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I am certainly not suggesting a gradient of legality; something either is or isn't. I don't know enough about copyright law or creative content law to voice a informed stance on that. However, that is still very much what this discussion ought to remain about. An audit very well may need to be done just for the benefit and sake of the site; not because you think David is pocketing "profit" (as opposed to revenue going to the site). I'm also against my work being monetized unless I am aware of it. For me, game arrangement is a hobby. It's a pity it gets recognized more than my original work does but my original work is where I will seek to monetize it and strike it rich (in that perfectly crafted dream world that isn't real). No I don't expect "Invertebrate Retreat" to make me any money (although I was ticked for quite some time that it was the title track of an anthology album released by Tommy Tallarico way back and I didn't see a dime of royalty since of course he owned all the licensing and blah blah water under a bridge that no longer exists). I just don't get the assertion that there's funny business going on. Bad business, perhaps. But funny business? Now you're calling out their character and that I'm not going to support. Whereas you are suggesting they are guilty until proven innocent, i maintain they are innocent until proven guilty. Not because they're my friends but because that's the American thing to do... which you would think with so much Americanness in your sig, you'd be down with. For the record, I do not currently have a stance on the YouTube ads issue. I see both sides and both sides are compelling. If I felt that OCR was making boatloads of cash (lol) off it, then I might have a problem as I've dedicated the past god knows how many years putting music together for the community and have yet to make a penny off it or because of it. I don't like the idea of somebody else making even couch-fodder change off my sweat any more than anyone else. But I also don't think OCR is making any real profits here at all. The revenue, from all indications, is for self-maintenance. Otherwise, if sources such as Patreon or peddling merch at cons or the site ads or YT ads go to shit, the site ends up needing to be paid out of pocket (which is an outrageous thing to ask considering the sheer magnitude of it) and if that can't happen, then OCR is toast. Which is precisely what happened to VGMix. Nobody, unless wealthy and so inclined, is going to just self-fund the whole thing perpetually. Maybe when I strike it rich and become the rockstar i've always wanted to be, I'll spot OCR 100k a year for posterity. But let's just keep this talk nice and clean, fellas.

Brandon, you're literally sounding like Donald Trump right now. I hope you realize that is not a compliment. As has already been said, you initiated a much needed conversation on this subject as it needed to be exposed and addressed. We all have varying opinions on the YouTube monetization issue but right now you're derailing it by being a knucklehead. I've been a part of or around the staff for over a decade and a half and i have yet to catch any inkling that anybody was pocketing any kind of cash off the site. I surely haven't seen a dime. Honestly, you need to knock it off and get back on the subject at hand which is the ethical and legal ramifications of monetizing fan arrangements and stay off that wonky tinfoil shit.

i'll likely go...

...and, incidentally enough, i still am

I've got a WIP

oi !! i have a WIP for ya - i'll post it in the subforum either tonight or tomorrow

@Larsec Strader wanted to let you know that you could claim the source if you'd like He also wanted everybody to know that a WIP deadline is being set for September 12th (" anyone who doesn't turn in a wip will be cut, no 2nd chance ")

yes, i've actually been working on it a lot in the past month, so it's certainly noticeably further along now. i should have a WIP to upload for ya in the next couple days

considering i've already sent you a substantial WIP of it (approx 60%) MONTHS ago that simply needs some arrangement and garnishing to get where it needs to be, i still don't understand "might be thinking of tackling" or "Possibly claimed by Zyko" ?? unless of course you're just being a jerk in which case, stfu you'll have your track to be fair, i didn't realize that many tracks were already finished, so it appears i'm a bit behind schedule; i can have it finished by the end of this month for sure.

yeeeeeeeeeee

so far the one i hate more than anyone is roadhog. haven't had much trouble with mercy (unless she's just been poorly played thus far) and i usually make my teammates love me because i make it a point to annihilate support heroes. tracer can be a bitch but nothing i can't handle so far. roadhog though. fuck that motherfucker in his fuckin oversized watcher belly. i hatehatehatehhatehthatehtehhaehtr him. so much i haven't even tried rollin him yet. not even once. can't stand his WC3 rehashed undead abomination dumbshit ass. (is it obvious i don't like him lulz)

zyko#1323 come on, motherfuckers (i've been having a blast rolling pharah's, genji's, junkrats, reinhardts and repears. went on some rampages yesterday with a couple of these cats)

i am sad. i love nick menza.

pffffffffffffffffffffttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt i'm in

spectacular stuff. eloquent phrasing throughout

what? who? me? i'm no judge (scrambles out of view, stumbling over a pile of mic cables...)

i don't know how to music and i have no idea what anybody's talking about what's ocr?

i was kidding; i don't sing

well i was going to sing on mine and no i'm not going to send you a blasted sample, strader OH AND BTW I GOT YOUR VERY PERSONAL MESSAGE BRO. it's on. and not even like donkey kong. not at all like

i have one of these things

this here be a classic, y'all! <3 = mazedude = <3

mine actually went down a couple ranks, i think hahaha it's a good thing, it's still the coolest one YOU CAN NEVER TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME (or i'll send kylO to fuck yo shit up)

stfu i thought that was the second rule

hahaha i'm going to punch you like it's fuckin FIGHT CLUB.

dude, your awesome and positive energy was one of my highlights of the whole weekend. much love to you brother. next time we're bringing TWO kazoos hahaha because efficiency? haha i mean, if it's gonna cost two limbs and next month's laundry, why wouldn't you try to see as many of the homies as you can???? MAXIMIZE that SHIZZ SON i am not even gonna get into the shit i've developed a taste for in even just a handful of minutes with SteveO