The Content Thief | What Really Happened To Remi Gaillard? - Feat Dom Joly

Remi Gaillard is one of the founding fathers or comedy on the internet and with 3 billion views across all his social platforms, he is the most viewed comedian on the internet. With legendary videos like Pac-man and Mario Kart, Remi is loved by a huge part of KZbin.
However there is strong evidence to suggest that some of Remi's content may not have been as original as we all thought. With heavy accusations of plagiarism aimed at him, this documentary aims to take a look into his career and whether he is truly guilty of stealing content.
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[@JayLaw]

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[@samuelstalder9522]

Alright, I'll pay you a dollar to heart this comment.

[@JayLaw]

@@samuelstalder9522 keep your money and bask in the glory of receiving a heart

[@bitfusionsouthafrica]

Will you and TRO ever box like the Pauls and KSI?

[@JayLaw]

Im actually in negotiations to compete in a boxing match against Trisha Paytas

[@AG-zr6ov]

Don’t pretend like you’re not hoping for one of those juicy sponsorship deals.

[@btlei]

LoL the whole internet is copy pasta. Remi had his own style that no one matched.

[@AmazinglyGayPhil]

Dom Jolly made 80% of all of remis stuff.

[@briann10]

@@AmazinglyGayPhil Literally who lmao?

[@AmazinglyGayPhil]

@@briann10 Exactly my point, easier to steal when nobody knows. Lmao ^.^

[@yourmum69_420]

@@briann10 did you watch the vid?

[@briann10]

@@yourmum69_420 yes, the whole thing...

[@creepsandbabes]

unlike other things, you still need a lot of balls to perform these jokes ...

[@panzerwaffen2873]

I couldn't agree more

[@metrik1b.257]

“Jokes” it’s fucking harassment

[@yevhenukrainianer4781]

Especially, pranks with police and army. He is a brave guy.

[@user-jc6ek5tg1o]

@@metrik1b.257 Well many are questionable. But most are harmless.

[@DontrelleRoosevelt]

Dom Joly did it first, and Dom does it best.

[@forzacatainapalermo]

I'm still a fan of Remi Gaillard. Ideas get stolen all the time by various people. At the end of the day the goal is to make people laugh especially during a year as miserable as 2020 has been. Remi continues to make me laugh

[@JokingJoker]

Is not what you sell, is how you sell it.

[@scott45uk]

Same I find Remi More Funny still and i just enjoy his Approach to it

[@goku445]

It's called sharing.

[@tylerthejetsuarez8902]

A bunch of these "stolen" ideas are on every prank channel. Half of them only share the same title and arnt actually the same prank. Also the ones he "stole" were faked the first time around so is it actually bad that hes redoing them funnier. literally every other youtube channel "stole" some of his more ideas way before he "stole" anything. It's a rank to they're meant to be shared, it's not the first person to hide behind something to scare someone has dibs on that prank.

[@CzarYe]

@@zeeoracle They weren't stolen ideas. Is the idea of driving on the left side of the road a stolen idea? People happen to get the same ideas at close to the same times throughout history. It's the very meaning of a "meme".

[@henrylamprell9673]

Remi will always be a legend no matter what

[@Wvlfmane]

Remi is still the one of the OG internet legends, his videos still make me laugh like they did in the old days of KZbin as a kid. Say what you will no other comedian/prankster will ever come close to the legacy of the guy. The confidence, talent, and sheer balls to pull off the things he did was definitely one-of-a-kind.

[@kismade4264]

Remi Gaillard was an absolute legend nevertheless and I'll always remain his fan The video was very informative 👍

[@gilberttrois8492]

And the people reaction in the video is real, it’s not a fake sketched show on tv.

[@w4llie189]

He is coming back tomorrow

[@kismade4264]

@@w4llie189 how do you know?

[@w4llie189]

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[@vinching926]

@@napoleonbonapathy6943 Why though? Remi's idea just like an art piece, it must be derived from other's past work, past performances with his style of humor and his buddies to make those videos back in the days.

