Should We Sue Viacom?

[NERDSareTHEfuture]

"OPEN UP THE DOORS WELL ALL COME INSIDE AND EAT YOUR BRAINS!" re your brains

[GamersEliteYT]

FIRST... am i late?

[jaymeeboh]

Hank, why do you move Catch-22 around so much? There's no way you're reading it that often.

[Peter1113]

Unfortunately, you can't sue for 60 cents... However, you can for anything over $20.

[booknerd12345511]

I cant take hank seriously in that shirt

[standingstare]

Yeah I clicked the link to John's video even though I just saw it 2 seconds ago.

[Gabrielle261]

hehehe, its snowing on hank. :)

[mynameissoepic]

enjoooy >:) 0:12 hhah creepy :DD

[jaimegrl1515]

FIRST! Oh wait....

[speakninja]

@jaimegrl1515 i was about to write that exact same thing

[Quintinia]

1. I love how you integrated one of my favorite JoCo songs.

2. Your thumbnail is adorably derpy.

[luigi90900]

you Can.

[joeycommet45]

VIACOM CLOSED THEIR ACCOUNT XD

[stude444]

Basically the way they work, is If you make it its yours, but more accuratly, if you make it and have billions of dollars then its yours but If you make it and you arent rich, then it belongs to viacom, make sense?

[LoyalFreak4ever]

I do that arm wavey thing too!

[pyrokineticaura]

i heard re: your brains and thought the horde was coming from L4D2

[grandchildofchaos]

There's no sense crying over every mistake. We just keep on trying till we run out of cake, and then science gets done and we make a neat gun for the people who are still alive.

[MadeofAwesome4ever]

@grandchildofchaos Viacom douchebags! They do what they must because they can. For the good of all of us, except the ones who aren't them.

[SeahorseyPrincess]

Thank you for not appreciating the whole "First" phenomenon. Want to scream every time someone writes that!

Also, 24 hours of content is uploaded every minute?! (Well, maybe even more now.) Wow, no wonder my whole life has become watching YouTube, there's just so much of it to get through!

[22WWyatt]

FIRST!!!! (well, first to be 190571st) but that’s got to count for something!

[zekeoman1]

OMG MY FAVE SONG IS IN A VLOGBROTHERS VID!!!!!!

[ryan041493]

FIRST!!!

[homestareddsworldman]

No one messes with Jonathon Coulton. It's like messing with south park. You JUST DON'T DO IT!!!!! People like Coulton and the creators of southpark have people behind them. Enough people to give them more power than big industries like Viacom could ever have.

[Newtblows]

@Assassinator5643 Hey kid, call me as soon as you get the 25 grand for my retainer fee.

[mrkm5600]

YOU...

will lost a billion dollars!

[lysolcoke2HD]

Honestly, at the end there, I thought you were gonna bust out singing Still Alive, but no, you were awesome enough to sing RE: Your Brains.

Psst... This is why you're my favorite.

[EmbryzImprint]

... I love that song... holy crap... lol I was like, he did NOT just sing that...omg...

[Kratatosk]

This is why I love te Vlog Brothers, they love everything I love! Re: Your Braisn is an awesome song!

[LifeMustard]

...The only Vlogbrother video posted on my birthday...

[ReKrisB]

Now I want Mountain Dew ><

[tiendadelagricultor]

I aslo heard "there is no sense crying over every mistake" which is from still alive! WOO JOCO/ PORTAL/GLaDOS/HANK!

[mirosango14]

OMG FRST!!!!!111!111 wait a minute...

[24nerdfighter]

My dad is a lawyer but i am 11. you cant sue someone for less that $20

[catrulerofdeath]

I would love to hear Hank cover more JoCo songs ^.^'

[PokeZelda6664]

Viacom should just keep on trying 'till they run out of cake!

P.S. They don't have any cake. Stop trying.

[dolphin64575]

I just sent an email to Viacom asking politely for John's 60 cents, signed 'best wishes' and with my last name as 'nerdfighter' I also spammed Viacom's facebook page with 'Dear Viacom, please send John Green the sixty cents you owe him. Best Wishes.'

