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YouTube has a plagiarism problem, and perhaps its best exemplified by OBF - a YouTuber who has gained infamy for plagiarising other educational channels. OBF is not just an isolated problem but he's representative of a bigger, ever-growing problem on the platform. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/Faultlinevideos/subscribed JOIN OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/faultline Short form content on Instagram // https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser And on Tiktok // https://www.tiktok.com/@faultlinetv Follow us on Twitter // https://twitter.com/faultlinevideos Like our Facebook Page // https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser Join our Discord for behind the scenes discussions https://discord.com/invite/6wDDzdtjRV Follow our Subreddit // https://www.reddit.com/r/faultlinetv/ Business enquiries // [email protected] Faultline is produced by: Executive Producer/Story Editor/Host: Andy Burgess Story/Research: Jamie Elms Additional input from: Aparna Ganesan Edit: Andy Burgess Artwork: Tim Burgess of Wild Tales Illustration Special thanks to: Not Just Bikes: https://www.youtube.com/c/NotJustBikes The Present Past: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePresentPast_ Alan Fishers video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QlZx1sjg4Y Additional Footage from Storyblocks Music from Musicbed // https://www.musicbed.com/subscription/business?irclickid=RY2ROxVrbxyPRD4VAcQu1xixUkH3qXXIrVo0180&irgwc=1 Sources 🔗 OBF YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/OBFYT Vox | Why American public transit is so bad Election - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZDZtBRTyeI&t=2s&ab_channel=Vox Neo's Tweet - https://bit.ly/3VKDYma Johnny Harris | How Switzerland Stayed Neutral https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeAxxMZf1O4&ab_channel=JohnnyHarris Not Just Bikes | Why City Design is Important (and Why I Hate Houston) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxykI30fS54&t=2s&ab_channel=NotJustBikes Neo | Why Dubai's Man-Made Islands Are Still Empty - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riETCR7FnZE&t=13s&ab_channel=neo Faultline | Why Has the US Never Been Invaded? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilhuGGC-b24&t=2s&ab_channel=Faultline Faultline | Will the Western US survive this drought... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLvIb7WlAa8&t=2s&ab_channel=Faultline Vox | Who's really using up the water in the American West? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0gN1x6sVTc&t=3s&ab_channel=Vox OBF | US enemies are not gonna like this video... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1IBktNzIoE&t=3s&ab_channel=OBF Alan Fisher | Grid Cities are Fine, and OBF is a Copycat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QlZx1sjg4Y OBF | Why Cities With Grids Are Terribly Designed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZwbZWrKbGI&t=438s&ab_channel=OBF Kleos | Why Dubai Is Terribly Designed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2radFsTq8c&t=56s&ab_channel=Kleos Casey Neistat | The Secret Door - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3P-b5Szz44&t=1s&ab_channel=CaseyNeistat Emma Chamberlain | amsterdam, netherlands - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSUzODWPIdE&t=1s&ab_channel=emmachamberlain Stanford Libraries | What Is Fair Use? - https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/what-is-fair-use/#:~:text=In%20its%20most%20general%20sense,permission%20from%20the%20copyright%20owner YouTube Creators | How to use the Copyright Match Tool - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_zXuVReajA&ab_channel=YouTubeCreators Stripe | Indexing the creator economy - https://stripe.com/blog/creator-economy Not Just Bikes | Why We Won't Raise Our Kids in Suburbia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHlpmxLTxpw&t=84s&ab_channel=NotJustBikes Not Just Bikes | Why Many Cities Suck (but Dutch Cities Don't) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4kmDxcfR48&t=36s&ab_channel=NotJustBikes Not Just Bikes | How Toronto Got Addicted to Cars - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkO-DttA9ew&ab_channel=NotJustBikes Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.com/ JSTOR | https://www.jstor.org/ The Present Past | How the Dutch Shaped Indonesia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzv8URa3GEA&t=9s&ab_channel=ThePresentPast Faultline | How Iran’s view on women changed… - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIWXW8Uf5Dc&t=406s&ab_channel=Faultline Wex Photo Video | How To | Create Documentary Content - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A4E9iKjS1U&t=1151s&ab_channel=WexPhotoVideo OBG | Why Sweden Is Immune To Wars - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQfcx-to938&t=2s&ab_channel=OBF Other channels mentioned in this piece all making great content: @neoexplains @NotJustBikes @johnnyharris @Vox @ThePresentPast_ @PolyMatter @Wendoverproductions @RealEngineering @hoogyoutube @IntoEurope @MoneyMacro Time Stamps: 0:00 - OBF is copying everyone 1:00 - The growing problem of plagiarism 1:37 - Inspiration vs Plagiarism 2:23 - The problem with OBF 3:48 The Vox & NJB example 5:17 - How big is the issue of plagiarism on YouTube 6:35 - Copyright & Fair use explained. 8:04 - YouTube are helping Creators fight the problem 8:43 - The blurred lines of copyright online 9:16 - Not Just Bikes on the importance of copyright 10:10 - The importance of Sourcing 11:04 - Our secret to making weekly videos 11:57 - How The Present Past finds academic research 12:18 - Tips on creating original content from Not Just Bikes 12:46 - The vulnerability of being a Creator online (We will all F#@k up)