I Rise & You Fall

I’m removing all of my films from Yaoyo, and I want to say why instead of just disappearing quietly. A verified creator here, cyber_tune_creations — holding Yaoyo’s own “Founding Creator” badge — has been re-uploading other Higgsfield Global Film Festival entries as his own work, thanking commenters as if he made these films himself. Confirmed affected creators include “Voices in the Void: Hollow Heart” by man-aye/Cameron, work by Adil, and “The Last Ride” (originally by santanando, an official Higgsfield Pick) — the same account is repeating this pattern on at least two other platforms as well. Higgsfield has confirmed directly to me that festival rules leave 100% of copyright with the creator — no third-party site gets any rights from entering the festival. I built my catalog here in good faith, next to people whose work I genuinely admire. I’m not willing to keep it on a platform that’s handed its “Founding Creator” badge to someone doing this while the account stays up. I’d rather pull my own work and say clearly why than let this look like business as usual. — Amanda Fahrer, House of Di Lorenzo