Anime reaction YouTubers are at war with copyright enforcers

<figure> <img alt="A digital illustration depicting a thumbnail of a YouTube reaction video being placed in a garbage can. Next to the garbage can is a delete button from a mechanical keyboard." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/268740_Youtuber_account_deleted_CVirginia.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">On September 6th, YouTuber Nicholas Light posted a video to one of his channels that made it seem like all of his content was about to be removed from the platform. In the video - ominously titled "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdIr2nfOz5k&amp;t=121s">My Channel will be Deleted Today</a>" - Light alleges that he was on the receiving end of some of the "thousands upon thousands of false copyright strikes" recently initiated by a company called Remove Your Media. Light spends much of the 13-minute video accusing Remove Your Media CEO Eric Green of being a troll who systematically targets creators whose content mentions or features clips of popular anime series like <em>Bleach </em>and <em>One Piece.</em> </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It's not cl …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/993898/nicholaslighttv-remove-your-media-youtube-crunchyroll-viz-media">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>