the original vendor if connected online. (they warn, don't connect it or it will stop working, how low is that)

[@roktaal]

Here is a solution for you... 1. Increase production to fulfill demand. 2. Lower the price! 50$ for a piece of plastic that in production costs no more than 1$ is a rip-off.

[@franktroycookjr]

does the inventor not deserve something for his time and effort designing the original trap?

[@roktaal]

@@franktroycookjr It absolutely does and the only way to combat cheap labor mass production is to not be greedy with 50$ price tag

[@cranstonfranc]

My thinking entirely, it was the irresistible margin that invited the copyists in; if the margin on the ‘original’ product had been a $1-it wouldn’t have been worth copying even at Chinese scale-the inventor would have sold 100 million, and put the ‘brand’ way beyond reach of the ‘opportunists’.

[@slipkid85]

i love how you all forget china doesnt abide by labor laws like the US, he would have made no money if it was sold for a $1

[@roktaal]

​@@slipkid85 I didn't say that it should cost 1$. I said that the production cost is 1$ and the price of 50$ is way too much. I also said that the price of 50$ is probably because of deliberate low production so that the price would be high considering the prime law of capitalism, Low Production > High Demand > High Price

[@markdaniel8740]

This story applies to nearly everything from China. Which is nearly everything on Amazon or in stores.

[@germancarrasco2028]

OK, blame them for finding business opportunities and offering better prices...

[@mekhane.broken9678]

@@germancarrasco2028 you mean stealing designs and selling cheaper , lower quality versions?

[@tabularasa8769]

Glad they are stealing from America, USA stole from whole worl and pretty much everything, you deserve to get the taste of your own medecine.

[@mekhane.broken9678]

@@tabularasa8769 not stealing from America Stealing from a kid in his early twenties who just so happens to be American.

[@johnmacaroni105]

@@germancarrasco2028 Communists thieves........ That's when they ain't sabotaging western businesses..

[@cardo718]

I just recieved my mouse trap today, June 11, 2021. I ordered it on Amazon. Last week while tracking the delivery online, I learned that it was being shipped from China. I immediately requested a refund through Amazon.

[@ashleyember6822]

Well done.

[@foxfirefive]

poggers

[@slayerthings850]

i meant they not i

[@OLSAVideos]

I did the same and ordered from Rinne

[@Soul-Taker]

Pretty sure the one we have on the way isn't the real deal, but it's heaps cheaper and it's actually in stock too bad so sad.

[@DeianGiNet]

Thank you for clarifying that. Just ordered the trap directly from the manufacturer!

[@gordonwelcher9598]

Probably the reason KZbin was the only one to react adequately was that the other ones were making money when the ads were placed and the fakes were sold.

[@denimvelvet4670]

Unfortunatly this is where the American dream has wound up. Work ethic, creativity, and integrity struggle to compete against giants who see profit.

[@chrisdawes7270]

it's a copy of an Australian frog trap from the 90s... so who copied who?

[@jwat2396]

@@chrisdawes7270 let's see your Australian frog trap?

[@mjstow]

Nicely put. I find it painful to see inventors ripped off, either financially, or in terms of reputation.

[@realitywave]

I agree. But is you sell a bucket lid for $30 you have to expect people will look for alternatives.

[@timffoster]

It's not so much that giants see profit - it's that they rip off another person's work in order to make those profits. Any one of those China companies could make a variation of the trap, use a different color, etc, and blaze their own trail. But they'd rather use existing video work and an existing design. That's the difference between modifying a design and knocking off a design. That's where the moral violation comes in. It's unethical. And apparently Big Tech would rather side with their Chinese godfathers.

[@DeLoreansgarage]

Time to start crowd funding for lawyers to sue these companies!

