Itae*on Class ep13-14 watching party + ANNOUNCEMENT (Patreon)
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Hey guys, so I tried out recording myself watching the recent eps of I*aewon class and I have to tell you something. After watching and recording this from Netflix, I realized, as a content creator what I am doing right now isn't morally right (especially because I'm a content creator, I should respect copyright even more). The initial thought was, to try to add value and promote k-content by watching it together, but I realized in the process that I was adding very little value by simply watching it with you guys and could do a better job in rather making a seperate video about the series. Plus, I realized that there was no effect of promoting in a closed community such as our Patreon. These two factors which were the justification of copyright infringement(including the thought: 'people who are in our patreon already watch it with paid services anyways') became meaningless.
Thus I concluded to do the right thing and not do kdrama reactions/watching parties. Even if they are accessible for free on streaming sites like kissasia and all, I feel like its different from reacting to completely publicly open videos on YouTube. I am really sorry for the constant changes in perks and my words. I should've thought deeper about it from the start.
Anyways, for this time ONLY I will upload the content I have recorded
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1M8lJav3J5qxxVPp-UqoG-sPJDDMpGLHc
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1A7fGiH5NrorR2txJQe22tj9EZZOZLmCk
So what will I do?
1. The simplest solution is going back to exclusive kpop reactions which I will do, since it was planned bi-weekly anyways.
2. I will do watching parties time to time for old k-movies, that are way to old enough to be promoted, or that I think is significant for you guys to watch. Now I know this falls in the same category of copyright infringement, but since this a closed community and these movies aren't possibly going to be promoted further I think it might be ok. I've attended cinema classes where professors give us google drive links to old cinema movies or watch it with us together in class and discuss about it mid class. So I guess it's just an online version of that.
3. If you request a popular kdrama that is hot these days, I will create content related to it explaining some cultural backgrounds that appear in the drama. For example, while watching Itaewon Class this time, I noticed there was a lot to explain about the economy in Itaewon(Seoul in general), the small businesses forming alleys to survive with gentrification and moreover, Korean chaebul corporate culture. I will make a video about Itaewon Class within next week and release it soon :) I hope this will make up for it, for those of you have anticipated the kdrama content!
Thanks,
David