Yeah I was going to say… 
Not the guy I found… So I don’t think that’s him. Probably someone off of Fiver or something.
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Great pic though 
Hey B.
Can you please add -> “Have him do a rap video” to the poll?
Thx 
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I tried, however I cant since you cant change polls after 5 minutes. I cannot even delete it. Next time 
- “Steven” must do a rap video about social media.
- There is no spoon
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Fair enough.
Although this cannot be proven, I will give you the benefit of the doubt.
I feel that we are back to square one again with the lying. Its clear that you watched the video before uploading it to your website/blog. Someone who is honest would have simply asked for a refund, or paid the extra $5 to get a new video from Fiverr made from someone who will follow your script exactly. We are responsible for our actions, and you posted this video knowing that it was dishonest.
Thank you for showing an effort to correct the inaccuracy of this video. I will be checking your other content which I know for a fact is not true. These will be stated upon discovery and the community will be able to see if you were willing to remove that information also.
Great, we will hold you accountable to your new life-long motto
Looking forward to it
Thank you very much for your generous donation. I will be sure to share this with the community that spent their time today assisting me, and those that have shown a genuine interest in this topic.
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Guys,
Few things I wish to mention.
- Damage done, and I admitted that. I put myself under the spotlight, telling everybody that I’m sorry. (No matter it is because of the fear of being exposed, or I want to sincerely apologize to @BrandonBerner )
- Copied content removed.
- Donated some money for @BrandonBerner Coffee Fund, token of appreciation for his hard work and original content.
- Youtube Video removed.
- I’ll never do this again.
Before you post another comment asking me to record a dancing video, imagine yourself in my current situation. What else do you expect me to do? Except from yet to post quality original content in this forum, I have done everything I was asked for / could.
Let this serve as a lesson for everybody else, but please stop here.
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Agreed. Let the dust settle, and give you a chance to show yourself maintain a path of improvement from the lessons learned.
No need for a dance video, although if you were in our shoes you would probably find it comical in a sense.
Once again, thank you for showing an initiative to correct your wrong doings, and showing by your actions, you are genuine.
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Very well handled Brandon. All jokes aside this was a very serious matter and if it had happened to anyone else here I could have imagined that they would have handled it differently. Thank the heavens the content was not stolen from @Fonzie because the chap would have certainly have had to post a social media rap!
Ones true character is revealed in situations like these. Ones which take us out of our comfort zone. I just want to commend you on how well you handled this.
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Your affiliate link for MP should be banned. It’s not even plagiarism, you just copy pasta’d, at least use spintax next time bro. Sheesh. And you say you are in the forum… 
Okay i don’t wanna stir up things but.,… isn’t it a little but hypocritical to report someone for the things we do ourself (reposting content from others for our own gain?
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Oh stop Dave.
There is a big difference between reposts of pictures etc.
and
Long form content where you have to think.
Dot the "i"s cross the "t"s and make it all nice and pretty for the masses who are going to read it. That takes coffee, beer, vodka and thought.
If I’m gonna write 1000+ words on a subject there is a hell of a lot more invested than some picture I took of a Moose and then posted up.
Pictures “snap”. Long form “work”. If someone is gonna swipe those hours…why bother.
Just being devils advocate.
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Sorry but i really have to disagree with that, copyright infringement is copyright infringement, end of story.
Posting hundreds of stolen pictures on IG/FB is just as bad as stealing written content and we do it constantly with MP
So to go after this guy like he is the next jack the Ripper is a bit hypocritical IMHO, if you go after people like this maybe you should take a closer look in the mirror and asses your town actions
What he did was wrong, but we do it too on a daily basis, no matter how you try to spin it for yourself. (something with the throwing a rock comes to mine)
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That is a blanket statement.
That’s like saying that stealing a candy bar is equivalent to an Oceans 11 heist of 3 casinos because they are both “stealing”
Or we could say that using your friends Netflix login is the same equivalence to pretending you were him at the hospital to use his insurance.
It’s a false equivalence.
Because you could say “Hey you were pretending to be this or that!”.
If I were to use the same broad interpretation that you’re using I could say that you were infringing upon Heinekens trademark by using that shirt as your avatar.
I know you like to stir thing up a bit. But really, lets be honest, for you to to try to make a comparison to someone posting a picture of Everest to one of Brandons 1000+ word posts is way off base and I think inside…you know that.
My .02
If Heineken would take actions against me for using their brand on this shirt i would have to take it down, as i am STEALING it from them, stealing a candy bar is in the eye of the law the same as stealing a bar of gold, stealing is stealing, period.
You try to pretend that you only steal one pic, you are stealing thousands of images to use for your own gain, you do EXACTLY the same thing this guy did, perhaps even on a bigger much bigger scale (i know i do) so stop pretending you’re for some reason are the good guy, we are no better then Steven, stop pretending that you are.
I made my point, take a look in the mirror before you judge someone’s actions and start a witch hunt.
But you ARE using HEINEKENS trademark WITHOUT their consent.
You KNOW that but you DO it anyway.
You are well aware that what you are doing is INFRINGING upon their trademark. But it’s “ok” because no one said “Hey Dave…Um…Don’t do that because it’s infringing.”.
It’s like my nephew who is just fucking up continually…and he knows it…but he’s gonna keep doing it (until he breaks an arm or or a leg) until some adult tells him not to. Then he’ll say “Uncle Fonzie I didn’t know!”
What I’m saying (and I know you get this. I’ve read your posts you are a SMART guy) is there is a huge difference between taking a picture and sitting down at the computer, blocking out time, writing 1000+ words, grammatically correct, that people will appreciate, and will make a difference.
There is no witch hunt.
I wouldn’t give two shits if someone “appropriated” a picture I took of Mt. Rushmore, the beach, or my dog taking a shit. But I would be moderately upset if someone decided to “appropriate” the work and effort I put into writing a guide to dealing with “douche-bags online” that took me 6 hours to write, format, edit and post.
Hi guys, I think @BrandonBerner has decided and @stevenvertigo would just have to keep his part of the bargain or else… and while we all know that you both meant well, let’s take it down a notch after all we’re family 
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Do you even read what i write? Yes i infringe copyrights on a daily bases that is why i think it is hypocritical to judge Steven from using content from here while at the same time you’re making money for content from others that you steal
Jesus, it isn’t that hard to understand, right? It is hypocritical no matter how you spin it to make yourself look superior, you me and everybody here on this board are no better then Steven, so don’t even pretend you are.
I am done.
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@BrandonBerner Good on you for highlighting this and dealing with it in a rational, logical and productive way
@stevenvertigo Dick move on the stealing, but if you follow through with what you’ve said that’s a cool thing to do
TBH my opinion on this is we’re mostly angry and feel good because he took something from our community. If we got to meet the people that we piss off with our shit, we’d get exactly the same treatment. Is everyone here saying they go their profile pictures, reward content, picture and quote content and pdf guides to this stuff themselves or just stole it?
I see it’s a bad thing to steal this and frustrating because it’s good content from Brandon though, and it is disappointing. BUT think that in 5 years when this method is dead and we’re all moved onto something new, people will be using these threads we posted in as evidence that “it was easy to make millions then” and that these were “the good old days of IM” before it died and was impossible, and no-one will care it’s all being stolen.