A mere two days after that last email, he donated $688 (of his hard-earned $11,000 in 2017) to AMF (). For example:ĮDIT: I was wrong about the lack of donation. UPDATE: After stating in his response post that he doesn’t even make that much money (or see Youtube as a career), he is now trying to sue me for libel, claiming “tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages.”Įxcept he lied about this in the past. Then why is he making money from it? Quite a lot too, if these posts are anything to go by: More on that later)Īfter you do this, he might ask you to remove the copyright strike and let him keep the videos up or remove it on his own ( he won’t). ( This comic from was uploaded without permission. If you need help finding your comic, here’s the list again: Report copyright infringement on each of his videos containing your artwork. If you have 10 minutes to spare, you can do at least one of these right now:ġ. If I don’t want my comics monetized, what can we do? The actual amount can be more, depending on a variety of factors)ĮDIT: According to Kyotosomo’s Tumblr response, his rate is closer to $ views. ( Note – most monetized Youtube channels make ~$ views. Yellow line in video player (usually on the left)Īnd when you go past the yellow line (usually after 10 seconds), a small ad pops up:Ģ019 Update: On some computers, yellow lines do not appear on monetized videos, but you will still get pop-up ads.Ģ. If you watch without AdBlock, here’s how you know:ġ. What he did not tell you is that he is monetizing them.Īnd from what I understand after talking with some of you, none of you gave any permission to make money on your art, and he has not shared any of that profit with you or anyone else. Most of you gave permission to Kyotosomo (Pierce Riola) to dub your comics. I’m sorry this is a VERY long post, but if you have a few minutes, please stay for now. Apparently he got his first 13,000 subscribers by uploading stolen content.įor anyone who believes he deserves a third chance, read these links from 2 years ago: Quick update: This is not the first time there’s been drama with Kyotosomo and stolen content (on Youtube, no less). Instead I got this document summarizing his Youtube channel since 2015: I will explain my actions in another follow-up post, and I’ll put the link here once I’m done.ĮDIT: Never got around to writing it. Update: I’ve been asked a few times why I did it.
Update: One day after this post, Kyotosomo removed monetization from most of his comic dubs and claimed they were never monetized to begin with (despite making at least $11,000 from them). I’ll link a follow-up response post here and in the comments after I publish it: Quick update: I’ve been called out by Kyotosomo. Here’s a list of his comic dubs and their corresponding Tumblr accounts in alphabetical order: Tl dr Summary: Kyotosomo is making money from your comics on Youtube. Kyotosomo himself saw fit to leave some insults in the comments section: It presents a lot more info than what’s in this post: Here’s a 34-minute video summarizing Kyotosomo’s activities. Many of them don’t want any part in this. UPDATE: Please do not tag any more artists.