WE WON... sort of (TOEI UPDATE)

I hope this is my last Toei Update. I thank youtube for helping when they could and I very much want to look to the future! Thank you once again everyone for the support.

[@MasakoX]

I'm so happy for you, Mark! I'm glad that KZbin was able to support in a way that offers hope to creators outside of Japan. It's unfortunate that the makers of Dragon Ball do not see the opportunities on offer for them, to have a strong creator realtionship; but at least we can still share our passion for the works we grew up with. One thing this has been made clear to us all: KZbin is sick and tired of the years of pestering. Believe me, for who I work with, it's a LONG time.

[@AxxLAfriku]

i was a boy. they were 138 girls. can i make it any more obvious? thats right, i had a crazy dream last night. HAHAHAHAHA!!! im the funniest youtube star ever. youre welcome for laughing dear ma

[@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375]

This Man speaks from Experience, I am Glad Two DB KZbinrs are teaming up

[@eyuin5716]

Completely agree

[@darkcrow3350]

@Anime School Shooter can you you know what keep going your not in any way shape or form going to stop so why bother you with the same awnser it is obvious your trolling but no one is laughing

[@AlwaysStayWorkin]

MASAKO!!!

Man i thought anime arc's werent intense, but the Mark VS Toei anime arc truly proved me wrong, when the manga releases it will be historical.

[@johnjo3409]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3-cf4Cjp9SGh9U No home

[@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375]

Man Finally went through the Power of Friendship Power Up

[@weezothekid]

Who the hell is managing all these bots in the replies of comments anyway!?

[@yurikuki]

Mark had to go through his training arc before fighting back.

[@DammnDeejay]

O shit. This is on it way to being legendary 🤣

[@JoeyTheAnimeMan]

Great to hear man! Let's hope Toei leaves us all alone now lol

[@Lyrenh]

Yeah i hope so

[@dizzypear]

CdawgVA is real VA But TheAnimeMan is not real anime Why?

[@rajni1788]

Yeah

[@nourmuhsen]

You couldn't have said it better Joey.

[@checker297]

imo it should be standard that all companies seeking to DMCA should have to be prepared to fight this under US law, not where the content is created. It would stop a ton of copyright trolling.

[@BloodrealmX]

The biggest shock in all of this is learning that KZbin actually has personnel other than executives.

[@Mike14264]

Yeah, surprising, ain't it?

[@jase276]

And that they care about anyone under 1 million subs i.e. their cash cows

[@lektrodragon1562]

Susan wojbitchcki

[@Mike14264]

@@lektrodragon1562 Susan Wallawallabingbang

[@pvshka]

@@jase276 tbh a million subs ain't even that significant of a milestone anymore.

[@NicoB]

Seeing a sect of KZbin actually fight like hell for a creator like this really fills me with hope about the future of this platform. So glad to see this has been resolved for the moment, and here's hoping this resolution marks an impactful precedent for everyone on KZbin.

[@Omeyrolx_theChessmaster]

Agreed. We really need more good things like this happening on KZbin nowadays.

[@HyperDarkerSonic]

@Kent Son why do you feel the need to comment on every comment being against Mark? you seem a tad obsessed with him

[@Willowposting]

@Kent Son This is a threat and has been reported as such.

[@sabbath275]

@Kent Son 🤡

[@KainYusanagi]

It should never be able to happen in this automated manner, quite frankly.

[@mothersbasement]

Glad you were able to get in touch with someone who had the power to help. I hope the option to block videos in countries where copyright's murky becomes standard eventually

[@andreebora2123]

Hello!

[@razzdiamond6447]

@today was a good day stop spamming

[@filipzagawa]

@Anime School Shooter find a new hobby

[@yoklyujl7]

SAO obsession be like

[@NCO643]

@@yoklyujl7 bruh wut?

[@ForTheWinTCG]

We've gotta give KZbin credit when it's due. You can't criticise something without giving it it's praise when it's been corrected. So, fairplay KZbin, it's great to see that they did what they could in this scenario. Glad to see things (almost) back to normal Mark.

[@Dualities]

ironic when most of the top comments here are abusing youtube itself. they use veritfy tag so that their comments get pushed to the top

[@iantaakalla8180]

Also, Mark got lucky. Toei misplayed their hand and cited Japanese law without reason. Had Toei not made that misstep Mark’s situation would be far worse. It’s not KZbin that did anything; it’s Toei. Though at least KZbin was working with Mark so it is clear it was more legal issues than their usual schtick.

[@Dualities]

@Kent Son u guys are all getting played by social media. Most of these guys abuse KZbin and copyrights to make money. And every video this guy's make wants u to feel bad about him

[@KidKat__]

@Kent Son the only problem with your statement(s) is that Toei is only within their rights to work under Japanese jurisdiction. As long as the content is unavailable in Japan, Mark is safe. His videos are well within fair use in like what, 98% of the world? And as long as they're within those rules and guidelines, Toei cannot legally take them down. They can stop him from monetizing his content if it contains their IP, that's fine, but they cannot take it down, and they cannot block it in places where it falls under fair use.

[@KidKat__]

@Kent Son there's literally no court that'll take the case if Toei ever went far enough to sue. It's really, really sad how much you're trying to make someone seem like a criminal, lmao. Get some help man, you need it.

[@kathleenellis2467]

Over a year later and I am still so relieved you were able to work around toei. Thank you for continuing to make amazing content about our favorite shows knowing this has happened.

[@CarthusDojo]

Happy that the videos got reinstated and this is resolved for the time being. Japanese copyright law is extremely archaic so giving creators the tools to block their content in territories like it would be great, but seems like that won't happen any time soon. At least someone at KZbin was able to get in touch with you and was able to block that content in Japan for you. I think you'll be fine from here on since you're perfectly within your rights in western law. Wishing you, your family, and your team nothing but the best!

[@jonathanhannah4]

@Anime School Shooter .....

[@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375]

But its still KZbins rules its not Toeis and Toei has to follow these rules, but this isn’t the case because KZbin isn’t about the creators it’s about Greedy Companies and Appealing to them, instead of taking the creator side whose videos fall under fair use, they take the side of greedy companies who abuse the copyright system

[@eventide_64]

@Anime School Shooter Please, go touch some grass.

[@Harmony242]

@Anime School Shooter Troll?

[@spiritofthewolf1880]

@Anime School Shooter With a name like “Anime School Shooter”, you’re not doing yourself any favors, bud. 🙄

[@Kwiteee]

It sucks that you went through this much stress over this sitation, but im really happy to see it resolve into an overall favorable ending, godspeed mark

[@streetgamer3452]

@Anime School Shooter wtf

[@isabellaearnhardt6380]

@@streetgamer3452 Just a troll. Ignore him

[@joshiffy]

@Anime School Shooter TRUE, FUCK COMPANIES 😎😎

[@logandunlap9156]

the stress makes it look like he aged 40 years

[@MrHomelessHobos]

@Anime School Shooter this is comment 245 for you

[@animeheadshot1016]

I think KZbin should add a creator tool that allows content creators to block their videos in certain countries, so things like this will happen less often. As of now, I think creators need some kind of KZbin agent to do that for them, if their channel is big enough and they can afford one, if I'm understanding how this works correctly. If someone is more knowledgeable about how blocking vids in other countries works, please let me know.

