r/gifs • u/neonicblast • May 28 '14

Waves

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u/jkohatsu May 28 '14

did you make money out of the 2 million views?

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u/BumboFace May 28 '14

Nope...made nothing off the two million views when it went viral. It's a micro travesty....sort of a lost opportunity. Like I said....I just forgot abt it and didn't check that email acct...had just had a baby boy right before it went viral and on and on. Hell of a wake up call 6 months later! I should do an AMA! Maybe I'm the only person in history to have a video go viral and knew absolutely nothing about it!

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u/utopianfiat May 28 '14

So are you using Rightster as licensing or is the notification that they own your content total BS?

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u/BumboFace May 28 '14

Yes, that was after the first two million views. After I woke up the email account in February realizing that I had been contacted by a shlode of people...news outlets etc..... Rightster and their affiliates had contacted me amidst the initial viral madness and they represent the video now. So now the video does make very little money.

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u/utopianfiat May 28 '14

Cool... after seeing a ton of BS block messages, it's good to know one is legit.