#internet historian

[coffinwoodx]

like witnessing the french revolution beheadings firsthand in the 1800s

[prideprejudce]

youtube drama is very downplayed when it comes to its impact on tumblr (discussion of it usually ends as rapidly as it begins) so the fact that hbomberguy has been the top trending tag for several days now shows how much of an impact his video essay has made on the writing and video community as a whole. his video has spread so much awareness over the rampant plagiarism issue that has been festering under people’s radar for years now while dozens of youtube “creators” make six figure salaries off other peoples words and research. he effectively took off so many people’s rose tinted glasses and made us all blatantly aware of what an absolute shitshow this problem is now in modern media and how manipulated content has become

[agnesmontague]

if you’re wondering how it’s going, internet historian fans have resorted to making up qanon conspiracy theories about hbomb

[chazevergreen]

My favorite part of the hbomberguy video is when he said "it's hbombin' time" and hbombed all over iiluminaughtii's, Internet Historian's, and James Somerton's careers

[uwuspaceboy]

[spectroscopic-gayety]

Um, about that….

[cavillaca]

[mindofthemage]

James Somerton and Internet Historian

Hbomberguy

They mightve stolen other people's writing but he stole their subscribers

[halozeta]

Hbomberguy's latest video is the closest thing to watching an actual murder without anyone getting physically hurt. Criminals are very lucky Harry didn't get into law.

[zerphses]

[biggrump]

hbomberguy's videos are always so entertaining because I see the title and I'm like "oh wow this seems like a cool topic" and then like 2 hours later I'm left with a burning hatred for somebody I didn't even know existed lmao

[leezuhh]

did an insane double take during the new hbomberguy video not only because he called out internet historian for some crazy plagiarism, but also because he had a separate dislike of the same guy for the *exact same thing* that put me off his channel for ages (his dashcon video)

[phoenixyfriend]

I saw a YouTuber arguing that Internet Historian did nothing wrong because it fits the definition of "transformative work" so it's not plagiarism and hbomberguy is inserting himself in an argument where he has no business being because it was all settled ages ago etc.

And

Buddy

As someone who spends a lot of time in "transformative works" as a category, that defense is infinitely flimsier when you are making money on it, especially the thousands that went on here. This is an adaptation, not a free use transformative work. You know how movie rights can be millions? Or more? Yeah.

Remember the 1980s lawsuit that started the dang video?

I mean it's also morally reprehensible, whether or not it's legal, but also: do not weaken my transformative work defense by applying it to this.

NGL I hope LegalEagle weighs in on this, he's talked a lot about lawsuits that address copyright infringement in the YouTube community, and I feel like plagiarism is adjacent-but-different enough to deserve its own, especially in light of this.

[lavender-0-menace]

[skellybonesandtrees]

The real lesson from hbomberguy's video on plagiarism is that we don't check anything at all and just take creators at face value. And like, no shade to anyone about it. Once upon a time we only had access to regulated media types. It's understandable we're clueless about this. But hopefully with time, maybe our great grandkids will be good at this.

[ifwebefriends]

I can’t believe hbomberguy Kung Pow Penised three people in just a little under four hours