[@zeening]

it should LITERALLY be the easiest addition in the fuckin world, they clearly obviously already have the tools to do it as mark has explained in this and his last video, AND the fact they enabled it for his channel now... idk why the stupid fucks don't enable it platform wide

[@daimahou3951]

@@zeening I hope this is the first step for everyone to get it.

[@TOONS_TUNES]

That’s a great idea. KZbin already does it automatically, when a certain video is blocked only in a number of countries during the stage of upload and check (it literally shows you the percentage of viewers who won’t be able to see your video and the list of those countries). But I wonder if it’s final and whether it serves as a guarantee of the approval of the upload for the rest of the world. It seems like the content owners still might take further action even after that. KZbin needs to take responsibility for allowing the upload after all the final checks, and not simply come back at you with a strike or account removal.

[@Bluedragon-sr2wz]

Anime/ distributor seems they don't want anyone to be happy, not the artists, not the writers and definitely not the fan base

[@PlagueOfGripes]

I have less of an issue with Japan's backwards laws and more with the shameful and pathetic aggression their companies take in trying to needlessly apply it to their own fans. The logic is usually in attempting to scare people off infringement, but this has only made them look incompetent. It also only serves to *create* new imperatives for pirates - especially when the targets they choose to take on have had nothing but good will towards them and serve as free advertisement. Toei is already renowned as a litigious and ethically bankrupt entity by most content creators that must exist within their sphere of influence; this only serves to make it even more apparent to an even wider audience that they deserve no respect in any dealings with them. I'm sure KZbin is also sick of having to listen to their inept, stumbling whining as well. Imagine the amount of money Toei has wasted in these endeavors to harass and attack random people online, simply because they continue to allow their corporate dinosaurs to disrupt the good will and viral marketing that otherwise stems from a profitable, no-cost sector of the internet for them. Absolutely pathetic. Even more laughable than that: horrible business acumen. I'm happy you've seen success through this horrible time, Mark. Please retain a dialogue with your contact and strengthen yourself for the future. More than simply winning, you've overcome a villain... as it cut itself in two with its own attack.

[@josukedrinkingcoffee7346]

@Anime School Shooter "stealing is actually very good". w h a t.

[@yaboil9676]

@Anime School Shooter Hey pal, you just blow in from stupid town?

[@whateverwhatever4476]

@@yaboil9676 nice reference

[@Sercotani]

@Anime School Shooter >anime school shooter bro...

[@yaboil9676]

@@whateverwhatever4476 thank you

[@truegreen7]

This new move by KZbin definitely seems unprecedented and hopeful. This is a happy day. Super glad that the weight on your shoulder has been lifted.

[@recitationtohear]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqe1g6muoZWIkKc Finally its Here

[@IrvinMenezes]

Very true

[@barethor5869]

It's not as revolutionary a thing as he has made it out to be. KZbin has been doing something like this for music videos for a while now, where someone is legally allowed to post the music in their country but not in another so youtube blocks it in that other country.

[@MrDoctorJudge]

@Kent Son ?

[@Knightgob]

Didn’t expect to see you here

[@irmaosver]

Happy to hear there is some closure to your situation. Sad to hear about the block in Japan though since I am a fan of yours living in Japan. Stay strong and don't let the bullies win.

[@ComicbookGuyOfficial]

Really glad that finally you got your videos back, but unfortunately I saw another youtuber today who is facing similar kind of situation @suede I don't think Japanese IP will ever counted as fair use, as they see every content creator as thief which not the intention of most of youtubers...we can only wait and see but unfortunately there is not much that we can do

[@DrawciaGleam02]

Yeah I saw Suede's video. I feel really bad for him....

[@Reptileus]

@@DrawciaGleam02 And everyone else.

[@ibrothebro6864]

I can already hear Penguinz's voice reacting to this. We've all been waiting for some sort of justice for you and it's great it finally happened. I already know I'm going to binge all of your returning content, and tales of this victory should go down in history.

[@RaulDiaz-mp8ms]

That's what I've been talking about!

[@RGC_animation]

Then Charlie with his 9 Million subscribers is gonna tell everyone and raise awareness even more telling out how horrible some companies can be, and how KZbin can still be redeemable if they tried.

[@darkcrow3350]

@Anime School Shooter hey debaby Mark didn't steal his content falls under fair use. Your lies is a injustice

[@RacingSnails64]

WOOOOOOOOOO yeaaaaah baby! That's what I've been waiting for!

[@nuredingeziqi679]

@Anime School Shooter the funny thing is, in most countries this isn't even true. There is actually considered a thing as "acceptable conditions" that condone theft. So not only you are pathetically delusional, but 100% wrong even from a semantic point of view

[@JoshQwerty]

So nobody is gonna talk about how Toei has its own *Copyright Claim tool* that bypasses KZbin’s system? That sounds very scary. I’m glad though that everything went well for you Mark!

[@Xylospring]

Very Scary. I'd expect some kind of repurcussion for a company pulling shit like that on the platform, like a 2-3 month tool suspension.

[@Mullkaw]

most large companies can copyright claim videos and take them down. It's something that Nintendo and Viacom (i think) have done, at the very least

[@badingus8904]

The troll let it starve

[@goldenshyne9753]

@Anime School Shooter lol nice bait

[@ProtomonDB]

@Anime School Shooter shit bait

[@joeycarmine3830]

I've watched a few of your videos, and they're pretty well done. Sucks to hear that toei had removed a lot of your hard work but by the sound of how things are, things may he looking bright in the near future. You've earned yourself a subscriber

[@SeventeenGhost]

WOW. This sets a big, HUGE precedent, and might even help other western content creators. And makes a lot of sense. If countries can block and censor content that they deem as illegal in their country, while they can not do anything else to that same content on other countries with different laws... Why shouldn't this also apply here? Specially considering that, as you said, your content was never meant to be consumed by japanese audience (mostly do the language barrier I'ld assume). It's like forbidding the whole world to eat pork because a muslim country made pork illegal. I really hope this gets solved in such a way, since it seems that japanese corporates will not budge (TOEI and Nintendo are the biggest ones I think) on collaborating with content creators that repopularize or straight up popularize their products in the west, completely out of love for it (and most importantly at least these corporates, without them having to spend a single cent)

[@zeening]

for real man i hope they let the dude that had this happen this week have this avenue, fuckin nintendo struck down 3500 of his videos, he upload nintendo/super nintendo game sound tracks... because nintendo does not have them listed or for sale ANYWHERE, not on apple not spotify not a nintendo owned subsidary not youtube, NOWHERE, THEY DO NOT SELL THEM AT ALL, THEY DO NOT HOST THEM TO LISTEN TO *AT ALL* but they have the audacity to strike 3500+ videos from someone making their beloved music, THAT THEY THEM-DUMBFUCKING-SELVES DO NOT MAKE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE, available for people to hear.... mind you NINTENDO HAD THE OPTION TO JUST MONETIZE HIS VIDEOS AND FREELY MAKE MONEY FROM THEM.... but instead they chose to go the route toei went with mark here... fuckin disgusting

[@infern24]

@@zeening actually they do sell them, just likely a japanese only soundtrack release, which happens alot for japanese games,don't matter if its not sold to you it doesn't give you the right to upload and monotize off it , so that is stealing, not fair use like mark's situation which is about fair use. you want the music, import the soundtracks from japan like I do and everyone else does when it doesn't have a western release.

