{"id":13396,"date":"2021-03-04T23:58:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T23:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/italian-youtuber-is-stealing-and-profiting-off-rocket-league-content-creators-thumbnails"},"modified":"2024-07-19T14:07:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T14:07:05","slug":"italian-youtuber-is-stealing-and-profiting-off-rocket-league-content-creators-thumbnails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/rocket-league\/italian-youtuber-is-stealing-and-profiting-off-rocket-league-content-creators-thumbnails","title":{"rendered":"Italian YouTuber is stealing and profiting off Rocket League content creators\u2019 thumbnails"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s no mystery Rocket League is on the up and up and we can pinpoint one huge reason: content creation. <\/p>\n

Amassing over 5 million hours watched on Twitch<\/a> channels plus the hundreds of thousands of views Rocket League content is pulling on YouTube, the audience is out there.<\/p>\n

This worldwide, multilingual Rocket League audience flocks to originality, visual appeal and personality — and it is there and then that Mouad Ait “Teknoyd” Rais swooped in to take advantage of it.<\/p>\n

Teknoyd, an Italian Gaming YouTuber with over half a million subscribers, was accused of stealing and repurposing Rocket League content creators’ thumbnails, profiting without their permission.<\/p>\n

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So an Italian youtuber has been stealing thumbnails from @Jonsandman<\/a>@SunlessKhan<\/a> myself and probably others, what is the protocol for something like this? 😅 https:\/\/t.co\/TQkSvK0rPH<\/a><\/p>\n

— SSG Lethamyr (@Lethamyr_RL) March 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The first YouTuber to come forward was Treyven “Lethamyr” Robitaille who is currently signed to Spacestation Gaming as a content creator. Lethamyr mentions this was brought to his attention by Twitter follower @Sparrowhawk_4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In succession, Rocket League YouTuber “CBell” and Spacestation’s own, Jared “SunlessKhan” Zook and JonSandman also took notice of their work being manipulated and ripped off. All these content creators amass to over 3 million subscribers.<\/p>\n

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yo he yoinkin’ my stuff too pic.twitter.com\/aZHHkqzDiL<\/a><\/p>\n

— CBell (@Chrisofthefam) March 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Danny “DannyLotus” Smith, who currently edits videos and designs thumbnails for Lethamyr, was not having it with the plagiarism calling out Teknoyd to pay up.<\/p>\n

Danny’s own followers even chased down the guilty party to their Twitch stream to no luck, even stating they were banned after bringing it up.<\/p>\n

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Yo, Teknoyd, you gotta pay me for these pal. pic.twitter.com\/JZ0JKUZ8fj<\/a><\/p>\n

— DannyLotus 🌞 (@DannyLotusTV) March 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Teknoyd does not have a Twitter account and is yet to comment on the matter separately from the platform.<\/p>\n

Lethamyr is planning to “report copyright for each of these and pull in $$$ from his videos until he learns to stop doing it.” <\/p>\n

While DannyLotus is not interested in any problems with the Italian YouTuber, specifically asking the audience not to “harass this guy” as they’ll “find a way to handle it”, it definitely is something bigger than just getting artists and designers paid.
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Just last month, YouTuber behemoth Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson had a similar situation facing off against Russian newcomer A4 led by Vladislav Bumaga who is also blatantly and unapologetically stealing thumbnails and ideas for profit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A4 went as far as to mock the claims, stating that they do it “10K times better” and that “pics take 10 mins, filming 4-10hrs”, degrading the work and effort that the original artists and creatives put in.<\/p>\n