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Canadian former YouTuber; video essayist. Creators On Record tracks the sourced public record around the channel.
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James Somerton
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31Editorial rating
THE TIMELINE / DATED RECORD
What happened, and when?
4documented events
Each marker is a dated, sourced event on a single timeline. The line stays flat because it is a spine, not a score: it rises and falls only where audience reaction has been separately researched. That research does not exist for this creator yet. The earlier system did infer a curve from event wording, which read subject matter as conduct, so it was withdrawn rather than patched. A flat line here means we have not published a measurement, not that nothing happened.
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THE RECEIPTS
4Documented events
04DEC 2023 · Dispute
A detailed plagiarism investigation documents extensive unattributed work
A detailed plagiarism investigation documents extensive unattributed work.
Open source ↗03DEC 2023 · Dispute
At least 26 videos are identified in the plagiarism record
Subsequent checking documented repeated unattributed use across Somerton's catalogue.
Open source ↗02DEC 2023 · Correction
Removes his videos and Patreon after the plagiarism findings
Removes his videos and Patreon after the plagiarism findings.
Open source ↗012017 · Recognition
James Somerton publishes a collaborative VHS video essay
The early collaboration with Shannon Strucci received positive coverage from TenEighty Magazine.
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