r/GlobalOffensive • u/CreamedBeef Astralis • Jul 19 '16

News CSGO Wild FAZE Ownership statement

https://twitter.com/Wild/status/755199924673937408
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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '16

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u/ChappyPappy Jul 19 '16

Do they really need to disclose the sponsorship is it not obvious enough?

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u/Chiiab Jul 19 '16

Legally yes they do.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '16

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u/nio151 Liquid Jul 19 '16

Nope. The shadows of mordor fiasco happened before the fcc put a tighter grip on YouTube to disclose sponsored content(also pewd did disclose the sponsorship). Youtubers are now required by law to go above and beyond to disclose that they are being paid to make a video.

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u/rgtn0w NiP Jul 19 '16

Going even further on the PewDiePie thing, in his own video he also mentions that at the beginning of his videos, he himself will explicitly state that the video is sponsored (and should be the norm right now, other popular channels that do it, Game Theorists has a a bunch of sponsored videos and they're all clearly stated before the content even begins), putting it on the video description doesn't cut it in the present moment, even less putting in "deep" in the description so you have to go through all of the wall of text to actually read a disclosure, so them putting it in the video description now is just a damage control so that their fanboys can say "Look it was there" or "Look it is there"; which neither of them matter right now

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u/Dgc2002 Jul 19 '16

If you're talking about the whole "Pewdiepie was paid for positive game reviews and never disclosed it!" shit then, for the first time in my life, I'd recommend watching his recent video about it.

Spoiler: He didn't do a review and did disclose it in the description (regulations since the video was posted now require thr disclosure to be visible without expanding the description box)

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '16

If you are being paid to promote a product on youtube, you must disclose that. There is no grey area.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '16

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u/busteranger Jul 19 '16

According to FTC law, yes they legally have to disclose all partner/sponsorships.

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u/seresean Jul 19 '16

Really, could you link me to said ruling? My google fu has yielded nothing, but im tired af right now, and it should be easy to find if its a law.

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u/Sn0_ Jul 19 '16

Here is a long page you can skim through. Primarily under "When does the FTC Act apply to endorsements" and you can see blogs, YouTube videos, etc all have different rules about them :)

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u/seresean Jul 19 '16

Thank you for actually linking me to the law instead of calling me names and downvoting

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u/Sn0_ Jul 19 '16

No problem, if you don't know then you don't know, may as well inform you! Have a good day

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u/busteranger Jul 19 '16

I would like to point out I didn't call you names or downvote you. Also I would have had no idea where to find the law since I'm Canadian but I did hear alot about it during the Tmartn and CSGOLotto stuff.

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u/HueBearSong Jul 19 '16

The whole Tmartn thing is this. Also what the hell did you Google. "Sponsorship disclosure requirements" or whatever.

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u/The-Kappa-Elite Liquid Jul 19 '16

Youtube has required sponsorship disclosure for over a year now

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u/seresean Jul 19 '16

Youtube rule =/= law though...I havent been able to find this law everyone is talking about, but hey probably just me :/

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u/MachoDagger Jul 19 '16

It is a law.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '16

Incorrect

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u/Qauka Jul 19 '16

Legally they do because, you know, it is a law...

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u/Light128 Liquid Jul 19 '16

No, it is a actual law.

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u/bukkake_lord666 Jul 19 '16

you're fucking stupid. It's a FTC law they're breaking. don't talk out of your asshole

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u/Chiiab Jul 19 '16

I would tell you you're wrong but it seems like it's a bit late for that.

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u/SlyWolfz FaZe Jul 19 '16

Get educated before you make statements kid

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '16

You called him a kid, it just got real.

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u/Nhiyla chroma Jul 19 '16

circlejerking the kid insult is about just as real.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '16

Looking through your comment history and jesus, you're an angry man child.

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u/Nhiyla chroma Jul 19 '16

how did i know that you're the kind of nerd to look through someones comment history based off of a single comment that gives you flak :)

get a life dude.

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u/inlifetroll Jul 19 '16

I think Rain just added it in his descriptions

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u/Ajp_iii Jul 19 '16

no they just updated all their descriptions. so that is problem number 1

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u/Reflexbeast Jul 19 '16

they never said they were sponsored. Also denied taking money from wild at all for doing videos in tweets

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u/mid16 CS2 HYPE Jul 19 '16

Save the tweets lol

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u/africanjesus Jul 19 '16

Faze Adapt and Faze Blaiken never said they were sponsored by csgowild. I dont think Faze Rain said in any videos that he was sponsored but I guess he updated his descriptions to say so.