[@saltyralts]

@@infern24 My question for you is...how?

[@electronresonator8882]

the source of that pork not the muslim country, in this case Toei is the source, I mean Toei can simply ignore Mark when he makes fun of DC and Marvel as his job

[@RubberRoss]

Awesome news dude, hoping this is the end of it.

[@juliaalvarez537]

I’m the only reply here

[@whatever9167]

Yes

[@Potatobowmaster27]

@Kent Son when your so sad you have to ruin everyone’s day because your 400 pound wife cheated on you with someone who looks almost remotely like mark

[@ragedeath7663]

@@Potatobowmaster27 "EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!"

[@Potatobowmaster27]

@@ragedeath7663 bro this Kent guy is hurting my brain with his grammar

[@InfernoOmni]

So glad this was the outcome man. So happy for you.

[@MazArchive]

Hey guys, Omni here. But all jokes aside, this is such a great news. Can't wait to hear your opinion on it

[@ams2627]

Yeah

[@Ultra_64]

@Anime School Shooter Bruh wtf is your username

[@mysticchimp1459]

@@Ultra_64 he dropped out of high school apparently

[@dannysmi7162]

@@Ultra_64 Your name is making me hungry.

[@KnowNothingNerd]

Great to hear... I'm in Japan, so will just VPN to hit up your content. Japanese companies are so weird with their IPs and copyright. I've worked with some companies dealing with IPs in the past, and man I got some stories, but unfortunately I can't share publicly. I can almost guarantee the reason you had 80 some random videos chosen was because this whole task of finding and taking down videos fell on some lowly employee and he ended up in shit he didn't know how to handle and just randomly chose those videos hoping something would stick.

[@ragedeath7663]

Good to know that not everyone from Japan arent corporate shills.

[@cheatsykoopa98]

I heard some comments of japanese people criticizing youtube for defending mark, as if he did anything wrong so from what I can see, a lot of people just dont understand it's not wrong to make content based on a famous IP

[@garlicmuncher]

@@cheatsykoopa98 its a cultural difference in viewing Ip. Japan is very much behind the rest of the world in this matter

[@violett5418]

is it possible they actually chose the videos at random as a message that they weren't going to budge on their stance?

[@cheatsykoopa98]

@@violett5418 I dont think so, I see it more as it was asked of them to elaborate on why some videos were taken down and why some were ok and them (or whoever was asked to choose the videos) realizing there isnt really a logic or reason add in the fact the japanese dont understand how fair use works and you have a pretty dumb selection of videos made by a dumb person working for a dumb company with a dumb policy

[@micheljimenez5944]

Congratulations Mark!!!! Im Happy for you and your team for winning against toei and also thank you for the One Piece Review/Explanation Videos i enjoy them because you and your team making these videos. God Bless you and your family.

[@AnimeAmericaPodcast]

I've fought Toei several times on my channel. They took down my Sailor Moon Old vs New videos... both of them! And when I decided to fight back, they slapped a Channel Strike on my channel. I still fought back and won all of my cases against them. They're relentless and won't stop, but even KZbin knows that what they're doing goes against our rights.

[@redsunalpha]

You guys are still around? Damn you should have been scorched off this platform years ago.

[@fireblast3001]

Keep up the good fight

[@devonm042690]

@@redsunalpha What? Who exactly are creators like him and Mark hurting? Not Toei.

[@dr_nessbomb9243]

@@devonm042690 A lot of trolls like this guy in the comments.

[@redsunalpha]

@@dr_nessbomb9243 not a troll

[@krgyt2733]

Wow... so Toei being scummy ended up being a good thing; who would've thought? Congrats on the partial win Mark, I'm glad you got the help you deserved!

[@wellusee688]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3-cf4Cjp9SGh9U No home

[@dealphawolf]

This is still gonna hurt their profits and viewership over here and honestly, I don’t feel bad about it. They very clearly weren’t willing to negotiate or work this out. It was very much “our way or the high way” and I wouldn’t be surprised if people still decided to boycott or pirate their content. Good for Mark and hopefully this will be the best solution not just for him but KZbin as a whole

[@darkcrow3350]

@Anime School Shooter fair use marks content fell under it meaning he didn't steal so stop lying and learn to grow a spine

[@hightidekraken]

@Anime School Shooter he’s using fair use and it’s not japans jurisdiction cause spoiler Japan isn’t the world

[@IAm-zo1bo]

@Anime School Shooter Why are there so many bots here

[@RodimusPrimal]

Very happy to hear this news. While its not perfect, its a step in the right direction for sure. Especially for those of us who use clips that fall under fair use.

[@harri8157]

Super happy that you got a victory and that you didn't have to suffer too long. Found your channel through this incident though I can't watch everything now (I live in Japan) I'll definitely be keeping up with whatever I can!

[@DBZimran]

Finally! The option to block content in Japan was the best way out of this mess. I hope this resolves the matter and you can get back to doing what you love. We will always support you Mark, and your talented team!

[@FranklyBuilt]

This is AMAZING. I couldn’t imagine going through something like this and the fact that you (seemingly) have helped start a wave of potential change? Congrats 🙏

[@AxxLAfriku]

Don't let this distract you from the fact that I get bullied because my classmates think my videos are the worst. Please don't agree, dear frank

[@Neoniq41]

@Anime School Shooter Get a job

[@_Bren__]

@Anime School Shooter fair use isn’t stealing. Stealing would be trying to pass it off as your own and or broadcasting full episodes without the rights to do so. Twitch streamers actually steal shows all the time.

[@charles2825]

@Anime School Shooter and he’s stealing how?

[@anthonydeadman]

@@charles2825 Don't bother trying to get an actual answer from this waste of life. They've been responding to every comment here that supports Mark with the same dribble because they demand attention and want to laugh at everyone to make themselves feel like they still have a purpose in their pathetic life. Best not to give them that satisfaction.

[@3DMemes4U]

When your bully goes after you but your big brother steps in.

[@unknown123455]

Great news. Thanks for sharing the details, uploading all the update videos and for enduring this difficult situation. Your perseverance has made history in this community and I'm glad to be a part of it. Keep up the great work, take breaks from social media and content creation when necessary, and we'll all endure to see the future of the mediums of anime and manga. And if you're feeling down, listen to I Don't Like Monday's "Paint" vocal or instrumental on repeat. They've never done an anime opening before (that I could find) and great music that lifts the spirit and ignites the soul is exactly what we need once in awhile.

