EqBeats under spam attack?

[Matthew N.]

lorentz posted a comment on Matthew N. & Freewave - Twilight Meets Dr. Whooves:

Support the war on Israel today! - Brought to you by the Gay Nigger Association of America! - http://gnaa.eu - Or visit us on IRC at irc.gnaa.eu #GNAA
3 minutes agoMeepsheep posted a comment on This Day Aria (Matthew N. Electro House Mix):

LOL HY - Brought to you by the Gay Nigger Association of America! - http://gnaa.eu - Or visit us on IRC at irc.gnaa.eu #GNAA
3 minutes agoSevenleaf posted a comment on I Wasn't Prepared for This (Matthew N. Remix):

HOLY KIKE - Brought to you by the Gay Nigger Association of America! - http://gnaa.eu - Or visit us on IRC at irc.gnaa.eu #GNAA
3 minutes agohipcrime posted a comment on Becoming Popular (Matthew N. Club Mix):

Support the war on Israel today! - Brought to you by the Gay Nigger Association of America! - http://gnaa.eu - Or visit us on IRC at irc.gnaa.eu #GNAA
5 minutes agoincog posted a comment on Frivolousmonkey - Nomad (Matthew N. Remix):

Support Palestine today! - Brought to you by the Gay Nigger Association of America! - http://gnaa.eu - Or visit us on IRC at irc.gnaa.eu #GNAA
10 minutes agoMeepsheep posted a comment on Matthew N. & Freewave - Twilight Meets Dr. Whooves:

HOLY KIKE - Brought to you by the Gay Nigger Association of America! - http://gnaa.eu - Or visit us on IRC at irc.gnaa.eu #GNAA
11 minutes agolorentz posted a comment on This Day Aria (Matthew N. Electro House Mix):

Support the war on Israel today! - Brought to you by the Gay Nigger Association of America! - http://gnaa.eu - Or visit us on IRC at irc.gnaa.eu #GNAA

Someone from EqBeats needs to look into this. I just checked a few other artists and their eqb profiles are also spammed with this.

[Quix]

Yeah, I've gotten at least four comments like that in the past twenty minutes.

[Pickslide1992]

I haven't been on EQ Beats in God knows when and I got a message just like that.

[ThatRobChap]

Yeah, I've got some of those, 4 within the space of 10 minutes.

[Lavender_Harmony]

I've been in the IRC, and from what I can see they're not really doing anything. I certainly didn't receive any reassurance the comments and accounts would be removed. This is why I don't update my EQBeats anymore. If they don't want to give a damn, why should I?

I've heard they're going for Tumblr, Twitter and YouTube also, hopefully they'll get nowhere but kids will be kids.

[Matthew N.]

I don't know... the spam has been already removed from what I can tell. If those twats go onto youtube then at least I can block and remove the spam myself.

[Lavender_Harmony]

I don't know... the spam has been already removed from what I can tell. If those twats go onto youtube then at least I can block and remove the spam myself.

Unless they go right for you and punch you in the DMCA.

[Matthew N.]

I don't know... the spam has been already removed from what I can tell. If those twats go onto youtube then at least I can block and remove the spam myself.

Unless they go right for you and punch you in the DMCA.

I doubt that's ever gonna happen. Youtube would lose millions of hits (meaning money) if they closed all "brony" accounts. Not only that, Hasbro actually allows us to use copyrighted material as long as we don't sell it.

[vladnuke]

lol those guys. Don't worry about them, they're just a bunch of trolls. Just tell the mods about it. I remember the GNAA, oh those were the days, when I was a wee 4channer, trollin on teh interwebz. They're a pretty old group.

They recently trolled alex jones, lol.

[Lavender_Harmony]

I don't know... the spam has been already removed from what I can tell. If those twats go onto youtube then at least I can block and remove the spam myself.

Unless they go right for you and punch you in the DMCA.

I doubt that's ever gonna happen. Youtube would lose millions of hits (meaning money) if they closed all "brony" accounts. Not only that, Hasbro actually allows us to use copyrighted material as long as we don't sell it.

You've not been paying the slightest bit of attention have you?

YouTube has an agreement wherein if anyone makes a copyright claim through the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) the offending video is immediately taken down without question, in all cases, and will remain so unless the owner files a counter-claim with YouTube, in which the original claimant must respond to the counter-claim within a designated time. If the counter-claim is not met, the video is reinstated, however, if there is response from the original claimant once the author has filed said counter-claim, then YouTube will investigate further, and the video will be debated, whether it be within fair use, copyright infringement or a flase claim altogether, and consequences handed down therafter.

