Latest viral video causes reckoning for YouTube plaigarists

This story was originally published on Passionfruit.

In Harris Brewis’ latest viral video on his YouTube channel HBomberGuy, which was posted on Saturday night, the video essayist alleges there are a few large creators who have been openly plagiarizing the work of authors, journalists, and other YouTubers. The 4-hour epic video has accumulated over 3 million views, and in it, Brewis claims in detail that four channels have in some way plagiarized the content of others in their videos.

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