[@Rosales3269]

So KZbin did the one thing they've never done in a long while: help a creator. Against a corporation, no less.

[@Rosales3269]

@mr nobody I'm going to report you for spam.

[@Rodrigo_Apgaua]

@@Rosales3269 this is not the first time You tube has stood against a Japanese company because of their BS... Some time ago, Superbunny Hop was attacked by konami because of a report he made about their BS.... KZbin stopped konami before things got really ugly.

[@spiritofthewolf1880]

@@Rosales3269 Same! This bot is annoying!

[@Rosales3269]

@@Rodrigo_Apgaua you got a link? I'll edit my comment if you got a link.

[@shaquandavis4292]

The nerve of you to think monetizing off their IP should be okay is my problem. If you didn't have one piece vids/pics etc playing in the background and posted just your voice and opinion of the show, you wouldn't get no where near the money or attention So you feel like a cop/criminal who knows the law and trying to get away with their crime using loop holes that the law/copyright has

[@SSJ9K1]

Awesome news! And yeah I agree. Content creators keep anime breathing during their sometimes long absences. More good than bad comes from us. I can't even count how many times I've been inspired to watch a show I've never heard of because somebody made a video on it.

[@extremelegendsupreme4596]

What’s up bro love your vids and glad your here

[@extremelegendsupreme4596]

@Anime School Shooter what do you mean

[@ctts9946]

@@extremelegendsupreme4596 his gay alt account

[@theroast5075]

Ight now they need to let you reupload your parodies you use to make

[@hydrothecoin1135]

I'm glad the stress has been almost completely lifted from you Mark. I'm glad a higher up from KZbin that had the power to protect and help you out with this situation that actually had genuine emotion to help. I'm glad that you can finally take a rest from all this.

[@tekkaikenmega509]

Here from charlies channel I want to say congratulations and I'm very impressed with team KZbin sticking up for a creator and happy they did right by you your content is fair use and the actions of the studio bullying you is nothing but bad press for them so chin up you got this

[@Dizzyjon]

Fuck yes… was worried this would play out typically with the little guy losing against the big company, but luffy always wins in the end. Glad you’ll be back in full force soon Mark!

[@wetbiscuits3062]

man, you better check out the case of ruben sim

[@RGC_animation]

Similar things also happened with Roblox when they tried to sue a KZbinr for... I honestly don't get the reason but they tried to sue him for 1.6 Million! Thankfully, no money went to Roblox however the KZbinr still lost 150k from all of the paperworks and stuff.

[@darkcrow3350]

@Anime School Shooter hey debaby marks content fell under fair and is not stealing. Learn to read

[@AK-46]

I will forgive you for the one piece reference

[@RGC_animation]

@Anime School Shooter You need therapy or something?

[@ultraexcalibur1728]

The fact KZbin reached out to help you and added a new rule to their copyright rules honestly surprises me. I'm very happy for you right now and I hope Toei doesn't try to attack you again.

[@tobimakkura]

I'm still shook from it

[@Ryleeman54number2]

KZbin usually hates their creators so im so shocked by this

[@Dani-kq6qq]

@@Ryleeman54number2 KZbin may have their own shortcomings, but i can't think of any other platform that would have been this receptive of the criticism and come up with a solution. Now we just need them to return the dislike button.

[@Ryleeman54number2]

@@Dani-kq6qq I cant think of any companys to compare this situation to but youtube has shown time and time again that they will always side with the corporations over their creators. So yea its still shocking they would side with their creator because its something they dont usually do.

[@ricniks4619]

While it is awesome they added more protection for copyright pretty sure that they will try to find a loophole to continue doing this which is sad.

[@SweetChestnut07]

Congrats on the win! So many people were and will continue to cheer you on!

[@deimongrieves7753]

I barely saw your content before, but I searched into what happened, and man, you deserve this victory, will check out your videos.

[@AniNews]

As someone who was recently dealing with 10s of takedowns and strikes on my channel from Kadokawa, it's definitely relieving to know that a potential new option for copyright exists. Hopefully one day that'll become the standard. I applaud your thorough pursuit and transparent approach to this matter. Amazing work!

[@mee091000]

Yes this is honestly very good for anime content reviewers on this website. We've been saying that if Japan's messed up copyright law's don't allow it there then it should be blocked explicitly in only their country. But it's nice to see that KZbin finally sees it this way as well. Maybe the boomers in japan will realize after they've successfully blocked all of their own content in their own country. That maybe their copyright laws aren't so great or reasonable after all.

[@iemier]

@Kent Son putted others?

[@ThisDude234]

@Kent Son ya got proof?

[@ThatBritishGuy138]

@@ThisDude234 it's a month old account. Just trolls. Probably Toei employees 😂

[@DudeReelTalk]

Who hurt you?

[@DeeBeeGeek]

I’m so happy to hear this, KZbin, you’re alright. ❤️ Well done Mark!

[@kgosch1]

KZbin deserves ZERO good credit here. Its entirely their fault it ever got to this point. If Mark's channel was even a fraction smaller, KZbin would not give a flying fuck what happened to him. They don't care.

[@spiderzvow1]

i dissagree. youtube likely only contacted him because of the following this gained. screw youtube.

[@stillalive8314]

@Kent Son What?

[@kclink1579]

KZbin are still miles away from being alright.

[@randominternetman9876]

@Kent Son what is fair use

[@EvilLeprechuan]

Just hearing about this, really makes you second guess giving Anything Toei touches/produces a second thought in consuming.

[@LostSoulSilver]

Yeah, between this and the overall low quality.... not good

[@shonenbag6478]

Holy crap. You fought the battle and actually won (ostensibly). That's all sorts of levels of awesome. It's sad those in Japan can't see your awesome videos, but I'm still cheering for your win!

[@saber-san6270]

There's something named a VPN

[@HassanKhadair]

Truly so happy you got some form of a resolution mark you’ve put more effort in than most creators in crafting some wonderful comprehensive series that I’ve been watch for years. It frustrates me to no end that Toei refuses to see the value in online content creation. Your content as well as team four stars and the never ending list of other creators have such a tremendous positive impact on the western anime viewing community.

[@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375]

Even Mickey Mouse is realizing Big Companies are Greedy

[@jayredd8340]

@Anime School Shooter Oh look, the hypocrite is back for more. Didn't I just tell you that you stole that profile picture?

[@darkcrow3350]

@Anime School Shooter saying disgusting stuff to try and prove a point without actual arguments how deplorable

[@darkcrow3350]

@Anime School Shooter PROVE IT PROVE YOU DIDN'T STEAL

[@darkcrow3350]

@Anime School Shooter didn't I prove Mark didn't steal yet you out here saying stealing is good go then what's your point I proved Mark didn't do it so why you acting so deplorable

[@DarktheHeroAxel]

The fact that a KZbin higher up had to reach out to Mark outside of YT as a whole, and through Discord of all things, shows how completely screwed YT's system really is. We're very lucky that Toei tried to strong-arm this whole debacle, and didn't just provide some verbal reasoning they pulled out of their butts. What a confusing mess, but man I'm happy it ended the way that it did. Great job sticking with it all this far, man. Toei (and Japan as a whole, considering I saw so many JP fans defending them) feels stuck in the stone age at times.

