MrBeast rants about music labels copyright striking YouTubers, causes intense debate
Jimmy “MrBeast”, perhaps one of the biggest names in YouTube’s history, took to Twitter for an uncharacteristic rant aimed at the music industry. He spoke out about major music labels dropping copyright strikes on YouTubers, potentially ending someone’s career over using music. It led to a pretty hot debate on Twitter, with users both agreeing and vehemently opposing his opinions.
Copyrighted music has been used to enhance content on YouTube for years, and it seems like MrBeast thinks it’s just fine. In his recent Twitter rant, he thought it was to the benefit of music labels to have YouTubers use their music.
Regardless of the size of a channel on YouTube, copyright strikes are a significant issue. Videos get demonetized, and content creators have to take down videos or be punished further for using music they don’t own.
Several of the biggest names on YouTube have dealt with music copyright strike issues in the past. Ludwig is an example of someone who has dealt with copyright strikes on YouTube. PewDiePie and many others deal with it. Whether Twitch or YouTube, streamers and content creators have this problem.
Quite a few people sat on either side of the fence in this particular debate. For every argument for it, there was an opinion opposing it.
Not everyone disagreed with Jimmy’s take on music on YouTube. A few musicians and music platforms have stepped up to support the content creator or to simply say “Hi” to Jimmy. Streambeats also permitted other streamers to use their music.
One user on Twitter disagreed. Ross Gerber, a CEO and Investment Advisor, also spoke up as a musician. He pointed out that not all musicians are millionaires, and while MrBeast makes $50M a year, the musicians that enhance his music need to be
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