YouTubers are starting to report that some of their Sims 4 videos are getting copyright claims from a user named “Jarrh3jmi”, which forces them to give their revenue to this user.
YouTuber Fritosaurio talked about this on Twitter, saying that his video got demonetized and received a copyright claim by this user even though he followed all the rules.
After further investigation, he found out that the reason why he got a copyright claim was because he used the following song “made” by Jarrh3jmi:
Sounds familiar? That’s because it is – it’s a stolen soundtrack from Illan Eshkeri who composed this music for The Sims 4 Vampires Game Pack!
However, this situation doesn’t stop just here – this person also put “his work” for pre-order on iTunes which should be out next month. We’re 99% sure that the rest of this EP is stolen work from The Sims 4.
I wouldn’t be paying so much attention to this if YouTubers weren’t affected by this. So far 2 simmers have reported that their content received a copyright claim because of this stolen song which rightfully belongs to Electronic Arts.
Hi @SimGuruGraham I just wanted to let u know that someone stole Ilan Eshkeri’s Vampires GP Music and they’re selling the song as their own: pic.twitter.com/s7SfJkiAbf
— Calabazaurio 🎃 (@Fritosaurio) October 14, 2017
I had a copyright claim against one of my YouTube videos because of this today! 😤
— ☠️💀SkeletalSam 💀☠️ (@hey_harrie) October 14, 2017
Got a copyright claim by someone who steals music from @TheSims !!! Also other simtubers have the same problem. pic.twitter.com/z9fk3fktFt
— Frightful Fry👻 (@Simproved) October 14, 2017
We contacted EA about this issue and will make sure to update this post as new info surface about this situation.
Does this kid know he could be sued it’s a serious issue. Its better to make your own to learn then steal.
Why is this guy doing this. He is probably get sued.
He needs to be sued and banned. He knew exactly what he was doing and likely will do it again in the future with other people’s hard work. A talentless jerk cashing in on what’s not his. I dispise people like that.
Just when you think you’ve seen it all…
I also got this but for the song ‘wild’ instead, I looked for the people claiming they had a YouTube but I also looked for just the song nothing with this ‘Jarrh3jmi’ character so me and my partner said they probably haven’t done the song they are claiming for. I put in a dispute with YouTube told them I always use songs from The Sims 4 game and that i have permission from EA to use all content and sounds from the game, next day got an email that I won yay me!!
Oh, that’s awful! A thief accuses innocent people of theft! What an abject liar! Btw, I really LOVE this music in the game!
Now the jerk has disabled comment section and ratings, what a fool.
I love the smell of fresh lawsuit in the morning.
We contacted EA
Why no contacted Youtube?
Also VEVO is involved on it
“This video has been removed for violating YouTube’s policy on spam, deceptive practices, and scams.”
Not sure if thats a good thing, but things are happening it seems…