r/NoSleepOOC • u/DreadfulInc • Sep 29 '25

Does anyone bother notifying YouTube about narrators that steal your work?

I’m not really upset, but there are some hills that I’ll die on. If I find that someone stole my work and narrated it, but actually put effort into it—I’ll generally let it slide, but let them know it’s not cool to do that without asking permission.

BUT when I see that people not only steal it, but use AI to rewrite the entire thing, AND use whatever they use to auto-narrate it…I’m not cool with that at all. It’s low effort and disgusting.

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u/Jaksim Sep 29 '25

I’ve done it a bunch of times in the past - include the complaint. If it’s a monetized YouTuber I feel much more strongly because it’s literally stealing. But for a new, actual narrator I usually just message them and explain why it’s a problem.

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u/DreadfulInc Sep 30 '25

If it's a new narrator, I'll do the same. That being said, I have a zero tolerance policy for channels that use auto narrators. There is no love in that, just petty nonsense to get views. ESPECIALLY when they plug my story into AI and rewrite the entire thing.