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1/8/2013 8:16:34 AM
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AVGN Shut Down on Youtube

James Rolfe a.k.a. [i]The Angry Video Game Nerd[/i] has had his account terminated on youtube for violating terms of service, apparently. Check it out for yourself. Opinions on youtube openly shutting down internet-celebrities? Surely he had to bring in some considerable revenue.
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  • Good. He was not even funny.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Nephilim713 Good. He was not even funny.[/quote] Are all of your opinions so complex and elaborate? Great response. 10/10

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  • If he violated the terms of service then they have every right to do it.

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  • Damn I can't believe they did that.

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  • Never heard of him. Clearly a minor C-list internet celebrity who thought he was more important than he actually was, violated YouTube's ToS, and got slapped in the ass for it. Good for YouTube and I will now exit this thread and forget about the entire issue.

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    • He'll get it back. LittleKuriboh has had his account taken down like 10 times. If not, just go to Cinemassacre.com

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    • Damn dude, does he even drink?

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    • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] x Foman123 x Never heard of him. Clearly a minor C-list internet celebrity who thought he was more important than he actually was, violated YouTube's ToS, and got slapped in the ass for it. Good for YouTube and I will now exit this thread and forget about the entire issue.[/quote] Hes not exactly big but hes been around a very VERY long time. Honestly I don't find him funny.

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    • It is funny, because I would not ever consider him a "celebrity" Is he not married? I wonder what his wife thinks about his videos.

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    • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] x Foman123 x Never heard of him. Clearly a minor C-list internet celebrity[/quote] So if you haven't heard of him, he's barely more than a nobody? Nice. I'm hoping this is a sarcastic post. [quote] who thought he was more important than he actually was,[/quote] What are you basing this assertion on? You just said you've never heard of him. [quote]violated YouTube's ToS, and got slapped in the ass for it.[/quote] All he did was videogame reviews. He gave all credit where it was due the last time I watched his videos, which granted, has been a few years now. [quote]Good for YouTube and I will now exit this thread and forget about the entire issue.[/quote] That's nice. Fart in the room and slip out the back entrance.

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    • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] catman6 If he violated the terms of service then they have every right to do it.[/quote]

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    • Don't you get 3 warnings? They don't just shut your account down. This guy had it coming.

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    • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] The Ruckus 2010 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] x Foman123 x Never heard of him. Clearly a minor C-list internet celebrity[/quote] So if you haven't heard of him, he's barely more than a nobody? Nice. I'm hoping this is a sarcastic post. [quote] who thought he was more important than he actually was,[/quote] What are you basing this assertion on? You just said you've never heard of him. [quote]violated YouTube's ToS, and got slapped in the ass for it.[/quote] All he did was videogame reviews. He gave all credit where it was due the last time I watched his videos, which granted, has been a few years now. [quote]Good for YouTube and I will now exit this thread and forget about the entire issue.[/quote] That's nice. Fart in the room and slip out the back entrance.[/quote] ^^ I gotta agree with this guy, Foman. You're just making... Something. Soooo what rule did he break? He supposedly just made reviews. Doesn't make sense.

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    • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Nephilim713 It is funny, because I would not ever consider him a "celebrity" Is he not married? I wonder what his wife thinks about his videos.[/quote] His wife is a writer. They met while he was doing a casting call for a movie. I know this because she wrote about it on an update on his website just recently in the wake of the feature film he's working on. He's been dark lately, activity wise, which is probably why he's clearly fallen out of the limelight. For reference, he is a key figure in the history of video game reviewing as a form of entertainment, rather than consumer reporting, despite his unorthodox parachute into the position.

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    • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] x Foman123 x Never heard of him. Clearly a minor C-list internet celebrity who thought he was more important than he actually was, violated YouTube's ToS, and got slapped in the ass for it. Good for YouTube and I will now exit this thread and forget about the entire issue.[/quote]I never thought a mod could be so ignorant. I'm disappointed, not even joking. Like really, its kinda impossible to not know the Angry Video Game Nerd(yes that's what AVGN stands for, i take it a few people didn't connect that). He pretty much started the video game commentary thing with youtube, he's entertaining, funny and great at reviewing. He's certainly not a "c list" youtuber. He also reviews quite a few movies under Cinemassacre. I dont see why he was terminated, he never uploaded a full movie or show, he just reviewed. So really the people who arr quick to say "he deserves it" is a hasty moron. There's nothing about lets plays and reviews to be breaking policy(though it almost happened). This was a very bad move on youtubes part. [Edited on 01.08.2013 12:34 AM PST]

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    • What? What did he do? I didn't see anything strange on his videos... There's no blog post about this on his website either. [Edited on 01.08.2013 12:33 AM PST]

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    • On topic, I'd love to know what terms of service he violated. He seemed to have all his t's crossed and his i's dotted where that kind of stuff is concerned.

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    • I'm going to guess he had too many copyright notices on his videos and so they took him down, since YouTube (and copyright holders alike) don't seem to understand that "Fair Use" is a thing.

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    • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Nephilim713 It is funny, because I would not ever consider him a "celebrity" Is he not married? I wonder what his wife thinks about his videos.[/quote] Do try to contain your jealousy, bitter blueberry. I'd imagine she's supportive with how much he pulls in Youtube money.

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    • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] BenderIsKing I'm going to guess he had too many copyright notices on his videos and so they took him down, since YouTube (and copyright holders alike) don't seem to understand that "Fair Use" is a thing.[/quote]I'd wager that AVGN was getting ad money from his videos, which means that it doesn't fall under Fair Use. Want to use a song in your video? Contact the copyright holder. Artists have a right to be compensated for the work the produce.

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    • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Blackdog Rker [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Nephilim713 It is funny, because I would not ever consider him a "celebrity" Is he not married? I wonder what his wife thinks about his videos.[/quote] Do try to contain your jealousy, bitter blueberry. I'd imagine she's supportive with how much he pulls in Youtube money. [/quote] Where did I ever say I was jealous? Lol you mad?

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    • For a second I thought you said Angry Joe... phew

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    • She's supportive. She even wrote her thoughts about AVGN a couple of times. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Blackdog Rker [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Nephilim713 It is funny, because I would not ever consider him a "celebrity" Is he not married? I wonder what his wife thinks about his videos.[/quote] Do try to contain your jealousy, bitter blueberry. I'd imagine she's supportive with how much he pulls in Youtube money. [/quote]

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    • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] HaI0Fighter92 I dont see why he was terminated, he never uploaded a full movie or show, he just reviewed. So really the people who arr quick to say "he deserves it" is a hasty moron. There's nothing about lets plays and reviews to be breaking policy(though it almost happened). This was a very bad move on youtubes part. [/quote]Now, would that be more or less moronic than blindly defending the guy based on your own admission of having zero knowledge about why he was terminated?

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      • Never heard of him.

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      • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] MadMax888 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] BenderIsKing I'm going to guess he had too many copyright notices on his videos and so they took him down, since YouTube (and copyright holders alike) don't seem to understand that "Fair Use" is a thing.[/quote]I'd wager that AVGN was getting ad money from his videos, which means that it doesn't fall under Fair Use. Want to use a song in your video? Contact the copyright holder. Artists have a right to be compensated for the work the produce.[/quote] He uses his own songs for the videos, and rarely a song from a game he's reviewing (which is from <16 bit era).

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