[@stoiccrane4259]

Yeah, beginning to look at Japan real differently these days.

[@Osama-KIN_TMZ01]

@@stoiccrane4259 If this doesn't make you look differently at it, the inhumane work culture definitely should... At least those problems are talked about nowadays a bit more loudly.

[@OzziePerez1988]

@@stoiccrane4259 don't forget the only reason anime is a thing is because they needed to clean up their image after the war. And anime was the bridge to people and made everyone forget what they did.

[@stoiccrane4259]

@@OzziePerez1988 100% bro! I wish more people could see clearly like you do. Alot of weeboos believe Japan is a diversity loving, utopian Mecca on account of watching anime when that couldn't be further from the truth! Granted, every society has it's flaws but these younglings are just straight delusional when it comes to Japan.

[@TacticalSandals]

Hey man I am glad you were able to help shape this KZbin change, but I am very sorry that it had to happen to you; hopefully this will be the last time anyone gets blindsided with this kind of crap.

[@CyanicCore]

It's spectacular to hear someone at KZbin was willing to help you so extensively, and that you'll be able to stay your course. Still, no party should have been able to cause this much trouble this long on so little basis.

[@virgomk83]

This is a step forward, and I just want to say im really REALLY proud of you for getting through this, you're strong, mark

[@johnjo3409]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3-cf4Cjp9SGh9U No home

[@moemobile711]

@Anime School Shooter go touch grass

[@zenkaiforms]

@Anime School Shooteryeah but have you even reached a percentage of his subscriptions

[@spiritofthewolf1880]

@oh no STOP SPAMMING THIS ON EVERY COMMENT.

[@Neoniq41]

@Anime School Shooter Get a job

[@Devedrus]

Can I just say how inspiring it's been to me that so many people rushed to Mark's defense when all this happened? That the outcry seemed to be universal that Mark was a good man making valid content? I can only know the persona that he puts forward, but it seems like Mark is a man of integrity both in his professional and personal life. Keep on doing well Mark, and I'm praying that you'll have a well-deserved calm after this undeserved storm.

[@andrewblissett2211]

You have just succeeded in stating my exact thoughts.

[@AutumnSage98]

Absolutely amazing news! Ive always loved your content and to have the chance watch all your content that I missed. Welcome back TNK!

[@mohittulsyan6127]

Really glad you got the videos back! Every single one of the One Piece videos were amazing and discovering the series with you felt like discovering the series all over again. Congrats, sort of. And a rewatch through all the OP videos is on the cards! Cheers and keep the good work coming! P.S. - Just noticed the Alabasta arc is not available. Any chance could get that up as well?

[@zogs4045]

This may feel like a big step for you Mark but this is a huge step for content creation as a whole. you did great man get yourself a nice meal a warm blanket and a good nap you deserve it

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This is the best news we could've gotten from the situation. This gives the rest of the content creators on the platform hope against Japan's copyright law. Sorry you went through hell Mark, I'm genuinely happy to see that everyone's support worked out in the end.

[@joelfahlberg6839]

why are you here? Why are you everywhere!!!

[@SuperShadowmetal]

@@joelfahlberg6839 well he is a famous youtube comentator, he even have a page in youtubewiki page.

[@bravado2809]

I like your decision to change your profile picture. I don't really know if some guy with or without a mustache came first, but to me it felt like having two guys with almost the same name and picture and similar "appeal" (commenting a LOT), was kind of making it feel like you two were competing in a completely unnecessary kind of way. Of course, as far as I know, this is just me personally, and I'm not trying to interpret your actions in any way. I was just happy to see the change and felt like explaining why. Hope you don't mind.

[@nemogd7991]

@@bravado2809 I remember checking how long their channels had existed and with a moustache came first but then again he could just took the name after seeing without a moustache.

[@Phantom-kc9ly]

From the country that brought us Jojo I don't see how they could ever have claimed copyright

[@Dean123123100]

So happy to see you're back and everything turned out okay. Now if only youtube acted like this with the previous wave, you know, with Saiyan Scholar and the others. But we can't change the past so let's just look to the future and hope that it turns out better.

[@missdire]

I'm new to the channel and was scrolling through your video lists, and landed here out of curiosity. I know KZbin needs a LOT of improvement in many areas, but hearing this news (even having not been privy to the situation beforehand) has me throwing my fist into the air. Your KZbin contact sounds amazing, and what they moved to accomplish for you should be *the* model for similar KZbin/creator relations. I'm glad they were able to [hopefully] prevent any further issues with Toei, and here's to hoping that this step will lead to more options and control for creators.

[@MondoCool]

very happy for you Mark, hopefully this nonsense will turn into a positive in the long run

[@gamerwolf3392]

@Anime School Shooter what?

[@nayeemahmadxt7043]

@Anime School Shooter mondo cool is happy that he actually won the “fight” and that hopefully in the future creators don’t become victims

[@dannysmi7162]

@Anime School Shooter Hi. What’s your preferred pronouns?

[@dannysmi7162]

@Anime School Shooter Interesting. By the way, if you’re a helicopter, please take me to the store. I really want some fried chicken. :)

[@dannysmi7162]

@Anime School Shooter WAIT. Are you the god of this new world? Are you Light Yagami? I love Death Note! That’s one of the first anime I’ve seen. I really like the scene where he takes a potato chip and eats it. That scene was hilarious and profound. The fact that he could do so many things at the same exact time without getting caught for a long time was insane. He really was a very talented and intelligent individual. The Death Note is also a really cool ability as well and it shows how absolute power over life and Death can corrupt people. L was also a brilliant character who almost always caught on to what Light was doing despite him being at a disadvantage since he didn’t have the Death Note. His death very sad as a result because you grew an attachment to the character. I could go on, but overall I believe I made my point. Death Note is a fantastic show and I’m very glad you referenced it.

[@JoeyLuckyBoyNato]

Shouts to whoever that KZbin contact was!!!

[@KILLERDOG416]

@Kent Son i support Mark even more now

[@Potatobowmaster27]

@Kent Son god damn think of a better defense than that please it’s not even entertaining anymore

[@Sebastian-kn6zl]

@Kent Son you’re*

[@Astares9]

@Kent Son boomer

[@sphjinx1448]

@Kent Son hmmm… Seeing a pattern now. I had a feeling before. You’re a troll who gets twisted satisfaction in making other people miserable, and getting their reactions. Whatever is happening in your life that makes you do this, I’m sorry. But doing this won’t help. You’re using this as a coping mechanism, but if anything it’ll make it worse. Stop for your own good. I don’t like seeing people in this kind of shape.

[@kernelpanic7326]

I am so glad this ended up in a good situation for you. You are my biggest inspiration for analyzing manga. ☀ Congratulations and hats off again to you and your team for the effort and passion you put in every video.

