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Yeah @jeffmcmullen, I found my work with logo intact on other platforms getting 700 views per day when mine sits in YT with 700 views in 7 months. He could have linked my video, but chose to copy, and upload; It's more work so I can't say he is lazy, but there is no way for me to get those views back :/
When I upload a cover band, I may get 23 different copyright holders making a claim to 90 seconds of it, but when my stuff is used, I have to be lucky enough to find it myself, or get an email from a friend saying, hey did you know.....
If you want to know how YT really works, give this website a gander: devumi (.) com. Everything is for sale; Subs and views by the thousands. Personally I'm more about the interaction with viewers, but even here the reality is that time is limited, voting power is limited to 10 a day ( or it kills yur bandwidth locking you out completely), so I can see why people use Bots and self upvote. As long as the whales are doing that, I won't feel bad about doing the same. Greetings!