GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA: Jimmy Donaldson aka MrBeast, who has 177 million subscribers on YouTube, is undoubtedly one of the most successful individual creators of the present online realm.
However, his popularity doesn't make him immune to facing problems on a platform like YouTube, as recently his record-breaking "stranded at sea" video was removed. So, keep reading to know what actually happened.
Why was MrBeast's '7 Days Stranded At Sea' video removed from YouTube?
MrBeast has been on a roll lately with his uploads, shattering records left and right on YouTube. On August 5, he posted a video of himself and his team being "stranded at sea" for seven days, and it went on to break YouTube's record for most views in 24 hours as a non-music video.
However, a week later, the video titled "7 Days Stranded at Sea" was hit with a copyright strike, and anyone attempting to access it got the message, "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Tsuriel Design."
The alleged animator, Tsuriel Design, also took to X (formerly Twitter), writing, "Hey! Looks like someone on the editing team took my animation for this video without compensation or permission," under one of MrBeast posts.
Was MrBeast's '7 Days Stranded At Sea' video reinstated?
As of now, the '7 Days Stranded At Sea' video has been reinstated to YouTube and currently has over 125 million views and 1.9k comments. Presumably, Tsuriel Design was compensated for the animations used in the video and gave the go-ahead to the team.
However, many have wondered how a relatively small animation could have taken down one of the most viewed videos on the platform. In that matter, one should remember that exploiting one's assets without permission and remuneration is frowned upon in the YouTube community, and the platform takes it quite seriously.
If any video uses content from another creator, copyright may be claimed, which means the original creator will receive a portion of the revenue generated by that YouTuber.
In most cases, larger creators like MrBeast have the backing to contend such claims, and that might have been the case for the '7 Days Stranded At Sea' video.
