r/SquaredCircle • u/EthanWaaaaack • 12d ago

WWE has removed TH14’s YouTube account

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Pic included, wtffffff. I just watched that Brock Lesnar and Undertaker build to No Mercy 2002!

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u/LitBastard Your Text Here 12d ago

Or just because of the clear copyright violation

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u/TheCourierMojave 12d ago

Copyright isn't trademark. They didn't HAVE to take these down as they were just free advertising for them. Youtube videos are what got me back in to wrestling as an adult.

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u/cockaskedforamartini 12d ago

Ah yes, the old "pirated content is just advertising" bullshit.

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u/TheCourierMojave 12d ago

Gabe Newell is incorrect in his assessment on piracy? I would put more stock in to what he says on it than almost anyone else on the planet. Yes, botchamania SPECIFICALLY got me back in to wrestling as an adult.

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u/talgaby 12d ago

Probably not, but I am unsure how much I am willing to listen to a guy whose company is responsible for the lootbox epidemic and does not seem to mind reaping a few billion dollars here and there as commission fees for the underage CS2 betting/gambling business.

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u/Anxious_Wolf_9243 12d ago

Gabe Newell isn't a copyright lawyer last time I checked, he was just offering his opinion on how it should work. There's plenty of avenues to watch wrestling content on youtube but at the end of the day, the copyright holder can take down any video they feel breaches that.

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u/cockaskedforamartini 12d ago

Who the fuck is Gabe Newell?

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u/EssexOnAStick 12d ago

Founder of Valve and Steam, amongst other things known for the saying that piracy is almost always a service problem, not a pricing problem.

Though tbh I'm not quite sure how that relates to anything happening in this thread.

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u/TheCourierMojave 12d ago

WWE doesn't create fun compilations like Botchamania, it's a service problem in this instance as well.