1. Corey Vidal was born on December 7,1986 and is a Canadian YouTube content creator and entrepreneur.
13 Facts About Corey Vidal
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In December 2007, Corey was one of the first Canadians to join the YouTube Partnership Program.
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Corey Vidal began on YouTube in mid-2006 by posting hip hop dance videos inspired by American dance reality television show So You Think You Can Dance.
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In December 2008, Corey Vidal produced a 4-part a cappella Christmas e-card for California-based consulting firm Barbary Coast Consulting.
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Corey Vidal first gained national Canadian media attention in the summer of 2008 when he was announced as the host of the 888 YouTube Gathering that took place August 8,2008 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Corey Vidal hosted a one-hour show featuring many of YouTube's most popular "cewebrities", including KevJumba, HappySlip, Dave Days, Charles Trippy, Shay Carl, Philip DeFranco, and more.
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Corey Vidal launched a second, daily-vlogging YouTube channel on January 1,2011, called "ApprenticeEh", where he and the staff members of his company recorded and shared their lives every day.
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Corey Vidal attended the red carpet event in Los Angeles on January 7,2009.
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Corey Vidal is known on YouTube for his multiple Digital Millennium Copyright Act disputes between the content in his videos and copyrighted works owned by major studios and labels.
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Corey Vidal fought Warner with an official DMCA counter-claim, filed through YouTube's copyright system.
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Corey Vidal forwarded this video to YouTube's copyright department as well as Warner Music Group's legal team, and on May 9,2008, his video was restored in full, with no penalties held against his account.
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However, because Corey Vidal's claim had legally won in 2008, they were unable to remove his video.
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On February 24,2009, the original video returned after Corey Vidal fought Warner's claim, citing the video as being protected under fair use.