I wonder what France Ford Coppola would think if he saw that his film “The Godfather Part II” was being claimed and monetized by a YouTube user “__0N5REyyX-r__,” or, at least an upload labeled “Godfather 2 movie.” Yep, apparently this account holder, using a YouTube account created just today, is uploading dummy files (displaying DVD covers) for various feature films and claiming them as his own. This same user also “claims” other recent Hollywood hits such as “Flight” starring Denzel Washington and “Magic Mike” featuring Channing Tatum.
Until qkame ndoni’s channel is removed for being the bogus scam that is, YouTube seems happy to place ads on these fake uploads and monetize them. I wonder what the advertisers, in this case Knockaround Sunglasses, think about paying for these faux page views? Other advertisers linked to the dummy files uploaded on this channel include GoDaddy, Guinness, and Maybelline among others. Last January I wrote about movie trailers being uploaded, and monetized, without consent from rights holders. In this case, the pirates don’t even bother with anything resembling real content. Dummy files emblazoned with the titles of popular movies will do just fine.
I’m sure the page views are pretty worthless to the advertisers so why doesn’t YouTube do something to stop these content leeches? Simple answer, monetized uploads make them money. Who cares what the uploaded file actually is. Google/YouTube pays these parasitic pirates and pockets more profit for themselves.
Who says you can’t spin straw into gold?
Fake movie file is uploaded and monetized by a YouTube user. Google/YouTube makes money as does the uploader. What does the advertiser think of this scam?
YouTube uploads are nothing but dummy files with DVD covers, but these straw files earn money for the uploader and YouTube.