The video discusses the YouTube personality Sniper Wolf, who has over 30 million subscribers and steals TikTok videos, reacting to them without permission or crediting the original creators. She makes millions from these videos, but the original creators receive no views or revenue. The video's creator argues that Sniper Wolf's content is not transformative, as required by fair use laws, and that she is profiting from others' work without permission. They also criticize YouTube for promoting Sniper Wolf's content and allowing her to speak at VidCon, despite her lack of originality and disregard for creators' rights. The video ends with a call to action for creators to speak out against content theft and to promote original content.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Sniper Wolf is a YouTuber with over 30 million subscribers.
2. She uploads videos daily, and each video gets at least a million views.
3. Her content involves stealing TikTok videos and reacting to them with minimal commentary.
4. She does not ask for permission from the original creators of the TikTok videos.
5. She does not provide links to the original creators' content in her video descriptions.
6. Many of the TikTok videos she features do not have identifiable usernames, making it impossible to find and support the original creators.
7. The views and revenue from her videos go directly to Sniper Wolf.
8. Sniper Wolf has become extremely wealthy from her content.
9. The original creators of the TikTok videos she features do not get any exposure or benefits from her videos.
10. Sniper Wolf was a keynote speaker at VidCon, a conference for online creators.
11. YouTube's official creators account on Twitter acknowledged Sniper Wolf as a keynote speaker and claimed she gets her ideas from her fans.
12. The author of the text has been on YouTube for 17 years and has seen the platform evolve.
13. The author is critical of Sniper Wolf's content and YouTube's promotion of it.
14. The author plans to create a new series of videos critiquing Sniper Wolf's content and crediting the original creators of the TikTok videos she features.