[@netsukii7594]

Im so happy for you its great to see KZbin actually doing there job and im glad you got through this!!

[@RisingFist]

While this resolution leaves a lot to be desired, I’m very glad that you and your team have managed to get some level of justice in what has surely been an emotionally draining situation. Good to see you chipper, Mark. Happy New Year.

[@aerostrafe1075]

@Anime School Shooter Hmm troll from start to finish huh?

[@razzdiamond6447]

@today was a good day stop spamming

[@functional200]

@Anime School Shooter bait

[@shadoww6230]

@Anime School Shooter are you bloody high or something

[@aidanmcgovern5242]

@Anime School Shooter Bait, Bot, or just plain stupid

[@RGC_animation]

So at the end, it was still money hungry corporations taking advantage of small individuals by essentially breaking the law knowing that Mark cannot afford to sue them. And hats off to that one KZbin Employee who decided to speak up and tell Mark the details, I really hope KZbin will do more to help creators with ridiculous take down in the future.

[@Ganun7]

i wonder if they wanted to be anonymous bc they didnt want smoke from toei, or maybe theres something wrong with the youtube higher-ups?

[@marocat4749]

Not out of their free will, they stillonly mostly react to shoutots by a lot big creators

[@ShadowWolfRising]

Honestly, simply having a 'Block video in Japan' button would solve alot of problems with little need for macro or micro.

[@Stiffybeaver]

Don't know you or watch anything anime or your content but I just came by to congratulate you!

[@cherryblossom00000]

Congrats on the win, Mark! Im gonna go back and rewatch alot of your vids now

[@Saltydkdan]

It’s horrible you had to go through all of this back and forth to get the videos back, but I’m glad this turned out to be an overall win!! Can’t wait to see all the upcoming stuff you and your team are putting out in 2022!!

[@theaveragepro-2665]

@Kent Son He didn't cry wolf, he just didn't want to go public with his statements anymore because he was receiving too much hate from the Japanese. Did you even watch the video? Hes about to accomplish what he set out to do. He wasn't trying to start a whole ass movement he just wanted his shit back😂😂🤦🏿‍♂️.

[@theaveragepro-2665]

@Kent Son They are his vids bro. Fair use exists, maybe not in your country but in America it does. As for the Goku thing lots of other people do that so it's not even that big of a deal. If you want justice just go into your local hot topic and burn everything there😂😂. Where's the honor? Toei just removed 150 of his vids without even checking if they were transformative or not, wheres the honor in that? You can't honestly be talking about humanity when you're supporting a company which constantly abuses it's workers and copyright strikes small creators for no reason.

[@dove-o-war]

Oh hey it’s you!

[@Willowposting]

@Kent Son Found the Toei intern LMAO

[@Willowposting]

@@theaveragepro-2665 he's liking his own replies lmao

[@ThePrideofL]

This is honestly the best possible solution anyone could have asked for. Thank you for sticking to your guns and beliefs and being so transparent! I hope this experience hasn't soured your feelings on uploading anime content! Thank you!

[@RGC_animation]

I totally agree, there was probably hundreds of possibility where it could've gone horrible with the worse one having Mark's channel deleted, but thankfully he landed on the best possible one.

[@ASMCourtney]

​@Anime School Shooter The real solution is NaBrO

[@sornyeilevente973]

@Anime School Shooter the real solution is you getting a life instead of farming outrage in youtube comment sections

[@beheliteater]

@Anime School Shooter lmfao bro go outside god damn, you’re all over his channel saying the same thing

[@josukedrinkingcoffee7346]

@Anime School Shooter you cant even go to jail for copyright tho

[@SolitaryLark]

3:15 well that’s good to hear KZbin attempted to stop this (though they failed initially and it’s not enough). Hopefully they continue to improve how they handle this kinda thing.

[@Nimiety327]

This was awesome to hear. Not so much from Toei but everything else, fantastic news. You've even helped to improve KZbin for other content creators.

[@LordAizenBankai]

Toei has so many false and unjustified claims, yet KZbin is doing nothing to prevent this, and thus they are free to continue to do this over and over. Good thing YT doesn't discriminate between us normies sending copyright claims and big companies doing the same 🙄

[@Adderkleet]

KZbin can't "prevent" that without risking Safe Harbour (or re-opening the Viacom settlement case). And that's not going to change, because if it changes YT could lose and be sued out of existence.

[@SthamerAMVs]

Yep, they took down my most popular AMV but left all my other ones alone. So bizarre.

[@user-gx9xf2zb6o]

Protect Disney's copyrights! But open up anime for free! hahahahaha

[@cleander3645]

well i would dislike their content to show that i do not approve but..... you know

[@CresentMoon18]

I'm going to have to disagree mostly because there are "reaction" channels that pretty much play the anime in its entirety without really adding a anything of value to their "original" content. They should remove all these channels stealing content without scrutiny. If there weren't alot of people doing it then channels making the content and losing views need to find a way to carpet bomb all channels even showing scenes of their content. I had a video of my dog stolen and put on a compilation so I am biased and bitter about this. It's not hard to just screen capture a bunch of videos and make it into one big video then add "try not to laugh challenge" in the title. So I feel there are some type of justification to a company pretty much copyright claiming their video if they didn't have consent to use that material in the first place. Yes it makes it harder for certain creators to make their content by ripping scenes and adding them to their videos for explanation purposes but at the same time it also makes it so that the creators or companies publishing this work have control over their work. It is an investment after all. It would be like you drawing a piece of art then someone using it as part of a title intro without giving you credit for something you did. Also say you were going to sell it. Well now it's that much harder because people can just Screencast your art and use it in a "transformative" way.

[@Zactoshi]

This is fantastic news! Glad KZbin was able to help you continue to do what you love, Mark 🙏🏽

[@urlovedsike8351]

Yes

[@alitafullarmor5957]

@Kent Son Bad things happen to thieves in general and TotallyMark is no exception to the rule.

[@lelouchgrey1586]

How exactly did he steal

[@bigfish5544]

@Kent Son '-'

[@devonm042690]

@Kent Son Well, if they actually have any ground to stand on with regard to fair use outside Japan, we'll certainly find out soon. Otherwise, they can complain all they want and nothing will happen. Mark has already stated multiple times that he doesn't market his videos to Japanese audiences, and now he doesn't have to worry about their copyright laws.

[@VicJang]

Came here from Charlie’s video. Great job! You’re a very good writer. Both this video and the email, the one that we only heard the closing statement, were very well written. You earned this victory, Mark. Good luck moving forward!

[@Alucia0]

So glad to hear that you got your content back Mark. It is a very hollow victory but a victory none the less. Here's hoping that it worked, got my fingers crossed for you.

[@rpimentel87]

People saying "what gives him the right to live off of other's IPs?" I ask this question, what is the difference between Mark reviewing anime and movies he likes and say IGN or some other bigger entity doing the exact same thing? He's not outright ripping entire episodes and uploading them on KZbin. He's transforming the content into something educational and creating his own written/vocal content to expound on his thoughts and opinions on the subject matter.

