Author's Note: As of Monday, January 26, Mr. Enter's YouTube account has been revived. With that, comments here are locked.
As many of you already know, cartoon reviewer The Mysterious Mr. Enter had his account terminated last night courtesy of multiple copyright violations from Viacom (the main corporation responsible for managing companies like Nickelodeon). He had one review taken down two days ago, and then YouTube vacuumed up his account, hitting five total videos with copyright strikes consecutively.
I posted my response on EQD's page detailing his account closure (with Silver Quill's and Dr. Wolf's videos informing others). My response is below, C&P's from EQD itself:
Quite honestly, I'm not surprised. Mr. Enter has had a really long and bitter history with Viacom since he started uploading YouTube videos a couple of years ago. And these battles weren't just reviewing the episodes. They sometimes got very vicious and bitter thanks to unabashed personal attacks on Modern Spongebob's (his One Coarse Meal and Pet Sitter Pat's reviews, along with his 11 Worst Episodes of 2013), FIM's (called Fullerton and Williams "dumbasses" in his Putting Your Hoof Down review, Ten Worst FIM Episodes [said "Fuck you" to Williams & Fullerton], mocked Fullerton in his Rainbow Falls review), and Teen Titans Go's staff (called the writers "assholes" in one of them after promising not to bash them again).* It's one thing to beat Fox (who didn't respond to the copyright appeal). It's a different can with Viacom, who feuded with Google for seven years until both companies settled out of court.
Is it possible he can get his account back? IMO, only if he's careful. Fair use isn't an end-all defense. Sure, criticism and parody fall under it, but only to an extent; look up the drama with the Nostalgia Critic's The Room review. As a result of Viacom's history with YouTube, Google could be more conservative, which is completely different from the likes of Dr. Wolf, because he was the victim of a phish. Fair use is a gray area, and its laws vary from country to country.
More importantly, the fact that Mr. Enter bashed writers in several of his reviews may not help his case; in fact, it could hurt him because his reviews were responsible for many of his fans ganging up on Casey Alexander a few months earlier. Saying the wrong words can cause a major stir in the form of mob mentality. So, yes, even though you can't control others' emotions, he's semi-responsible for keeping his fans honest at all times.
There are two good sources about fair use here and here.
*Saying you regret what you did and apologizing for it isn't enough when his past reviews were still up. If he wants to look truly honest, every one of his reviews that attacks staff should never be uploaded ever again, and he's got to publish a public apology for it.
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