It's a much more involved process for those who are partnered with YouTube, especially on the higher tiers, because it then becomes a legal battle, and content providers can claim compensation from lost income in some instances (If the claimant remains anonymous, this is a lost cause)

How does this fit in? These kids, along with lots of other groups, basically trolls, will file false claims with ridiculous names against anything, including brony music, sometimes originals, and get them pulled. It doesn't cause any long term damage, but it's a hassle, and if it happens repeatedly it can be quite upsetting.

As the others have said, ignore it, and if the above happens to you, just deal with it, don't have a tantrum-that's what the trolls want.

[sci]

I've been in the IRC, and from what I can see they're not really doing anything.

o_0

I got the opposite impression. they're deleting comments and such

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<EverfreeLuna> I was about to say "I can't find anyone else targeted besides a couple"
<EverfreeLuna> Turns out you guys have deleted them already :D Thanks!
<fmang> there were 1236 of them

(from the first wave, before you walked in)

also this:

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<codl> time to just blacklist /gnaa\.eu/ I guess

don't confuse "laid back" with "apathetic". fmang and codl are rad dudes. :<

[Flinckie]

I got seven of those. I'm not sure if they're still there, since I don't really know of any comment section whatsoever on EQBeats (even though I've gotten a few non-spam comments.)

I just went to their website, and lo and behold:

GNAA Launches "War on Bronies"

Leon Kaiser, M. P. Sheep, Rory -- Vancouver, Canada

An elite team of GNAA ubernigger supersoldier commandos (each packing 9-to-11 inches of black power) stormed the DHX Media Vancouver headquarters under cover of darkness late last night to commemorate the release of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 3.

"The New Release of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 3 marks the third anniversary of this perverse Jewish abomination. The ‘Brony’ movement is an illogical fetish for manchildren. While our previous ‘Brony Outreach’ had been a success", stated GNAA Founder and CEO Niger, "we quickly grew tired of these perverted repugnant manchildren within our ranks."

The GNAA has previously shown their support (via crapflood) of numerous "Brony" entities, including ponychan, derpibooru, wikia, and "fanfiction.net".

Earlier this month the GNAA released a leaked copy of the first episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 3, acquiring the IP addresses of nearly 200 dirty pirating bronies in the process.

"We have had a very successful month thusfar," beamed GNAA Interim President Leon Kaiser, "and it’s only the 10th of the month. We kicked off the month with our very successful #SANDYLOOTCREW operation, making international news on the very first day of the month. Since then, we have relentlessly shown our undying enthusiasm on numerous forums (via the time-honored institution of crapflooding) every day since."

"GNAA operatives are in the middle of plotting of a long ‘brony-removal drive’," grinned GNAA Interim Vice President Meepsheep, "which will include DMCA drives en masse of both YouTube and Twitter."

About My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
My Little Pony is a Jewish plot to eradicate the human race by brainwashing males into believing that sexual relations with animals are O.K. The campaign against the sick pony loving fetishists has been an attempt to free mankind from the Jewish mind control program.

About "bronies"
Perverted repugnant manchildren getting their shriveled little rocks off to an animated television series produced for prepubescent girls. See: furry fandom.

Some of us might see some DMCA takedown notices. Isn't there any way to prevent this from happening, since we know it's coming? Won't Youtube do anything if we contact them?

[Lavender_Harmony]

Some of us might see some DMCA takedown notices. Isn't there any way to prevent this from happening, since we know it's coming? Won't Youtube do anything if we contact them?

Nope. Unless there's a problem, the majority of YouTube is run by robots, and filing a claim just activates a script, nothing more.

[Flinckie]

Nope. Unless there's a problem, the majority of YouTube is run by robots, and filing a claim just activates a script, nothing more.

And the mass-filing of false DMCA takedown notices isn't something Youtube considers a problem?

[CommandSpry]

It worked so many times before (especially on religious videos)

[Pickslide1992]

This just proves that the trolls are much more ridiculous than any thing bronies have ever done. Seriously, look at that wall of text again and tell me you didn't laugh your ass off. Just a wannabe Anonymous trying to make a name for themselves, and nothing more. Unless things start happening, I can't take these kids seriously. Remember Anonymous' "War on Facebook?" It never came to fruition (To my knowledge) and neither will this.