[@joshuafranklin8599]

The handlers of the property. IGN is provided or invited for reviews and content, and has a massive legal team to deal with any misunderstandings. Mark as a content creator does not,

[@JoviaI1]

^Bait^

[@thewtfverse9763]

@@joshuafranklin8599 seems kinda biased and dystopian for media companies to pick and choose who is allowed to review their content

[@joshuafranklin8599]

@@thewtfverse9763 you can get different hired reviewers

[@the-inatorinator]

I agree. Critics and scholars have been "living off of other's work" for years, and those options have always been legitimate careers. Our society values opinions, and that's what's being monetized here

[@Garrulous64]

Man, I am so glad to hear that KZbin actually stepped up to help you. Sorry this has been such a huge ordeal for you, but i'm very happy to see how this turned out.

[@nenmaster5218]

I also have a KZbin-Contact. I once thought, long ago, something like: Man, C-Culture is bad. But the reportbutton isnt inherently bad, so why is no one trying to use it for good? Using t it to be the 180 Degree Opposite of Cancel-Culture?? Years later, i had become a real Expert in using the flag-system of youtube: Some Lad who had over time removed thousands of s-ual content, racism, sexism, phobics-of-all-sorts-and-sizes, as well as even more intense Stuff than the listed. Then, Susan became CEO and it's fact-and-not-theory that it became less and less often than this worked. The flag-system became more and more 'erratic' and random. But i keep going, even if rarely any Openly Hateful Speech is removed anymore.

[@auraemerald8434]

Oh man, I watched you a couple years ago and I suddenly feel my age.

[@randominternetman9876]

@Anime School Shooter what is fair use

[@dannysmi7162]

@Anime School Shooter Fake news. As to be expected from a school shooter. That’s even more messed up than stealing, regardless.

[@dannysmi7162]

@Kent Son Oh please. A thief is way worse than a school shooter. Don’t give me your bs.

[@Sky_Liang0104_..__..]

I'm glad that I saw this video right after having watched Joey's and your previous video regarding your circumstance. I'll leave a comment here hoping I can help your channel even just a little bit.

[@MightyEightMusic]

Man this is some spooky shit. Very well done Mark glad to see you succeed. Excited to watch those art style videos again

[@Adraeth]

Honestly, props to your KZbin contact. We hear horror stories more often, about how KZbin doesn't care about it's creators, about how creator's contacts often have no idea what's going on because even they don't get any information... and yet, in your case, someone decided to go above and beyond instead of just letting the situation sit where it was. However that person is deserves this to be the best year of their life, at the very least. They looked at your situation and decided it wasn't going to stay that festering wound. That's an absolute example about how all of the KZbin background system should be.

[@ihavenonamestilldonthaveon8970]

Really glad we got the start of a happy ending here.

[@PabzRoz]

Props to you KZbin indeed but lets not kid ourselves here. they did not do this out of the kindness or their heart. They did it because us fans were so vocal about the situation. If Mark was a smaller channel or didn't have fans like us KZbin would not have bothered in the slightest. And that's an issue.

[@twobarsfourstars]

They didn’t remove them randomly, they tried to curate what was left of your channel to their interests. They acted as though because you used their content they could do whatever they wanted with your channel. It looked shady surveying the damage, and I’m grateful they’re not getting away with it. Especially because, as you mentioned, the ecosystem that can exist between OG creators and the creators who use their content to create new and expanded universes is amazing and clearly working (excellent DBZA analogy, pretty sure LittleKuriboh has talked about feeling similarly with Yugioh)

[@obinator9065]

If KZbin hadn’t considered that this might be fair use they would’ve nuked his whole channel with copyright strikes.

[@seekingabsolution1907]

There was an entire episode of yugioh abridged about that. Joey got sued by 4kids.

[@Blackhawk211]

Yeah. They left all the Wano videos up. Not a coincidence

[@marocat4749]

Lk was struck diwn a lot before they realized he actually gives themfree good advertising.

[@slushie-kun]

man, seeing Mark and his team dealing with all this wild Toei litigation really helps put into perspective TeamFourStar's choices as far as ending Abridged. it's fuckin' shameful that lifelong fans and supporters of these series can't show love without having their necks stepped on.

[@ItsKod]

Abridged was such great Fan Series.. It did not even take away from the original work... Which is even more sad

[@theactualist]

@@ItsKod if anything it added to it

[@jason86768]

Maybe this will be the excuse and/or motivation that T4S needs to continue the Abridged series in some fashion with the Buu saga?

[@megamen7353]

@@jason86768 They talked about this very clear. I dont think its about Toei or some shit like that. Buu saga just doesnt have enough material to work on. Its also where the Dragon Ball Z starts to fall apart too. They said that they looked through the Buu saga and couldnt find anything funny and they wouldnt just want to make something that they wont enjoy.

[@iantaakalla8180]

I thought that was also the case with that Gohan movie.

[@adammcelroy3143]

I came here after watching Charlie’s video. I’m glad you mostly won this fight and hope that your channel does well in the future

[@mario98730]

KZbin is far from perfect, but they have my respect today for standing up to Toei and protecting one of their creators. Hopefully they will continue to learn from this and that Mark and his team can sleep more soundly that their livelihood is less in danger

[@mckeepup6307]

@Kent Son Ok CEO of Toes burner account

[@RanOutOfSpac]

@Kent Son Toei? Is that you?

[@Wiki1184]

@Kent Son Talking about people being criminals and not even paying child support. SMH.

[@mckeepup6307]

@Kent Son cool I need you to pay for college tuition since you wanna come back so conveniently

[@RanOutOfSpac]

@Kent Son Hi Dad!

[@rarj2]

Literally dropped what I was doing so I could watch this update. Much love Mark and team!

[@Dishanta_Goswami]

I did the same thing!

[@chikuh]

@Anime School Shooter Anime School Shooter…

[@ekaramdani6390]

@Anime School Shooter you really can't stop trolling huh......

[@weezothekid]

@Anime School Shooter isn't shooting up schools a crime 🤣

[@Xylospring]

@@weezothekid Not if it becomes cultural probably.

[@skollhati9205]

I feel this warm and refreshing passion from the way that you tell your side of the story. I honestly had no idea how bad toei was till I started seeing memes. But seeing the way they have hit you and knowing smaller channels might not get the help to restore years of videos is heartbreaking. Most of the anime life has been accepting till we hit roadblocks like this. Your fans are the reason im here to subscribe today wouldn't be here without the people i saw fighting for you in the comments of toei memes

[@Omegafoxx77]

Didn't know about this channel. Saw it on Clownfish. Sorry for your trouble. Looks like you have good content.

[@oromain]

I see, so this being resolved is entirely due to KZbin's hard work and nothing changing on Toei's end. I'll still be boycotting Toei then. Glad to have you back Mark!

[@Chuckakhan]

Yep I will continue not to purchase toei properties until they improve their ass backwards behaviour

[@Caterfree10]

Same. Why should my money go toward a company that clearly doesn’t give a damn about fan communities?