[@user-cc4kq6hl4c]

And Facebook

[@wileecoyote5749]

Impossible in other countries

[@johngoodwin2768]

Well I went on Amazon and yes there are many different ones. Even though I specifically searched for Rinne, all the Chinese ones showed up on top. But as I went down the list, I found the Rinne ones and ordered a couple. Thank you for the awesome video and for pointing out the difference.

[@michaellobsinger3300]

We absolutely need stronger IP and Trademark laws and policies in place for small business to defend against this. I'm working on my own products and I fear very much of them getting stolen and knocked off and allowed into the US market.

[@OO-nb2kt]

We have them. This doesn’t exist in China. Chinese government does what ever they want.

[@ambermorgan955]

I bought one on Amazon, then watched this video and cancelled my order so I could order from the real company.

[@pushkarbokarey]

In india we are already running "Boycott Chinese goods" movement , world should come together against the lizard 🦎.

[@mikewood1492]

i watched a video from Russell brand with a woman from India .. she was talking about the ice pact from Himalayan mountains melting because of china's carbon output. she said India will starve to death when water dry's up.

[@ViniSocramSaint]

Kinda hard to boycott their entire economy when almost every country's products are manufactured there legally. Maybe we should make a research on copyright laws in China and it's enforcement and savage capitalist exploitation of said lack of law enforcement. This would help to boycott just the bad stuff

[@cynthiakeller5954]

@@ViniSocramSaint Don't give up! Support your own country's economy and spend that extra coin to help feed your brothers and sisters. If you can't find that product buy it from your favorite cousin's country. I do.

[@cynthiakeller5954]

@@ViniSocramSaint FI: Phone is Korean Android. Medicines from US, CA, UK. Cookware from US, GE. Medical supplies from JA, SW as well as my cars. Food is locally grown. Clothing from Thailand, India, VietNam. Love that I help the countries I care for everyday.

[@andriyshapovalov8886]

@@mikewood1492 don't be an idiot. Climate warming doesn't work like that. Educate yourself. The highest carbon footprint Per Capita is Australia, US, Canada.... Look it up. On the total it is quite natural that country with higher population use more resources them smaller one.

[@StephenRansom47]

Support American Inventors and Entrepreneurs … 😊 now we need a trap for the villains 😊 Keep sluggin’ Shawn.

[@not_sure...]

Have a watermark that says "Taiwan is a country" and they won't dare steal it or else their social credit score will go negative

[@stevenightfox6022]

Content creators should unite to sue the big platforms for copyright abuse.

[@larrymurchie8339]

Ozzy ozzy ozzy hoy hoy hoy! Every customer has the right too demonstrate disaprovel of any product. My scetch is to place that objectable product on the floor of the shop and walk away from it. No need too stick around for an arguement ! Just keep on walking away from it. This makes me happy too practice this quite and peacefull demontratoin of activeism. I feel like i win, too leave a product on there floor and proudly walk away from it. Fruit herb & nut all the way back too were it came from :-))

[@donmyar]

Unite to teach Chinese a lesson about copyright

[@zeroibis]

Class action time!

[@chrisdawes7270]

and the frog trap this mouse trap is copied from?

[@captaingreenhat]

Great idea

[@rustyclayton9260]

If you put the copyright label/watermark over the video, make sure it is centered so they can't just crop the video. I know you probably are already thinking it but just in case.

[@fuyuneko71]

Would you have to watermark the video if the label is on the product?

[@WhatAboutTheBee]

@@fuyuneko71 shawn wants them to stop using his footage. Placing a watermark in the video identifies it as his footage. It then becomes a triviality to place a copyright claim that will be supported.

[@fuyuneko71]

@@WhatAboutTheBee I know, but there will be a label on the product in the video that will say copyrighted to MouseTrapMonday. So would there be any point in watermarking the video after that?

[@kraigson]

@@fuyuneko71 It would make it a ton more difficult for them to edit usable footage from the videos.

[@jamesdlin7]

It doesn't need to be in the center. If Shawn makes a copyright violation claim, it should be obvious that the uncropped version is the original.