[XxMrsCoreyFeldmanxX]

"You know what, Viacom, there's no sense crying over every mistake." ....you just keep on trying 'till you run out of cake!

I caught that, Hank. :D

[xcvx16]

First?

[TheHugMonster]

to answer your question ...yes

[mrtrainboy019]

VIACOM: Very Inappropriate Action could only Mistake

[PREBBO]

fiiiiiiiiiiiiiirst (ohhhh, wait, thats no true)

[isackbenjamin]

best part of the video: hank singing Re: Your Brains :D

[potterfulofharry]

Heh, you can't sue for less than $20 :) I wish you could

[TheAC29]

Viacom sued Youtube and Google in 2007, Viacom needs to be sued for stealing videos from other channels thinking that Viacom owned every videos from every copyright. The first Viacom(1971-2005) wasn't like greedy or something that they didn't do anything bad, but today's New Viacom (The Bad side of Viacom) was doing really bad to us and person behind the company was Sumner Redstone.

[ishouldplayzelda]

we should turn viacom into a person by means of magic, skin it alive and bathe it's raw skinless body in salt and sulfuric acid. that'll teach that corporate bastard child!

[ZackTrain33]

fuck u viacom!!!!

[scottm1211]

If they put my videos up I swear i will send a VIRUS IN THEM AND F___ING HACK THEM GOD DAMMIT!

[oneofthousands1994]

I think the seventh amendment prevents suing for $.60....

[GamersVideoVault]

I'm no blogger fan, i just can't take people seriously if they're incapable of completing a full sentence without cutting and clipping 10 times :P

[ninetails593]

Viacom is like Edge Games! Oh wait shit Ima get sued now!!

[PJSproductions97]

Did you tell Viacom not to cry over every mistake as an intentional reference to Johnathan Coultan singing still alive from portal? or was it a really frickin awesome coincidence.

[hyoban]

@PJSproductions97 Considering he also quoted and sang Re: Your Brains by JoCo, It's likely intentional.

[sincerelykatieee]

Is that E.T. on you shirt?

[Warriorcatmoonshadow]

Have u gotten an email yet?

[alikidry]

171,181st! (you didn't say you didn't want to hear that.) ;)

[AbabyThatWasntAbortd]

yes absolutely sue!

[pokefan133]

...LAST...in for now

[Grayews]

@pokefan133 Couldn't help it...

[baalpeteor3]

you have books by authors on the shelves behind you... SOMEONE PULL THIS VIDEO DOWN!!

[JasperTheAuroran]

@baalpeteor3 /ignoringhumor. He isn't making money off of this video (no adds) so this video couldn't be held against them as Copy write infringement... : )

[Cinj216]

@JasperTheAuroran Obviously, you don't understand copyright law (the fact that you can't even spell copyright properly is a testament to that).

[MagicSkittles23]

favorite jonathon coulton song haha <3

[MsDesignDiva]

@vlogbrothers please sue them, i was just browsing around their site and they are still stealing videos without permission even now over 3 months later. They need to be sued. after all im pretty sure that we have the evidence (screenshots of their site that sort of thing, and we understand that the law is on our side not theirs).

[StephieAnna]

Mixing a lot of Coulton together >_> Starting with Still alive, ending with RE: Your Brains <3

[kakas1xb13tchx]

that is so messed up parents could sue viacom for selling sexually themed toys to children which could mean theyre accesories to child porn

[t0xictreasure]

cant we just kill them

[LegoKing345]

VIACOM COPYRIGHTED US WITH SPIKE.COM!

we have better reason to sue them then they have to sue us

[ieatchildrenallday]

first of all Viacom, Stole your video A. "which is totally illegal and against copy right laws", your 60+ some odd cents you believe you're owed, actually after copy right fines, punitive damages, and losing views and or income of any kind or even losing reputation, in any format... THESE are punitive damages! you could sue viacom for anywhere from 50,000.oo$ - 150,000.oo$ and if you have a REALLY good and decently expensive lawyer you could take them for millions. LOOK INTO IT! its worth it!

[LovehammerMedia]

Can someone tell me if this was resolved? 

[wutaii1]

Call and complain

(212) 258-6000

[XxHeathIsLovexX]

You reminded me of Annie Lennox in this video.

