Double or Nothing GIFs getting taken down

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

Oops.

Last night it was noted by a number of people that notable GIF makers were having their posts removed due to copyright complaints filings. TDE_Wrestling and others had posts featuring Double Or Nothing GIFs removed, leading to speculation as to who was behind it.

Fans looking for the posts were met with the following message, with some jumping to conclusions thinking All Elite Wrestling was behind it:

This Tweet from ‘user‘ has been withheld in response to a report from the copyright holder.

The Young Bucks’ Matt Jackson says they are looking into things, and also noted that he shared TDE’s posts himself, so it didn’t come from him. As some have pointed out, this might be a case of Turner Sports or B/R Live flagging the posts, as they hold broadcast rights to the event; Wrestlezone has reached out for comment on the matter and will update when available.

Last item at this link;
www.mandatory.com/wrestlezone/news/1097011-bray-wyatt-forgives-matt-jackson-double-or-nothing-gif/amp

[Hypnosis]

[Dub H]

I didnt even know GIFs could copyright strikes.

[Spider2024]

"It's McMahon himself calling for the flaggings. Bro, seriously."

[Hypnosis]

May 29, 2019 15:36:45 GMT -5 Dub H said:

I didnt even know GIFs could copyright strikes.

I know this happened with some Twitter accounts posting WWE and NJPW gifs a while back (TDE and that Burning Lariatooo guy, I think), so this unfortunately isn't the first time.

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

May 29, 2019 15:21:55 GMT -5 Hypnosis said:

as the self proclaimed King of GIF Style (and an unabashed Elite/AEW mark) yes...this was my reaction too.

BUT it looks like Matt's on the case...so, hopefully this won't be an issue moving forward.

[Deleted]

Guessing it's a BR thing. I'm sure the AEW guys know you can't take GIFs away from wrestling fans!

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

Yeah, you not gonna win against the Twitter gif-makers.

Even people within the industry regularly share this stuff as a way to promote their work. How many people even first noticed the folks associated with AEW because of gifs they saw on twitter? More than I think folks like to admit.

It does more good than harm and whoever's taking this stuff down better get with the times soon if they don't want folks to turn on them.

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

May 29, 2019 16:57:20 GMT -5 Magic knows Black Lives Matter said:

Yeah, you not gonna win against the Twitter gif-makers.

Even people within the industry regularly share this stuff as a way to promote their work. How many people even first noticed the folks associated with AEW because of gifs they saw on twitter? More than I think folks like to admit.

It does more good than harm and whoever's taking this stuff down better get with the times soon if they don't want folks to turn on them.

If it’s BR or TNT they’re following the NFL model on this shit. Which is stupid.

The NBA, conversely, has this shit figured out.

I have every confidence that the Bucks and Cody will get this sorted out.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Good guy Matt Jackson comes through again.

[HMARK Center]

May 29, 2019 22:06:41 GMT -5 Oh Cry Me a Screwball said:

Good guy Matt Jackson comes through again.

</Matt sees a GIF being deleted>

"WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?!"

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

Man, I can't stand the Bucks as wrestlers, but they seem like stand-up dudes and no mistake.

[Bang Bang Bart]

May 30, 2019 6:03:16 GMT -5 HMARK Center said:

May 29, 2019 22:06:41 GMT -5 Oh Cry Me a Screwball said:

Good guy Matt Jackson comes through again.

</Matt sees a GIF being deleted>

"WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?!"

“You get back here, GIF, or I’m gonna superkick you so hard that you become a still image!”

[Deleted]

The corporate side just doesn't understand how big Gifs are to the PR of a company nowadays. Especially with wrestlers. Someone like Marko Stunt got a huge boost in notoriety due to folks sharing Gifs of him on Twitter. So it's just a case of old school practices not adapting to new school culture.

[Joe Neglia]

Fun Fact: When WWE came after us years ago about the embedding of online videos that weren't from their official channel, it was heavily threatened that we couldn't have GIFs of their stuff on here either. That part we sort of ignored.

[toodarkmark]

Makes me think of record companies who have their artist's videos removed from Youtube. Like brah, don't you know how these things work now?

[thirteen3]

That's not good. ROH taking down music MV's from youtube back in the day really affected their growth negatively back in the day.

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

May 30, 2019 11:06:12 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

Fun Fact: When WWE came after us years ago about the embedding of online videos that weren't from their official channel, it was heavily threatened that we couldn't have GIFs of their stuff on here either. That part we sort of ignored.

that would kill/would have killed my whole gimmick faster than the Lord Tensai gimmick....

[HMARK Center]

May 30, 2019 10:29:35 GMT -5 @ricrocket said:

The corporate side just doesn't understand how big Gifs are to the PR of a company nowadays. Especially with wrestlers. Someone like Marko Stunt got a huge boost in notoriety due to folks sharing Gifs of him on Twitter. So it's just a case of old school practices not adapting to new school culture.

Yep, it's back-asswards thinking. It's like how NJPW's corporate daddies got guys like Showbuckle and RealNeatPuro's videos down off YouTube or forced them to either go to Vimeo or convert to still images in their video essays...like, dude, Kevin Kelly was just on NJPW World telling people to watch those videos because it gets people deeper into your product and makes them want to watch more, thus making them more likely to pay you money for your product! Don't look a gift horse in the mouth!

Unfortunately, a lot of Japanese companies are still well behind on stuff like this when it comes to new media (see: Nintendo's formerly draconian policies toward YouTubers that they've thankfully walked back), and clearly many western media companies don't get it yet, either.

[Dub H]

May 30, 2019 11:06:12 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

Fun Fact: When WWE came after us years ago about the embedding of online videos that weren't from their official channel, it was heavily threatened that we couldn't have GIFs of their stuff on here either. That part we sort of ignored.