[@nickem7]

Bullshits....Remi has done things that noone has done before. He is a legend! It's like saying that if I play a game and I upload a video of how to complete a mission, no one else can upload a video like that and gain money. Crazy...

[@sethxtekken]

:(

[@judenfisch]

come on he stole ideas of other guys and completely copied it and did not tell about it. thats theft of ideas

[@stoopiddub333]

High IQ comment right here

[@nizemee729]

Exactly that mate. All these stealing ideas shit is bull@%$#.

[@VinceLocRS]

I agree, back in the 60s and earlier, doing cover's of artist work was respected and also it was an honor for the original creator. Nowadays it's all about money & recognition.

[@kennethken8974]

So here's a nobody trying to grow his channel by painting a negative picture of a famous person, good job I'm glad you choose this path, your parents must be proud.

[@bombardellimartin2971]

Random user: Critisize content creator for critisizing a legend in comment section. Jaylaw: Proceeds to like comment. Respect.

[@ms37373]

He's in collaboration with Remi, to raise his audience. That's the video for

[@StoryMakerZ86]

Every single KZbinr I've wondered about nowadays you do a great piece on! Thanks for another banger!

[@ValeryValWho]

Wow, amazing! You take the video essay genre to the next level

[@MehluliMoyo477]

JayLaw dropping knowledge again. This is a gem of documentary. Well done sir

[@ihappentobejosh8977]

It continues to impress me how much I enjoy these videos when I have very little previous interest or knowledge in the people featured. Great video!

[@lahire1295]

Brewing trouble where there is none. Dom Joly had no hard feelings against Rémi, also Rémi had his content "plagiarized" countless times since then. Is that a reason to shame him all over the place ? Discourage him from producing more content ? -Hell, f*cking No !

[@azraxsypher]

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[@phucmapvlog]

Bro, I can’t think of anyone else doing content like this, keep it up 👍🏻

[@JayLaw]

Thanks dude. Its difficult to get many views but ill keep plugging. Thanks for watching 👍

[@phucmapvlog]

@@JayLaw For real though, I get hooked on these like they were a Netflix series. You’ll be at 100,000 subs soon, just keep it going!

[@truthpill7630]

@@JayLaw you are AWESOME. How much effort you put in, and talent, you deserve millions of subs, hope you will grow fast.

[@ysnsmth]

how about j aubrey?

[@ysnsmth]

not that im saying Jay's vid is worse that aubrey's

[@DanyGonzalezzzz]

This video was awesome!!! Worth the wait ^^

[@LewisTopic]

Let's get JayLaw to 100k he deserves a play button! Quality content!

[@Staticjokes]

Brilliant video, very thorough as usual! Excellent interview with Dom

[@TheKavajen52]

Unfortunately this is a onesided documentary, would like to see remy's perspective, not only the only guy in the world who despise him.

[@evans2267]

for real... this guy hates remi

[@SanCreatividad]

Yes. Complete shite video.

[@bitfusionsouthafrica]

Great video, looking forward to you surpassing 100K 🙌

[@SWIFTzTrigger]

All this could have been avoided if he had just put "inspired by" and given credit to whomever he got the idea from. He'd still get loads of hits and avoid the legal issues.

[@dark3rthanshadows]

. The thing is that Remi uploaded tons of youtube videos and the idea that the whole drama made it look is that ALL videos were stollen when in the reality he just decided to do some similar. Let's be honest the only reason why Dom had a beef with Remi it's because in the late 00's Remi because veeery popular and the reason it's his infiltration videos this is what made him famous worldwide.

[@saucedup_jayy1156]

@@dark3rthanshadows Who wouldn’t feel some type of way about someone who’s stealing their videos without giving any credit. You could be putting in the work and you’re feeling that it might not be going anywhere then you have someone doing exactly what you just did and they’re making money off of it. Also how would you possibly know if any of his videos was his ideas? You wouldn’t because if he wouldn’t admit to it when he was caught then he definitely wouldn’t admit to it now.