[Makkon]

I'm very tired of this. How do these trolls muster up all of this energy for such a pointless cause?

The Halo 4 servers has instigated a no-tolerance lifetime ban on anyone caught speaking sexist or racial slurs, even implied. That's right, lifetime ban from Halo4 xbox live, which for most kids is a living nightmare. That's real justice. I wish it was feasible that YouTube could implement anything remotely like that.

[Lavender_Harmony]

Nope. Unless there's a problem, the majority of YouTube is run by robots, and filing a claim just activates a script, nothing more.

And the mass-filing of false DMCA takedown notices isn't something Youtube considers a problem?

Not really, since the resolution is pretty simple. The claim is filed, the video goes down, you file a counter claim and wait, the video goes back up when it's not met, YouTube isn't involved at any stage. You can literally write nonsense in your counter-claim, it's only checked if the counter-claim is responded to, otherwise the entire process is automated.

It's not a matter of it being a problem, it's the best system they have for dealing with copyright claims without exceeding their overheads, having staff deal with it personally would cost them millions. Yes, millions. Here is why it's automated.

[*] 72 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute
[*] 70% of YouTube traffic comes from outside the US (That's a lot of expenses on translation and international law)
[*] Content ID scans over 100 years of video every day (This is just plain insane.)

[CommandSpry]

Nope. Unless there's a problem, the majority of YouTube is run by robots, and filing a claim just activates a script, nothing more.

And the mass-filing of false DMCA takedown notices isn't something Youtube considers a problem?

Not really, since the resolution is pretty simple. The claim is filed, the video goes down, you file a counter claim and wait, the video goes back up when it's not met, YouTube isn't involved at any stage. You can literally write nonsense in your counter-claim, it's only checked if the counter-claim is responded to, otherwise the entire process is automated.

Of course but the way it works is, the video goes back up but the DMCA strike on your channel isn't removed, if you gather three strikes in succession, your account is suspended, fake DMCAs or not. Many users had to switch channels because of this. Sometimes, they filed requests for their channels to be put up but YouTube rarely looked into that stuff, so if you get hit by three douchebag trolls at once, you're out.

[Flinckie]

Of course but the way it works is, the video goes back up but the DMCA strike on your channel isn't removed, if you gather three strikes in succession, your account is suspended, fake DMCAs or not. Many users had to switch channels because of this. Sometimes, they filed requests for their channels to be put up but YouTube rarely looked into that stuff, so if you get hit by three douchebag trolls at once, you're out.

I've been reading up on this, and Youtube apparently removes the copyright strike six months after the claim is filed. If you get a third strike before the first one is removed, your account is suspended, and then you either suck it up and make a new account, or you appeal. I'm not sure how much time you get in advance, so I don't know if you could actually wake up to having no account after accumulating three strikes while you were sleeping.

Another important thing to note is that when you file a counter-claim, Youtube forwards the information to the claimant. You'll essentially be giving him your dox, so if the claimant is affiliated with the GNAA or something similar, I strongly advise doing what Lavender said, just writing nonsense. Even though it is technically perjury, (right?) it's better than the alternative of your parents getting messages saying that you're a pedophile or something similar.

[Lavender_Harmony]

Of course but the way it works is, the video goes back up but the DMCA strike on your channel isn't removed, if you gather three strikes in succession, your account is suspended, fake DMCAs or not. Many users had to switch channels because of this. Sometimes, they filed requests for their channels to be put up but YouTube rarely looked into that stuff, so if you get hit by three douchebag trolls at once, you're out.

I've been reading up on this, and Youtube apparently removes the copyright strike six months after the claim is filed. If you get a third strike before the first one is removed, your account is suspended, and then you either suck it up and make a new account, or you appeal. I'm not sure how much time you get in advance, so I don't know if you could actually wake up to having no account after accumulating three strikes while you were sleeping.

Another important thing to note is that when you file a counter-claim, Youtube forwards the information to the claimant. You'll essentially be giving him your dox, so if the claimant is affiliated with the GNAA or something similar, I strongly advise doing what Lavender said, just writing nonsense. Even though it is technically perjury, (right?) it's better than the alternative of your parents getting messages saying that you're a pedophile or something similar.

Perjury would only apply if your personal details were relevant to the case, in this, they are not. Don't be a smart ass though, put details of your local court or something.