Twitch: Papaplatte discovers how brazenly a company is using his clips to advertise

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Twitch streamer Papaplatte wants to have a company blocked on TikTok that used his clips from one of his streams without asking.

In August 2023, Papaplatte gained widespread attention on TikTok when a short video went viral showing him throwing a ball at full force into a door. The video, which shows the streamer in the hallway of his home, quickly became a hit, receiving 360 million views in just 24 hours.

Now what was this clip used for? In one of his recent streams, Papaplatte was tipped off by an eagle-eyed viewer that a dropshipping company was using his face and snippets from his streams to promote a similar ball he used in the viral TikTok video.

What is dropshipping? Dropshipping is a business model in which products are shipped directly from the manufacturer to the customer without the retailer having to store physical inventory. Questionable marketing tactics are often used. In this case, the company used Papaplatte’s imagery to promote their products without his consent.

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What was in the company’s video? Papaplatte then opened the company’s corresponding TikTok video during his stream and viewed it with his community.

In the video, an artificial voice spoke at the beginning: “This is what Papaplatte says about our volcano Bounce Ball”. A clip was then shown of the streamer enthusiastically talking about the ball: “Whoa, no matter where you throw it, it always comes your way.”

In the following clips, Papaplatte could be seen carefully throwing the ball across his streaming room and then later twirling it around in said hallway, a scene that was previously seen in the viral TikTok video.

“Can we claim the shit out of this?”

How did the streamer react? After watching the video, Papaplatte stopped it and copied the link to the page. He then began a voice message, presumably to his management, saying: “Hello. Sorry to bother you on the weekend. The guy is using clips from my stream to promote his shitty ass dropshipping thing. Can we claim the shit out of this? Thank you, have a nice weekend.”

Despite the anger over the unauthorized use of his content, Papaplatte laughed briefly and then continued with his usual content.

How did the community react? The comments under the video reflect a divided opinion about the situation. While some users support Papaplatte and find the unauthorized use of his content unacceptable, others cannot fully understand the streamer’s reaction.

  • Nexoorrr wrote: “Am I misunderstanding this? He basically tested the same ball.”
  • Krowwboii wrote: “He was promoting it, intentionally or not, huh?”
  • leonardpalmowski wrote: “So he can use their clips for his company (channel), but not the other way around?”
  • 🙂 wrote: “Guys, you know what a copyright is right?”
  • Filips 99 wrote: “Of course it’s not nice and fair from the manufacturer, but to expose the company to insults and to begrudge no one, I mean, has he really had enough?”
  • Lina wrote: “Yes, boy, you can also ask beforehand, right? Don’t understand the clerks here?”

    • An interesting debate about copyright arose recently when allegations arose that the Steam hit Palworld had copied ideas from Pokémon. We asked the renowned lawyer Christian Solmecke whether and what legal basis Nintendo would have to successfully take action against Palworld: Could Nintendo successfully sue the Steam hit Palword? – We ask a lawyer

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