[@skaruts]

​@@saucedup_jayy1156 taking a concept/idea and recreating it isn't stealing. Ideas are just ideas, not content. TV stations do this as they broadcast the same kind of shows, circus acrobats do the same tricks, gaming companies explore the same kinds of games, horror movies use the same formulas, musicians use the same techniques, play the same genres, etc. The idea of stopping traffic dressed as a snail, is just that. You cannot patent it or copyright it. And that's a good thing, or else we would almost never get the best entertainment. You never know where your favorite comedian gets his jokes from. It would be reprehensible if Remi had claimed he invented those concepts, but he never did that. Not that I know of.

[@bricksburger5409]

You deserve more subscribers, I’ve been subscribed for ages

[@jjs12345]

WHY IS THIS CHANNEL SO UNDERATED

[@davidlawrence5176]

Another amazing video mate. The research, content and editing is awesome. Please remember us when you hit it big.........which you WILL DO. Keep up the good work, its only a matter of time!!!

[@JayLaw]

Thanks mate

[@AA-jc4cu]

Hey JayLaw, idk if you know, but have you watched Rahat's video? Man you're a life savor, you have saved his whole life and career with your documentary. Thank you very very much for bringing us back our old favorite KZbinr of all time. Thank you ❤️

[@TheCurtisdavies]

thanks man, great video

[@petrhadrava6449]

I enjoy Remi's pranks... copy can sometimes be better than the original ... Thank you Remi :) :) :)

[@ck1film]

Absolutely love these KZbinr doc style features. I hope to see more.

[@imma_tank6764]

Awesome. I watched the whole documentary ❤️

[@abrahamlincoln8775]

You deserve more views and subscribers dude keep it up!

[@StephenMGreen]

I assume, if something is popular enough, then there are bound to be people who try to catch the clout. This video, like always, was very informative. I hope you gain more attention for your content because it's fantastic!

[@napoleonbonapathy6943]

Informative perhaps but rather revealing and definitely misleading and corruptive in nature.

[@saucedup_jayy1156]

@@napoleonbonapathy6943 In what way is it misleading? How is it informative yet untruthful?

[@OM_040]

You deserve more views, and likes and more love buddy❤️❤️❤️👑👑👑

[@wanteds2]

You're trying to make him look guilty in the video and say "His actions might not be acceptable", but what actions do you mean? Making people laugh for 20 years? Sacrificing everything in the way of humoring the people? How is that not acceptable? Ofc it is and he is a great individual.

[@MikeCrawch]

This guy was amazing. I can’t think of anyone who were actually able to fooled the officials to thinking that they’re part of the team 🤣🤣🤣

[@HDCFusion]

Great Video!

[@eltontaylor162]

I had unknowingly seen SO much of Remi's content over the years posted in a bunch of random places and never had any idea who he was. I'll definitely be checking out his catalog now though.

[@PADAWAMHD]

Great editing skills, really impressed, I feel your talent should be used on greater subjects ; ) On the topic, you are missing the most important point : in 2001, there was a french TV show called "Morning Live" (it was airing every morning on M6), the host was Michaël Youn (ironically when you show the CopyComic videos, he's just next to Rémi's), and Rémi left him a tape to show him some prank ideas in hopes he would get the job. Michaël never called him back and stole him all of his ideas and persona. At the time, in 2001, I really loved Michaël's ideas and craziness, but it really turns out he copied Rémi 100%. It wasn't just the ideas, but really the persona as well. Rémi eventually got his revenge years later by trashing a live performance from Michaël. This led Rémi to develop a strong content, if not hatred, for the medias (it has taken bigger proportions over the last year, I have followed him closely and I wish I was a citizen of his city to vote for him as he's very vocal about the corruption of a lot of politics, even right down to their face, I really admire his courage), and that could explain why he chose to steal ideas as well since he was robbed of his own ideas right down to his persona. Rémi didn't wait for CopyComic to expose Michaël Youn, he was already vocal about this in the 2000's, and wasn't heard properly. People from the medias are more protected than a "random" guy on the internet. To this day, a lot of people ignore this story, including you apparently (but you aren't to blame, this information is buried). I also don't think the fact Rémi got exposed has anything to do with his uploads. He shifted from being strictly an entertainer to doing bigger things before 2017. Aslo, I think the rarer uploads is because an ex-girlfriend of his left him. He was evoking the subject in an interview that didn't get a lot of views, he felt genuinely depressed. So my take is that he wants to show her he isn't just that guy who does stupid pranks. And he probably gets to an age where he feels he wants to serve the country and protect the animals and nature instead of just entertaining people on KZbin. As he stated, the money he made with KZbin (and still does) allowed him to buy a house. He should really be applauded for what he does, you are really missing the bigger picture and lacking on several important informations. Then again, great editing skills, I encourage you to continue and cover greater subjects ; )

