2023-09-12
It's not just burners. Barstool was caught ripping off a comedian's video in 2019, CEO Erika Ayers Badan and Dave Portnoy promised they didn't want to steal content. Within months, Barstool had taken content that didn't belong to them. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... [image]
The Daily Beast
An investigation finds that Barstool Sports apparently controls 40+ “burner” X accounts to launder viral copyright-protected videos for its legitimate accounts
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast :
Portnoy and Barstool's current editor-in-chief have decided to comment. Apparently they didn't find anything factually incorrect w/the story. (Portnoy using his sock poppet account to weigh in is kind of funny) https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... [image]
The Daily Beast
An investigation finds that Barstool Sports apparently controls 40+ “burner” X accounts to launder viral copyright-protected videos for its legitimate accounts
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast :
SCOOP: For years, Barstool Sports has run an apparent system of organized copyright infringement, using “burner” Twitter accounts to swipe countless hours of highlights owned by teams in every league. And they apparently have no intention of stopping. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
The Daily Beast
An investigation finds that Barstool Sports apparently controls 40+ “burner” X accounts to launder viral copyright-protected videos for its legitimate accounts
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast :
SCOOP: For years, Barstool Sports has run an apparent system of organized copyright infringement, using “burner” Twitter accounts to swipe countless hours of highlights owned by teams in every league. And they apparently have no intention of stopping. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
The Daily Beast
An investigation finds that Barstool Sports apparently controls 40+ “burner” X accounts to launder viral copyright-protected videos for its legitimate accounts
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast :
Barstool's prominent personalities are certainly aware they're running this crudely effective IP theft racket. Like Big Cat, who mentioned the “burner” Twitter accounts on air when they used a song for too long. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... [image]
The Daily Beast
An investigation finds that Barstool Sports apparently controls 40+ “burner” X accounts to launder viral copyright-protected videos for its legitimate accounts
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast :
The Daily Beast found over 40 “burner” accounts Barstool controls. The burners rip and post highlights & seconds later, Barstool embeds it. Why? If caught, the burner is hit with a DMCA strike and possibly suspended, not Barstool's valuable legit accounts https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
The Daily Beast
An investigation finds that Barstool Sports apparently controls 40+ “burner” X accounts to launder viral copyright-protected videos for its legitimate accounts
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast :
2023-07-15
Paying far right freaks, scammers, and blithering idiots to post. I'm sure advertisers are thrilled 🙄 [image]
TechCrunch
Twitter starts paying Twitter Blue creators who earned 5M+ impressions per month for three months a revenue cut from the ads beside the replies to their tweets
Creators can now make money on Twitter. My take 👇 … Bluesky: David Chen / @davechen.bsky.social : If this story is to be believed (big if. Huge if), then literally just spending ...
2023-07-14
Paying far right freaks, scammers, and blithering idiots to post. I'm sure advertisers are thrilled 🙄 [image]
Washington Post
Twitter's creators program makes its first payouts, including to far-right influencers like Andrew Tate, who made over $20K, Ian Miles Cheong, and Benny Johnson
The platform is paying high-profile creators, including Andrew Tate, thousands of dollars for posting to the app