[youngeagle14]

ROFL! BASH YOUR HEAD!!!

[youngeagle14]

Where would this world be without nerds? Nerds make up the central structure of our society. Without them, we might be in the stone ages making fire!

[xxbeatlesxxgirl]

God save me, I love JoCo so much...someone at my school sang Re: Your Brains at our talent show. It was amazing.

[rcnrcn927]

500 views to $1 is the rate used for 60 cents

I assume that that is formula for YT partnership, which would breach your contract to have said in a video

[StrayVagabond]

@CloudTheCat52: it's good to see that VIACOM is personally addressing this issue. -50 pts though, for posting behind an anonymous troll.

VocaloidUser is right though, a Class Action Suit is a lawsuit brought by one party on behalf of a group of individuals all having the same grievance.

It may only be a marginal amount that they earn from each video, but multiplied by each and every person they illegal profited from, a class action suit could reach into the thousands, if not millions.

[CloudTheCat52]

I LOVE VIACOM ITS PROTECTING ITS OWN VIDS THE COMPONY MADE SO FUCK YOU ALL VICAOM HATERS IM ON THE VIACOMS SIDE SO I AGRY WITH VIACOM VIACOM IS THE BEST GO VIACOM

[CobraGMW2]

@CloudTheCat52 its viacom stealing our videos idiot

[littlemisssour]

@CloudTheCat52 The way u r writing that it almost seems as if u r working for viacom. i mean, they've already put up their own videos and tried to make it seem as if they didn't put those videos up themselves. Looking at your channel it wouldn't really seem like it, but you never know. Those lame cartoons could be a cover up.

[WootyWooty13]

@CloudTheCat52 I'd just like to point out that 1.) Your Caps Lock is broken. 2.) You obviously don't know what a 'period' is. 3.) You spelled 'agree' completly wrong. and 4.) Your username is stupid.(Then again, mine is ,too, but whose isn't.)

[VeggetableMonster]

@CloudTheCat52 I hope you know that the statement you wrote made no sense whatsoever. There is this thing called an English Language, it was rules called grammar and spelling so that everyone else knows what in the frenchie llamas you are talking about. Oh, and I completely disAGREE with everything I think you just said.

[VeggetableMonster]

@VeggetableMonster has* sorry

[VocaloidUser]

All of the people who own those stolen videos should all sue Viacom together.

[mabiDEVcat]

Nice references :still alive and re your brains XD

[eddy12555]

i say sue the shit out of him but i wont help u

[Senimsaj]

You're geekyness is adorable 8D

[andrewdafoe]

boobies and violence and boobies and butts violence and boobies and buts..and mountan dew....XD

[ThatBitchMiranda]

@andrewdafoe *butts

[ShadowJay11]

156656th!

[ankoku37]

I started clapping when you sang Re: Your Brains. I remember that song as the song that got me interested in JoCo, and thus, anyone who likes that song immediatly becomes awesomer than before.

[llamabot156]

mass sue

[Nannirk]

3:13 - 3:16

Nice JoCo reference.

[Mcfleury1000]

Viacom lost wooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

[DJFU999]

Fuck Viacom!!!

[skeetvvideos]

well sure they made mistakes but everyone fuckin does so screw all you5,378 people who likes this video because viacom made nickelodeon wich was the most watched network in the 90"s and mtv wich was thef irst network that had fucking musicians go talk and had videos on tv i love viacom

[supermancatcool]

@skeetvvideos then why are in this website dumb fuck

[skeetvvideos]

@supermancatcool why does your mom suck my dick every night dipshit?

[supermancatcool]

@skeetvvideos lol u could not think what you should say to me so you acted stupid said pointless words because im right and your retarded so u fail im better then you, ps your a dirty jew

[mikaririshow]

@supermancatcool You both can't spell, so both of you shutup.

[supermancatcool]

@mikaririshow this is the internet who cares if he spell wrong we all lack stuff

[mikaririshow]

@supermancatcool Yes, but if you are incapable of even writing a sentence properly, you shouldn't bother starting an argument at all.

