Famous Twitch streamer HasanAbi recently spoke about a phenomenon that shouldn’t be unfamiliar to creative types — people stealing his work and republishing it for monetization purposes.
Oftentimes, especially on digital platforms, creators who publish a completed work (be it art, video, music, and so on) will find it being shared around publicly, and if possible, without watermarks or references to the original creator.
This type of plagiarism is common online, and Hasan is no different from other content creators in that regard.
What does make him different, however, is his stance on the matter: he wants them to monetize his content.
Speaking on-stream, he said “I f*****g ride for all of my fan channels. YouTube took down a bunch of the fan channels including Daily Dose of HasanAbi and stopped monetizing them.”
“I want them to do whatever the f**k they want. I don’t mind their existence, I encourage it. I have basically given up my intellectual property completely.”
The only request he has of these fan channels is that they provide links to his channels, such as his Twitter, Instagram, and Twitch.
HasanAbi is one of the top streamers on Twitch, producing content that is more politics-oriented for average crowds of 30,000 daily.
Primarily focusing on American politics, HasanAbi’s category as a “Just Chatting” streamer marks him as one of the most popular non-video games-related channels on Twitch.
Twitch streamers often will issue take-down requests against channels that use their content without permission — especially if channels began monetizing content that isn’t theirs. HasanAbi is possibly the largest streamer to state publicly that anyone can use his content from him as they wish, as long as they provide links back to his channels from him.
HasanAbi recently began criticizing the uprising of Slots on Twitch, including the grimy practices of major cryptocurrency casinos paying top streamers to stream their gambling habits.
This exposes a large portion of the Twitch population (40% of which are aged 16-24) to gambling and other predatory practices. Crypto gambling is currently illegal in the United States, and Twitch has stated that they are investigating the category for potential regulation.
Written by Junior Miyai on behalf of GLHF.
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