[@ArtFromHer]

@Kent Son Yes you are neurodivergent

[@XenothranHero]

@@ArtFromHer Hey, don't call him neurodivergent. It's an insult to those of us who actually are neurodivergent to be compared to a nonsensical gremlin such as this physical manifestation of tomfoolery and incompetence.

[@tripps3631]

@IDK Yarr Harr to that, matey!

[@firenter]

It's good to see that YT can still actually do the things they're supposed to, honestly why the regionlocking option for creators is locked behind such arbitrary lines is still baffling to me.

[@andnl9819]

This needs to be the real conversation. KZbinrs should easily be able to decide what countries they want their videos available in, for whatever reason they decide, but especially to be able to make it unavailable in a country they suspect it would break the law in. It would seem a positive for KZbin for creators to be able to avoid copyright issues.

[@andnl9819]

@@muckdriver I'm pretty curious how someone could abuse limiting their own viewership. They would still be subject to American law, and KZbin guidelines regardless of where they choose to show their videos.

[@rsc18]

This is amazing! I am so glad KZbin came forth in this situation, I hope they apply that for other smaller channels as well.

[@NateSATheLegend]

As someone preparing to start law school this year, this experience has been fascinating to me. IP has been of interest to me so following your unfortunate situation has proved to be a worthwhile case study. Good luck moving forward, I hope this end here with the new youtube president of region specific blocking. The way I see it, by removing originating jurisdiction there should be stronger legal protections for yourself. Corporations in other countries have blatantly infringed on patents for years, but keep themselves safe by producing I. Countries that refuse to recognize nation patent agencies. I see this move by youtube as a similar strategy, but in this case it is done to protect honest content and IP from misunderstandi g and corporate over reach at the originating local level.

[@ChibiReviews]

This is wonderful news Mark! Happy for you and happy new year

[@water7433]

@Anime School Shooter You ok?

[@water7433]

@today was a good day Why's a bot trying to send religious views on a video about Anime and Copyright?

[@honestamerican368]

@Anime School Shooter lol, alright bro. Says the guy who probably pirates every show he watches right? When was the last time you actually paid for anime?

[@rudysmith1552]

@Anime School Shooter 245 comments

[@NA-lh7lb]

Oh hey you are here too

[@sertaki]

This is actually .... logical? Unexpected from KZbin. But seeing how ruthless Japanese copyright law is, it seems like a very obvious solution. I hope they just give creators the option to leave out specific countries, so that one could easily make videos about Japanese content without running into their laws being applied internationally when they clearly shouldn't be.

[@valentds]

@Kent Son using someone else work to explain and gain more people to love the franchise instead of hating? you could said that to like... 90% of youtube content? it's impossible to create something from nothing everytime

[@darthsonic4135]

@Kent Son ... Huh? This content is perfectly legal outside of Japan. By making it that these videos are no longer viewable in Japan, that removes the legal issues. I fail to see the issue with this, as this seems the perfect solution to deal with vastly different laws.

[@gyaaizen]

@Kent Son i don't see how that's even stealing, it's literally just showing footage to review and critique it, which is fair in fair use. he ain't the same with people re-uploading entire movies.

[@MrTokyoJunkie]

@@gyaaizen Don't respond to the troll.

[@MagnusZero]

This person is either a troll or a complete moron. Let's not give them anymore attention and ignore them, please. Back on topic, I agree 1000% with the OP. Allowing creators to manually block certain countries with rigid laws will keep everyone out of hot water, KZbin included. While that'll kill engagement with any small fans you have in said country, Mark's situation is a direct example of how that's a sacrifice you may need to make to stay afloat. He's following the law in his own country, so he shouldn't be punished by the ruthless laws of somewhere he doesn't even live.

[@anadichakraborty273]

Hey Mark, this is absolutely fantastic. Btw looking forward to the rest of the blind Naruto reviews 🤭

[@daiyan5688]

This shows once more that something definitely has to chance in Japan

[@IronHacker-im4lb]

It is really refreshing to someone beating a multi billion dollar company we are always with you keep going Mark :D

[@greanbeen2816]

@Anime School Shooter Boots are delicious, huh?

[@theajaxs720]

@Anime School Shooter that brown on your nose must smell amazing to you, eh?

[@Neoniq41]

@Anime School Shooter Get a job

[@djempathicmind8317]

@Anime School Shooter Robbin Hood. Stealing is fine when the things being stolen were unjustly kept from the people in order to maintain hierarchies of power.

[@gyaaizen]

@Anime School Shooter it's not stealing, but if you count that as being able to use footage to review it, yes it is good

[@piber_3927]

KZbinrs are winning against big corporations, it means that together we are strong

[@yeaiplaygames7921]

Ruben now this hopefully more dubs for creators to come

[@stonethemason12]

You dork. There's millions and millions of people and only a few corporate people. If we wanted to. Enough of us. We could literally remove each and every one of them. Don't forget they get their power from the people too.

[@ericmartinez3232]

Real ones knew Mark when he was doing top 10 best and worst animated scenes in DBS

[@JerkingtheGerk]

Hell yeah! Congrats man; glad that somebody who was in a position to help truly wanted to help. Though, I won’t lie, I do expect Toei to try and pull some petty stuff again, but if you get the same support hopefully they’ll be shot down again if they do.

[@Moshuun]

YES! 🙏🏾🙌🏾 But damn, I am mortified by Toei. I’m not surprised but very disappointed.

[@PYoshaa]

@Anime School Shooter Source: trust me bro

[@xbotscythe]

@Anime School Shooter you should stop questioning mark about some kind of conspiracy and go question why you get no bitches

[@patrickdees5256]

@Anime School Shooter toei is a multi-billion dollar anime company, outside of America, that has it's own laws, traditions, and is using a form of entertainment that is constantly having to deal with piracy. Not saying it COULD happen, but it's not probable enough that Mark wouldn't have done this, even with the staff at his disposal. KZbin would've immediately been able to see through it if that was the case.

[@RyanHollinger]

Absolute mad respect for your perseverance and composure throughout this ordeal. I wish you and your channel a happy and prosperous future!

[@tehrube]

Hell yea! Love that Ryan Hollinger is a fan!

[@SparkShadow212]

@Kent Son Toei simp

[@SparkShadow212]

@Kent Son Fair use hater.

[@SparkShadow212]

@Kent Son Right back at ya, bud.

[@SparkShadow212]

@Kent Son I like how you just decided to focus on that specific part.

[@Azazreal]

Dude thats awesome! KZbin really stepped up on this one, this could legit help so many other people as well. I know KZbin gets it in the neck a lot so I'm really glad to hear you had a ,relatively speaking, good experience, at least with the KZbin staff. Im shocked and disappointed in Toei and the way they have treated this but I am at least happy that you got a resolution. Well done for sticking with it and not breaking under the stress.

[@jabcmw1]

Hell ya! Congrats man! I'll give youtube credit when its due. Your contact really stepped up