Money Today Reporter Lee Eun | 2023.02.15 21:17
Joo Eon-gyu, who was active as an economics YouTuber ‘Shinsaimdang’, apologized for being responsible for the recent piracy controversy among science YouTubers.
On the 15th, Joo Eon-gyu posted a post on his YouTube channel ‘Jupidi (Joo Eon-gyu)’ community saying, “I apologize to review owls and other science YouTubers.”
Joo Eon-gyu made all the previous videos private and posted an apology when YouTuber Space Cat Kim Chun-sam, who appeared on his channel and shared his YouTube operation know-how, was embroiled in a controversy over illegal copying.
He said that he had made all the previous videos private because he was concerned regarding the damage to those who appeared on his YouTube channel.
Previously, on this day, YouTuber Review Owl with 1.37 million subscribers said, ‘My YouTube is being stolen. Through a video titled ‘I really can’t stand it anymore’, he complained regarding the damage caused by illegal copying of the video.
Review Owl said that YouTuber Cosmic Cat Kim Chun-sam has been copying his videos without permission, and he recently appeared on Joo Eon-gyu’s YouTube channel and conducted an interview introducing related know-how. At the same time, he added an interview in which space cat Kim Chun-sam said that he copied the title, thumbnail, and script of a video of a popular YouTuber with high views and made it as similar as possible.
Next, Review Owl said, “It felt like blood was gushing backwards,” and “YouTube Korea confirmed that it was an obvious violation of the copyright guideline. This is an obvious crime,” foreshadowing a tough response.
In addition, YouTuber Black Peach Irby also said that all of his videos, thumbnails, and scripts were almost identical and suffered from illegal copying.
Regarding this, Joo Eon-gyu said, “If this was an incident that had nothing to do with me, I would have kept the video private because of the performer’s problem, but there are parts that Review Owl and others do not know.”
He said, “Actually, when I was a beginner, Space Cat Kim Chun-sam started YouTube following listening to a lecture from me. After hearing that he was gaining YouTube views faster than me, he asked me to share the know-how I didn’t know on my channel. So, the problem The interview video was uploaded,” he explained.
He then apologized, saying, “Thus, this problem is not just a performer’s problem, but Kim Chun-sam’s fault is also my fault, so I also want to take time for self-reflection.”
On the other hand, Joo Eon-gyu received a lot of attention by selling the economic YouTube channel ‘Shin Saimdang’, which he had opened and operated, for 2 billion won in July of last year. It is also known that the channel that was opened following that recorded sales of billions of won.
Joo Eon-gyu appeared on the tvN entertainment program ‘You Quiz on the Block’ in July 2020 and said that he was an office worker with a monthly salary of 1.8 million won, but achieved a monthly income of 180 million won in 5 years. At the time, his monthly income was known to be regarding 300 million won.
In March of last year, he appeared in Channel A’s entertainment program ‘My Baby Like Parenting These Days’, as well as the SBS entertainment program ‘Master in the House 2’, which aired on the 12th, and introduced the background of becoming a 10 billion won asset owner and the secret to becoming rich. gathered
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