EARLY ACCESS: YouTube Bans R. Kelly (But Not Really)
Added 2021-10-22 16:01:04 +0000 UTCVIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/IA4761ceUOY
It's Friday and you know the drill, it's time to watch the weekend video before everyone else! It's always fun to make fun of a creep, ESPECIALLY when there's now a legal court decision that says he's LEGALLY a creep and it's not slander or libel to say otherwise! And so, now that R. Kelly has been found guilty of some incredibly heinous crimes, crimes we've all effectively known about for like 20 years, there's no legal consequences for making fun of him! Isn't that neat? Anyway, as usual, this weekend's video is about more than just the subject matter, as we look at how YouTube handles artists who have done awful things (spoiler: they always make sure to act in their own best interests first). Enjoy!
After R. Kelly's trial resulted in a guilty verdict, companies effectively tripped over each other to be the first to announce that he'd been banned from their platform. YouTube waited a few days before making their announcement, banning two of R. Kelly's channels, citing that allowing them to stay up could "have the potential to cause widespread harm". If they truly believe this though... why did they leave his music up? And not just on all the channels who have uploaded his content without permission over the years... but on YouTube's OWN OFFICIAL MUSIC CHANNELS!? Buckley looks at the laughable decisions, and suggests some better options.
Comments
Haha well there may be a few possibilities here: 1) Someone claimed that the YouTube app makes it really easy to accidentally click either like or dislike, and so maybe someone hit it without knowing 2) Maybe they saw my Facebook post where I showed that someone had done it a minute into one of my recent uploads, and are just doing it to be funny? 3) Certainly there's a possibility that there's something they disliked about this video, but are still mature enough to be like "yeah I didn't like this video, but I'm still a supporter" (although perhaps the more mature thing to do would have been to leave me some feedback explaining why they didn't like it).
Adam Buckley
2021-10-23 13:54:51 +0000 UTCOne dislike on the video already before it even goes public. Okay, which one of you is a secret pedo?
Michelle
2021-10-23 07:05:11 +0000 UTCExcuses are for the lazy. There is always a way.
Alex Lozano
2021-10-22 17:45:57 +0000 UTCYou know what they say, keep your friends close and your enemies as content providers!
Adam Buckley
2021-10-22 17:42:21 +0000 UTCYou do good work. Unfortunate to use an enemy as your delivery. But you have to be realistic about things. Keep up the good work, and I'll keep paying to watch it.
Alex Lozano
2021-10-22 17:40:55 +0000 UTCI'm excited for 300 comments like this on my video (maybe I did the math wrong just for the engagement? CONSPIRACY THEORY!)
Adam Buckley
2021-10-22 17:34:10 +0000 UTCfucking nerd here with a meaningless nitpick- if 1 week he sold 100 copies and next week he sold 517 copies that's not 517% increase but 417%
Michał Michalski
2021-10-22 16:59:16 +0000 UTC
