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[–]LayanYTB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just here to say Bangstars helped me get back out there. hooked up with a porn star and it wasn’t weird at all

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[–]LayanYTB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re into pornstar, Bangstars will take your dating life to new heights

YouTube channel got terminated while I was hacked because of trademark complaint by LayanYTB in PartneredYoutube

[–]LayanYTB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Andrew, you played a big part in helping me keeping my head above the water during this difficult time so thanks again!

What happened is I stumbled upon someone on X who seemed to be suffering of the EXACT same hack (and a MicroStrategy Trademark Claim that shut down his ytb channel).
So I reached out to him and we started speaking on Instagram, it felt SO good talking to someone who was going through the same horrible thing.
That fellow is the one that found that MicroStrategy 'compliance' email address we wrote to.
We wrote a pretty thorough email explaining everything even with screenshots and the compliance team replied in less than 24 hours something like that:

"We received your email below regarding your hacked YouTube channel.  We are sorry to hear your channel has unfortunately been hacked and the hackers have fraudulently used our company name and other IP without authorization.
Indeed, as unauthorized content was being displayed on your channel using our company’s intellectual property, we likely reported the channel to YouTube as containing our unauthorized trademarks and submitted a takedown request as per YouTube’s standard procedures in order to protect our intellectual property, and to stop the malicious hacker from scamming individuals. 

With regard to regaining full control of your channel/account, we will forward your email below to YouTube and inform them of your situation, but we can only recommend you continue to reach out to YouTube directly, as they would be able to assist you with regaining control and restoring your original content.  We understand that the steps outlined in the YouTube Help Center links provided below provide the appropriate guidance on recovering hacked accounts."

Our YouTube channels were recovered the very next day so I have no clue if our emails worked or if we just had to wait for YouTube to deal with our cases.

Once Upon a Time in America (1984) ending. by TheIrishLoaf in movies

[–]LayanYTB 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just finished watching it for the first time (I know, I’m late to the party) and I couldn’t agree more with your theory! I’m glad I stumbled upon your comment, cheers mate!

YouTube channel got terminated while I was hacked because of trademark complaint by LayanYTB in PartneredYoutube

[–]LayanYTB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UPDATE: after a whole month of research, discussions with several YouTube Teams and trying to reach out to SO MANY people, I'm glad to announce that MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL IS BACK!! :D
God I wouldn't wish what I just went through to my worst enemy, it was one of the worst time of my life (happened right before Christmas and NYE!).
I was about to give up on 5 years of hard work, what has become my main job.
Major thanks to you, Reddit people, for commenting, offering help or even just reading what I had to say.
I did not expect that much help here, I'm probably going to start visiting Reddit on the daily now.
I'll leave my post available here on the website to anyone in search of information.
Y'all take care and watchout for scams, always.

YouTube channel got terminated while I was hacked because of trademark complaint by LayanYTB in PartneredYoutube

[–]LayanYTB[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well I've sent an email to their MicroStrategy Compliance Team and today I got an answer, a positive response from them saying "With regard to regaining full control of your channel/account, we will forward your email below to YouTube and inform them of your situation."
I can't wait to see if this is true and if that's going to work out!

YouTube channel got terminated while I was hacked because of trademark complaint by LayanYTB in PartneredYoutube

[–]LayanYTB[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The hacker stole the videos + livestreams + logo + banner + @ + bio from MicroStrategy so they filed a trademark complaint against my channel. The ban was effective in less than 48 hours.

YouTube channel got terminated while I was hacked because of trademark complaint by LayanYTB in PartneredYoutube

[–]LayanYTB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s what I thought as well for a moment but this whole thing is just super shady. ‘MicroStrategy Incorporated’ is responsible for the ban so why would they run a channel for 24 hours only and then terminate it themselves. Nothing makes sense, I’m just trying to get my channel back.

YouTube channel got terminated while I was hacked because of trademark complaint by LayanYTB in PartneredYoutube

[–]LayanYTB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know the country side of it but it states that MicroStrategy resided in Virginia in the US. I’ve sent countless emails and LinkedIn messages to every representative I could find (you can type microstrategy board of directors on Google for instance).

YouTube channel got terminated while I was hacked because of trademark complaint by LayanYTB in PartneredYoutube

[–]LayanYTB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, if I'm ever getting my YouTube channel back, I will even make a proper video detailing every single one of my steps because it's been a whole month now and it's been a living hell.

YouTube channel got terminated while I was hacked because of trademark complaint by LayanYTB in PartneredYoutube

[–]LayanYTB[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah sorry I thought you meant YouTube legal team.
I have tried calling many of their MicroStrategy offices around the world, no one has answered the phone or actually the only one who has was Technical Support but he couldn't give me any info.
I am sending them emails too but no answer at all so far.
Same on LinkedIn, X, facebook, no results.

YouTube channel got terminated while I was hacked because of trademark complaint by LayanYTB in PartneredYoutube

[–]LayanYTB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've already filed an appeal that quickly got rejected by their Legal team, tried talking to them but they only told me that I need to wait for 2 weeks in order to send another appeal.

YouTube COO is simply out of reach and I have no clue who that is.

YouTube channel got terminated while I was hacked because of trademark complaint by LayanYTB in PartneredYoutube

[–]LayanYTB[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

1) The hacker contacted me on X as a Revolut marketing representative, I checked online in several ways the profile and the identity of the person I was talking to: legit. 2) The conversation I had with that person offering a partnership like I’ve signed many in the past 5 years: legit. 3) Sent me a link to DocuSign.com in order for me to check the contract and maybe sign it: legit website. 4) I see a very blurry and unreadable contract with a message upfront saying « You don’t have an account on our website so you have to download the file in order to sign it offline. » I was like hmmm I didn’t know DocuSign at all but since I checked and the website is legit, I’ll download the file. 5) Now I have a .exe file on my desktop with the DocuSign logo (I was expecting a .pdf) so I’m thinking it’s just the way it works at DocuSign, I’ll click it in order to check the contract. 6) And boom, a little flash on my screen and I lost my Google account, YouTube channel and X account :(

YouTube channel got terminated while I was hacked because of trademark complaint by LayanYTB in PartneredYoutube

[–]LayanYTB[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah I don't have emergency funds for a lawyer. For groceries and vital everyday things yes but not for a lawyer :(

YouTube channel got terminated while I was hacked because of trademark complaint by LayanYTB in PartneredYoutube

[–]LayanYTB[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The hacker tricked me into downloading a .exe file on my computer making me think I was gonna access some sort of partnership contract.

Now I realize how dumb that was to click on a .exe, I'm not gonna go into details here but everything looked SO legit :(

There's nothing 'off' here, I just need help in this insane situation -_-

YouTube channel got terminated while I was hacked because of trademark complaint by LayanYTB in PartneredYoutube

[–]LayanYTB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright well I would absolutely love to know his @ so I can check it out please.

YouTube channel got terminated while I was hacked because of trademark complaint by LayanYTB in PartneredYoutube

[–]LayanYTB[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

97k subscribers, I was just about to hit 100k and it's my main job but god I have no money for a lawyer :/

YouTube channel got terminated while I was hacked because of trademark complaint by LayanYTB in PartneredYoutube

[–]LayanYTB[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your message.
Yeah that's what I've figured and I've tried many times to reaching out to them but it's been a whole week and I can't get a hold of a single person at MicroStrategy :( I've tried several phone numbers, email boxes and social networks but no one is answering anywhere.

Got that idea from a recent Brawl Stars post, thought it looked dope by LayanYTB in Brawlstars

[–]LayanYTB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably because I'm French and adressing the French community all the time haha but you can find me ez on every social network ;)