This public service announcement is for vidders and everyone who appreciates the hard work that goes into creating vids.

Clip theft has been a problem for quite a while, but now we’re having to deal with full-out VID theft. Thankfully, I haven’t had to deal with it on a grand scale, but sadly, I know other vidders that have. With sites like YouTube, people are taking vids that they did not make and posting them as if they made them. Some people have stooped so low as to remove the vidder’s credits and INSERT THEIR OWN. This is just terribly unacceptable.

In an effort to come together and stand our ground, a new LJ community has just been formed. Please join VID OUR GROUND and help put an end to clip theft and vid theft.

Thanks!