PewDiePie can\u2019t believe Markiplier \u201cripped off\u201d his YouTube show billboard YouTube: PewDiePie, MarkiplierYouTube star and self-professed \u2018most famous man in Sweden\u2019 PewDiePie just posted a video focusing on striking similarities between one of his own billboards and that of fellow content creator Markiplier\u2019s. Often looked up to as one of the longest-standing YouTube gaming channels, Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg has a long history of influence in the world of social media. Showing that the influence he has can be seen far and wide, his second video posted after a long-discussed move to Japan showed a real-world example of how imitation truly is the greatest form of flattery. In the video, titled \u2018Can\u2019t believe Markiplier did this to me,\u2018 Felix shows an image of a billboard of his YouTube Red show \u2018Scare PewDiePie\u2019 next to an image of the Mark \u2018Markiplier\u2019 Fischbach show \u2018In Space with Markiplier\u2019.\u2019 The resemblance is immediately noticeable. Looking at the two images next to each other, Felix\u2019s first response is: \u201cThey straight-up ripped it off?\u201d Before continuing in a more light-hearted fashion. Markiplier\u2019s billboard sees the creator using Felix\u2019s exact image except with Mark\u2019s face photoshopped onto the body in the image. Part of a long-running standard of Markiplier co-opting and providing homage to other creators in his advertising material. As \u2018In Space with Markiplier\u2019 focuses on a multiverse narrative through-line, and both series are owned by YouTube through its funding program, it\u2019s unlikely that this was an unknown rip-off. More than two years after the (now debunked) adult proposition between Markiplier and PewDiePie it\u2019s a boon to see that the creators are able to reference each other\u2019s work in this fashion. Comments within the Reddit post discussing the similarities were quick to point out the lack of ill-will in Markipliers actions, pointing out: \u201cIt\u2019s too painfully obvious to be anything else unless someone is trying to be sued.\u201d Despite PewDiePie\u2019s statement that \u201cI\u2019ll have to check that out,\u201d there\u2019s no indication there\u2019ll be any major repercussions from the image usage by Markiplier. Should that change we\u2019ll be sure to keep you updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PewDiePie can\u2019t believe Markiplier \u201cripped off\u201d his YouTube show billboard YouTube: PewDiePie, MarkiplierYouTube star and self-professed \u2018most famous man in Sweden\u2019 PewDiePie just posted a video focusing on striking similarities between one of his own billboards and that of fellow content creator Markiplier\u2019s. Often looked up to as one of the longest-standing YouTube gaming channels, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}