[StudioOfStirling]

@mikaririshow Listen little boy don't fan the coals of the flame war

[mikaririshow]

@StudioOfStirling hahaha first of all I'm a girl, and second of all if I want to 'fan the coals of the flame war' I will and no one can stop me MUAHAHAHA ;P

I would love to do a summer salt and a barrel role but unfortunatly I am stuck here, sick in bed and have nothing else to do but fan flame wars hahaha.

[mikaririshow]

@supermancatcool and 'Dirty Jew'? Seriously?

Unless you are making a reference to south park (ftw!), that is a very ignorant thing to say.

Good day to you sir ;P

[supermancatcool]

@mikaririshow no im not a retard that watches south park cuz im only 12 douche face so i would comfirm that this is truly my "good day to you sir" butt face

[mikaririshow]

@supermancatcool *Facepalm*

[supermancatcool]

@mikaririshow do a summer salt and a barrel roll

[AudibleOpinion]

The words Business and Morals do not belong in the same sentence. If you can make money without killing yourself (for sure) you do it. Business always do legals like this but we only ever hear of a few. When we do hear of them they seem strange and we say what were they thinking. Its not what they were thinking but what they know, sometimes even the most ludicrous law suite will succed and that equals profit. Advertising generated offsets cost of failed case.

[xirta1]

lol who is this fuck-tard

[Niggs3000]

i understand. we don't deserve to know the inside joke because we havbe not watched al of your previous videos. but if they are in no particular order, the adventure would be uninspired and poopy.

[darthyoda815]

41 dislikes.2 options

1:at least 41 shem people who are made via incest and have bald mothers watched this vid.

2:viacom has been recruiting.but that is actually the same option as 1

[JaredBrandonTV]

Hey everybody on here! not trying to steal views, but I just put out a video with the turn-out of the YouTube Viacom case! It's on my channel!

[COD4ASH]

glasses push up/fiddle count : 7

[hopeonelove]

we won

[FindersUnite]

oh irony...  I love you.

even though you put poop in John's nintendo...

[drcanoro]

you can sue viacom only if you find your video there and send an email to viacom to take it down and they dont obey.

[Nani101]

Yeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh YouTube won!!!!

[xxERiKAxxRAWRxx]

Youtube won! ;DDDDDD

[mmaaxx1198]

NERDS RULE VIACOM DRULES!

[snorlax42]

Sounds like a job for Paul Bratter! Your lawyer for all cases under a dollar!

(...If you don't get that, go educate yourself and watch Barefoot in the Park)

Also fantastic ending!

[TheVidNerd]

ALL WE WANT TO DO IS EAT YOUR BRAINS! (Thanks for reminding me of that.)

[boyofdestiny1123]

I LOVED THE JONATHAN COULTON SONGS AT THE END!!!

1. Still Alive

2. Someone is Crazy

3. Re: Your Brains

[legocrazy1]

Under international law, all works created are automatically copyrighted by their authors and they don't even need to say their copyrighted. It's best still to register the copyright, but there indeed is a bunch of money stolen everywhere.

[gman91796]

o_O Did he just quote "Still alive" ???

[Pook365]

Well you could sue them for 60c...

...or you could sue them for $40billion they seem to pull numbers out of their asses when they sue people....

..seems we should follow their example.

[Iseeisees]

last

[TheBrooklyngurl13]

Hank I love you but your videos are much to quiet. I have to turn my speakers way up to hear you whereas they remain a normal volume when I watch John's videos.

[coramonster]

@TheBrooklyngurl13 too, not to.

[TheBrooklyngurl13]

@coramonster Oops. Now I'm embarrassed. I don't like incorrect grammar >_<

[Bunnzilla]

I love your shirt.

MJ ET Love :3

[tophergrallison]

"Apparently some people got stuck at 14, and those people, they love spiked.com."

...says the guy who got popular with a song about waiting for Harry Potter to get released to stores.

But I kid! Keep up the good work guys.

[strumf18]

WEIRDO!

[Futuredudeman]

I can't stop picturing a 14 year old Hank - complete with Gothic lipstick, eyeliner, and droopy hand - just sitting in class thinking to himself "Boobs, violence, boobs, boob, boobs, violence, butts, violence, boobs."

