YouTube is often at the center of much discussion about the work of many of the content creators they produce Videos with copyrighted material and licenses from animation studios and distributors, which have become increasingly violent in recent months and will directly affect creators themselves.

A few months ago we covered the case of Totally Not Mark, a channel owned by Mark Patrick, an American YouTuber who was contacted by Toei Animation for doing this improper use of material related to series such as Dragon Ball Super and ONE PIECEtwo giants of Japanese animation, an accusation that could have closed his channel and obviously imposed the ban or removal of the offending videos.

A new case has surfaced in the last few days, and this time it's affecting the YouTuber known as Suede and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co. Ltd., abbreviated Shopro. After the company published a parody of PokΓ©mon, one of the many titles managed by Shopro, on its video channel, the company demanded that Suede pay legal fees and a fine himself.

After deleting all content on his channel, the creator made a video to trace the ill-fated journey on the platform. Highlighting the main issues related to circumstances of this typewhich could mean the closure of hundreds if not thousands of channels, and somehow warning colleagues of the risks they run by putting video analysis, parodies, images and frames of the episodes on the screen.

The video states that when YouTube, and consequently Google, receives an allegation regarding a content creator allegedly infringing the copyright of a work or works, The most likely decision is to remove this content immediately. What are your thoughts on this situation that could change the nature of anime videos on YouTube? Let's discuss it in the comments.

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