[@tomatom2547]

You can write billion words, Youre bad man, no hart for You. And boy is only1 who makes such a videos.... If there something for the court, it will be on the court,100% All the best

[@guiguijol]

@@tomatom2547 PADAWAMHD is a popular youtuber in France, does a great job, so fuck your opinion.

[@guiguijol]

@@tomatom2547 PADAWAMHD is a popular youtuber in France, nobody cares about your opinion. A coté de ça, PADAWAMHD tu devrais travailler ta synthaxe, j'avoue que ton message est dur à lire mon pote.

[@paidooooo]

Thank you

[@neutralmichaelc]

This guy deserves a lot more subs. The editing is absolutely amazing, the story board is wonderful.

[@KT-PYRO]

Great video as always

[@SuperSanji66]

thank you so much for enlightening me from Remi's channel. but I have same feeling as well as you did, its no doubt that he's a legend. first time saw his video is back in my junior high school I guess.. he so viral and I did enjoyed his video till now. unfortunately, I didn't realize that his video so controversy all the time.

[@nawafmostafa4924]

You are sooooo underrated. You deserve more recognition.

[@MGVisualsOfficial]

great video! quick question I remember that you put out a poll about if your audience wanted to see the process of making a video, but never saw anything. I saw you open an AE file in the BTS of Rewind 2019. Do you edit with Premiere to? Keep up the great work!

[@JayLaw]

I think i will eventually but atm i want to try n build the channel a bit more. I use after effects n premiere to create all my vids. Mainly after effects

[@DanyGonzalezzzz]

@@JayLaw after effects is fun!

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

honestly i was howling at the first few minutes when he was acting like he belonged

[@TheDailyEgg]

Whoa 91.1k subs! Finally closing in on 100k

[@Stormwern]

It's nice to see Rimi didn't exclusively steal, and got famous off his own original work. It was pretty bizarre the first time I heard of him and 80% of his 'best of' was copied from Dom Joly.

[@diguifi0fficial]

you got a sub, the quality of this content is just absurd. i was just curious about remi's story since i've been seeing this guy for years and now he also created a tiktok and i was like "damn why is this guy everywhere?" then I googled "what is wrong with remi gaillard" and this majestic video shows up.

[@shawnkay5462]

Great content keep it up and you’ll be very big someday

[@Chiledyz]

If I hear "late 90s early 2000s" one more time on KZbin

[@hiupanddown]

"Good artist copy, great artists steal" -Pablo Picasso

[@craiginzana]

It’s so easy to be like “hey, this Dom Jolly guy did this great video I’m a fan of, here’s my take on it” and that would have been that. But instead he tried to pretend they were his ideas.

[@dankplatypus420]

Yeah but then you gotta pay up

[@dark3rthanshadows]

tbh this was very common back in the days . I'm not saying plaguerism is fine but back in early youtube people would do a lot of things inspired on TV. I'm not saying that just cause i'm a remi's fan cause here in france everybody used to watch his videos in early youtube. The thing is that Remi uploaded tons of youtube videos and the idea that the whole drama made it look is that ALL videos were stollen when in the reality he just decided to do some similar. Let's be honest the only reason why Dom had a beef with Remi it's because in the late 00's Remi because veeery popular and the reason it's his infiltration videos this is what made him famous worldwide.