Hank's Goth phase. NEVER FORGET.

[criseen]

AAAAAAAAANNND! Doesnt Viacom own MTV????

WELL IF THEY DO, one of their tv shows ripped off the blenderized happy meal thing... go to the nerdfighters website and search mtv copyed the nerdfighters

[naginnahehtmiolleh1]

I love that song... I stay in the building it plays in in L4D 2 Until it's over... Yes i've died for it but that's worth it.

[SquirrelLover7373]

XD 14 year old Hank sounds odd.

[lollylollyadverb]

first

[Raconteur]

I love how much JoCo songs are being used in Vlogbro videos lately :). I'm also glad that, unlike spike.com viewers, you've matured since the age of 14, Hank.

[ThatOddLittleJoGirl]

noone should sue anyone both should stop advertising on stuff they dont own (or whatever it is -i'm not sure whats actually happening tbh) and if viacon/youtube continue to be bad THEN legal action should be taken

[falloutkid00]

lol boobies and blood and boobs and butts and mountain dew 0.0

[DemonDZ]

Dear Hank... first

[danHiroshi]

Hank, you are awesome. but do you really have to grab your moob at 1:28 full on!

[celv1]

i still dont get it ive watched the video 1000's of times but i dnt get it

[TheEmanrseu2]

@celv1 Viacom claim that YouTube only earned their money off of pirated videos, okay? Now, they say that because YouTube have taken Viacom's content, and monetized it, YouTube owe Viacom some money. Unfortunately, Viacom think that YouTube owe them ONE BILLION DOLLARS! However, this is hyprocritical, because Viacom are also taking YouTube's videos, putting them on Spike.com and making money of them.

Since YouTube allegedly owe Viacom $1,000,000,000

Viacom owe Johnathon Coultan over $13,000! :D

[MissLittlemonster11]

I LOVE YOUR SHIRT!!

ET PHONE HOME!

[Tatsumaki910]

I love the ending. :)

[GearsofNorway]

Let's sue Viacom top to toe!!

[darkstar744]

Everything was alright until viacom rolled in. Just sayin'

[radrashi139]

SUE THEM!!!!

[mizzpicklezz]

looks like 39 douche-bags dont approve..they prolly watch spike...

[Ashley963123]

Best ending ever, I thought it sounded familiar at first and then I was like "no way is he going to start singing Re-Your Brains"

Top notch.

[13kiya13]

Dear Hank ,

did they ever email you?

and I agree with you 100%

[savageheart23]

ted.com Margaret Stewart

[emmatrack33]

love your ET shirt, i want one!

[jedy150]

im 14 and the "boobies" u say we anly think about are not true so nevermind and yes we should sue them

[mizzpicklezz]

@jedy150 hmmm no boobs for you: clearly u are thinking about anus' ....LOL ;D

[jedy150]

@mizzpicklezz WHERE IS THE PANCAKE MIX KUZ U DONT HAVE ANY!!!(watch ray William johnson)

[kiwigirl793]

@jedy150 TWO CAMELS IN A TINY CARRRR!

[mizzpicklezz]

@jedy150 No u aintgot no pancake mix..i dont c u feeeding these people LOL

[TheGudZeBadAnDaFozzy]

I like your Woody Guthrie spoof message on your guitar... This Machine Pwns Noobs lol :D

[HighKingTurgon]

Hank, I appreciated the nod to 'Still Alive'. It's really good to remember every now and again that even though we are trying to promote positive change, we're just a bunch of geeks who like what's good. Like JoCo.

[ArceusMorphlvl0]

roflmao at spontaneous Re: Your Brains singing, 5 stars just for that xD

[ToonLinkBrawler94]

Hmm, was that a reference to "Still Alive" just before you sang "Re: Your Brains?"

[AMVlurver]

YouTube forever!

[xmarykatemalenax]

Is that an ET shirt with Michael Jackson?

[GzForumPoly]

FIRST!

[duke9891]

first

[CrazyAuthor201]

dude "your brains" is like the moste awsome zombie

related song ever

[diosnelrocks]

YES SUE THE BASTARDS!!