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ANI’s niche business of extracting money from Indian YouTubers

The Reporters’ Collective's latest investigation uncovered Asian News International’s new business model. It involved unleashing 'death row' strikes against Indian YouTubers to extract penalties ranging from Rs 15-40 lakh per year.

Your favourite YouTubers had to beg borrow and steal to pay off India’s largest newswire ANI.

YouTubers call this extortion, ANI thinks otherwise.

Part 1: ANI Finds Business Niche In Copyright Claims Against YouTubers

https://www.reporters-collective.in/trc/ani-finds-business-niche-in-copyright-claims-against-youtubers

Part 2: YouTube Says it Doesn’t Judge Claims of Copyright Violation. We Found it Does

https://www.reporters-collective.in/trc/youtube-says-it-doesnt-judge-copyright-violation-we-found-it-does

Part 3: ANI Shares with Court: It Has Taken up to Rs 45 Lakh from YouTubers

https://www.reporters-collective.in/trc/ani-shares-with-court-taken-up-to-45-lakh-from-youtubers

Video Credits

Reporter: Ayushi Kar

Story Editor: Nitin Sethi

Video Editor: Manas Gurung

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