[@thevilazy1729]

he actually did say that in interviews. In a documentary he said he was a big fan of it and was inspired by it

[@poison_corpse3140]

Remi still had more balls then all of us combined

[@afullenglish3055]

This was a great watch

[@idontknowwhatmyusernamesho5540]

I love your content!

[@Militarizatixn]

bro you deserve more sub and views

[@nishanek]

You keep surprising us with great content. And awesome job scoring an interview with a comic legend!! Keep them coming

[@932v]

Your videos deserve more views tbh

[@godlyrody5178]

This is amazing! Quick question I can't afford a pc at the moment... Can a mobile device edit well? I just can't afford a pc at the moment.

[@arnav3133]

Now this is content. This needs to blow the fuck up.

[@RobAndersonMagic]

Since HoomanTV was mentioned at the end, it’s worth mentioning that he fakes all of his reactions, and steals his ideas as well, including his absurdly popular shampoo prank, which was both stolen and faked with actors. He deserves no respect.

[@pofke123ful]

He's born for this and it's more enjoyble than that hummor tv or what ever. 😄 And thats a fact.

[@MrMongoose221]

Lol the whole "let's colab" together weeks before he was exposed is proper manipulative. What a shame as before he wasn't too bad but that was a poor move. And the pretending he doesn't know who he is when he dm'd him. 🙄

[@MarijuanaCanada]

Bro why the hell didn't the Rahat video kick you up in the algorithm.

[@dexterj.4274]

You might think you are early, but 100+ were already faster than you.

[@ajmations8794]

Nope, it only has 45 views by now. And it has been uploaded for 3 minutes

[@dexterj.4274]

@@ajmations8794 So sad i love jay content

[@ajmations8794]

@@dexterj.4274 yeah i love his videos too, but he'll get the views it just need some time( i think)

[@i7md99]

Do you have donation link? I seriously enjoy watching your videos and would like to donate

[@JayLaw]

Thats very kind but i dont. I appreciate the support through the views and liking the vids. Maybe in the future but thanks again for offering. Its very kind

[@ToothIess]

Difference being when cameras are rolling~ He has the balls to make us laugh. I'm for Rémi through and through.

[@matthias18gr]

Here in Greece no one knows that English guy, but everyone knows Remi . So what if he stole some ideas ? It's not only important what is done ,but is also important by who it's done . Remi made everything so much better.

[@MrCnqc]

these videos are so interesting and gives us a nostalgic hit to understand things back then, please make more!!

[@CyberSurfer-ex8kv]

Fascinating! In 2001,Remi Gaillard started his own videos site to broadcast himself before there was a site called KZbin. I think,the founders of KZbin site which was created on 2005, got their idea of broadcasting self from Remi Gaillard.

[@evans2267]

same logic

[@Suurboss123]

I might also add that balls of steel devil was str8 up from jackass 1 the movie, but great video as always

[@cmb9340]

"The public perception of Amy Schumer is now negative". It was always negative haha. Great video tho, keep it up

[@15Seili]

True. Remi might have been inspired or plagiarized a few clips but Amy Schumer made her ENTIRE career about stealing others jokes. Outside of her vagina jokes, every joke was stolen and she has no humorous qualities.

[@AL2117]

I didn't even know who he was till I watched this video and remembered that Mario cart video anyway people steal others ideas and make money all the time in business, look at mark Cuban for example he even admitted ripping off other people ideas that couldn't afford the money to fight in court, this is one of those rare examples that are filmed similar but unfortunately 1 got more buzz then the other causing a dispute of the rights of the video.

[@420uwugang6]

Holy shitttt I used to watch his content a lot back then. Never knew about his scandal

[@hawkleybroccoli4770]

Very well done!