[@briansmaller7443]

Facebook acts unethically - what a surprise.

[@freddybee4029]

The ethics of these people are despicable.

[@wolfwind9658]

This is unfortunately becoming a common practice with Chinese businesses. There are ethical businesses based in China but the ccp has no interest in punishing unethical and illegal businesses that harm US manufacturing. So be careful who you order from.

[@ronochow]

If anything, they probably encourage it. A weaker US is better for them, they've been stealing tech and other information for years on end from all countries yet we all kowtow to them

[@arnarerlingsson6440]

I live in Shenzhen and sell on Amazon, and these companies don't just target small companies and or US based, they target everyone the moment you have a selling product. It's a pity that Facebook doesn't care, but hey that's Facebook for you. The best thing to do is actually buy the product using the payment method of their websites and afterwards claim a copy write/fraudulent seller to the payment gateway(PayPal or what ever else). Get your money back and the payment gateway gets closed forever for the seller and more than just your purchase will get confiscated. Because that's the true bottleneck of those operations, payment gateways.

[@Kineth1]

It is definitely time to sue Facebook for copyright violation. Their terms/conditions that require arbitration only apply to content that you personally posted to Facebook. You have made your good faith attempt to resolve your claim using their DMCA compliant system, and they have refused to act, this means that they no longer have protection from copyright violation under the DMCA and are directly liable for monetary damages resulting from the infringement. edit: added the word violation

[@Kineth1]

Or you could just have s lawyer draft a settlement offer and send it to them.

[@TheMightyBosstone]

Congratulations, you just ran into one of the biggest issues I have with selling things online in a global market. Patent laws across borders are so terrible, China in particular loves to find products from small american businesses and make cheap knock-offs and sell them as exact copy versions of the original product. I worked for a company that had 3 lawsuits going about companies in China selling their product online in direct competition to their patents that they had. The things were so much like theirs, they practically used the same packaging for their product as the american company. You'd be amazed on how many businesses in america are owned by the same boardroom members. Vast majority of companies are owned by like 30 people, so its already difficult to start small companies without investment from one of these major corporations. Unless you got the lawyers to protect your patent, expect foreign offenders to copy you and straight up wreck you.

[@paulbriggs3072]

Time for a lawsuit against those companies.

[@Rena152]

"Who cares about ethics if it makes you fat amounts of money" - big tech, most likely

[@soyo1235]

Big tech period change my mind

[@David-hw5xk]

@@soyo1235 Big Oil, big pharma, big anything basically. It's all driven by profit, profit, profit.

[@notmenotme614]

And while big tech outsource their own factories to China Basically how dare you buy directly from China while bypassing Apple and Amazon

[@NotFckingBen]

China when

[@szd7627]

Chyna stealing numba one

[@kawangkwok5262]

I am the Hong Kong Chinese, I realized this video under the ADVChina Podcast video on 5/14/2021. Not just this mouse trap, too many products around the world had suffered this. Mainland Chinese businessmen doesn't respect copyrights. Amazon and the social media giants should take this responsibility to detect this. I apologise on behalf on Chinese, my nation businessmen lost moral.

[@ravagesoyjoy]

No need to apologize. There are so many of these reds, it's impossible to stop them all... 🖖

[@tomellis4750]

How squeaky clean is the West?

[@elvabrabo2425]

You need not to apologise for someone else.

[@kawangkwok5262]

@@tomellis4750 I focused my message on Mainland China. About how clean is the West, that is another topic.

[@johnmacaroni105]

Communists are thieves..... And Saboteurs at other times....... Some Western Multi-Billionaires love them tho.... Strange but True

[@tedd7028]

They did this to our company as far back as 2009. They ordered our Billet forged aluminum product from a reseller on ebay and then they copied it in cast aluminum and sold it for less than half price. Our product was unsaleable after that and we couldn't make it for that cheap and the quality of Chinese cast defeated the strength and purpose.