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Re:I exploited existing YouTube videos with a fake Patreon p... by Hnrobert42 on Sunday February 14, 2021 @09:19PM (#26138336)
How was this fraud? He simply created a Patreon account. Yes, it happened to be used by someone else previously, but how is that his fault?
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Re:I exploited existing YouTube videos with a fake Patreon p... by PragmaticPulp on Sunday February 14, 2021 @10:02PM (#26138588)
> Yes, it happened to be used by someone else previously, but how is that his fault?

Fraud is deception with the intent of personal gain.

He wrote and published an entire blog article entitled "How I exploited existing youtube videos with a fake Patreon profile" in which he describes how he registered a Patreon account with the expectation of deceiving users into sending him money.

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Re:I exploited existing YouTube videos with a fake Patreon p... by bestnameever on Sunday February 14, 2021 @09:35PM (#26138438)
Didn't he also use images from the youtube channel to make the patreon account look like it belonged to the youtube user?
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Re:I exploited existing YouTube videos with a fake Patreon p... by Dylan16807 on Sunday February 14, 2021 @09:20PM (#26138346)
Why are you asking me?
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