[@pkallday247]

totally forgot about this absolute legend

[@iamNathanGreen]

Wow I never knew. Still I think Remi is a boss. One of my fav video's is him pretending to be a speed camera while police was driving by. Hopefully that one isn't stolen as well haha. But I saw this all the time in the prank era of KZbin. Pranksters stealing ideas from other pranksters.

[@yourmum69_420]

have you seen the one where he get people to pose in front of speed cameras?

[@drdrawz737]

Can you do a q and a. And if you do it, my question is, how do you edit so well?

[@JayLaw]

My mum does all my editing for me

[@tria380]

Thank you for this fair and balanced review

[@edesmile]

Thank you for giving us contents like this!

[@bugbybragnak9985]

Are you going to make an update Magic of Rahat video? Your content is awesome, by the way.

[@hermanthetosser4219]

I remember Trigger Happy TV run on C4... probably why I liked REMI content

[@RickTroutner]

Ironically Remis latest video brought me to this video

[@saroniikawaii]

Oh my God, I was dying of laughing when watching his pranks, wow fun time.

[@SpaceDanceOfficial]

Tbf He took videos of pre-internet or early internet and made them popular on his own. Plagiarism or not, I highly highly HIGHLY doubt we'd ever get to see any of those originals if it wasn't for Remi to recreate them. So for that , I am thankful. I'm sure as a creator someone would get bitter that his original ideas became so popular by someone else, but as a viewer, I could not give a damn.

[@brazenlilhussy5975]

He once sold me a pair of shoes. One was a phone.😔

[@sefat-e-noornabila8973]

cool one I upload weird videos thanks

[@ronniemushiwokufa2508]

Surely the best prankster of all time

[@samuelwoods164]

I remember seeing the snail video years ago and thinking he stole it from trigger happy TV.

[@BonsuTheTiger]

That’s a documentary indeed

[@marcuskwek4500]

Damn, never knew of this. He's definitely wrong in this aspect, but I think the execution of both pranksters were very much different. Remi's style is what differentiates him from others. A same idea can have very different outcomes depending on who executes them.

[@raphausprime]

Fun fact: in Montpellier 2020's town election, Rémi Gaillard ran for mayor and got a pretty decent score

[@suryadev9054]

So what if Remi plagiarized the content, now-a-days, everyone plagiarises the contents from social experiments to pranks so there is no need to make something like prank to a controversy factor it is definitely idiotic to do so

[@torwore5239]

Plus, I dont see any other prank channels that have already done or is doing what Remi is doing, so this video is kinda full of shit

[@yourmum69_420]

I can't understand how I've never heard of this guy until today. I just got recommened one of his vids and then binged through about 30 of them and then watched this. He's great, but how tf have I never once heard of him until now lmao??

[@waleedsohail2810]

Great video as always. If you make another KZbin rewind this year, hope it blows up again and is rather a lucky charm rather than a bad omen like last years, and helps your channel finally get the recognition it deserves.

[@JayLaw]

Thanks dude always appreciate your support. No rewind this year after what happened last time sadly but got a few big vids in the works 👍

[@santhoshv6888]

One of the most underrated youtube channel. A huge respect for your efforts.

[@HughJass13]

You are right Panjeet.

[@whoahanant]

It's pretty amazing that so many people go very far and then ruin their own careers. Well pranking went downhill pretty fast anyways, at least here on KZbin, so that was a bad pick in general.

[@MarijuanaCanada]

You should make a video on the rise of casino streamers and the massive amount of promo money online casinos are injecting for advertising.

[@Mexicopwnus]

Great video! Still, whether Rémi stole some of those ideas or not, his videos are still of the funniest out there.

[@ah-ray]

to be fair I prefer rémi's versions of the pranks but I probably am biased cuz I've been watching him for 15 years or something

[@TheNiceJackass]

I am British and I will say this. Dom never really had any originality. There have been famous pranksters for thousands of years, he is not the first.

[@socrat33z]

This video has a criminally low amount of views. Really good work.