Darren Latham’s YouTube channel coming to an end

[Rik Lightstar]

Maybe you shouldn't have said it like moving a brush across a model is only for certain ubermensch and someone as nice as Duncan Rhodes is the economy class of painting?

 

You're just exaggerating for effect now.

 

There's clearly a difference between 6 videos totalling 3 hours on how to go about painting a single figure or the Warhammer Community videos where it's 10-30 minutes on how to paint a squad or army.

 

A huge number of hobbyists JUST want a tabletop standard army and that's what the Duncan videos have been all about, that's not something to get bent out of shape about but you seem to have some issue with the idea.

 

I said they have different target audiences, that's still a valid statement.

 

Rik

[Sgt.Sangha]

this really sucks because I know he was also taking requests and had other tutorials like painting ork skin and NMM as ideas to make videos on. 

[Bung]

Think about this, he is an employed artist so his employer have some influence over what he can do outside of work.

You can even be forced by contract not to use the stuff you learned up to a year after the employment ends or you / the new employer can be legaly fined.

There is alot of stuff you have to look for if you are an employed artist.

Being a freelancer is different.

You get paid for your work and thats it.

 

For example if GW employed you as an miniature designer and you learned stuff like 3d Dedign etc. you can ne forced by your contract not to dedign a miniature up to a year after you left GW.

 

Its a common practise in western countries.

[BLACK BLΠFLY]

That is criminal.

[MegaVolt87]

*Dons AL issue tin foil hat*

 

GW let him make such a channel to gauge community interest for advanced painting vids/ guides to issue their own officially in some capacity if interest is there. Would not be the first time an employee acts "independently" for a company to then follow suit later. 

[Kain Mor]

Non compete clauses may be common practice, but they’re also basically unenforceable. At least in US law, companies trying to force people into non competes after termination consistently get overruled. I don’t know how effective they are in the UK though.

[Master Commander Ajax]

*Dons AL issue tin foil hat*

 

GW let him make such a channel to gauge community interest for advanced painting vids/ guides to issue their own officially in some capacity if interest is there. Would not be the first time an employee acts "independently" for a company to then follow suit later.

 

(=][= DELETE THIS RIGHT NOW! =][=) Edited February 25, 2020 by Master Commander Ajax

[Pulse]

Non compete clauses may be common practice, but they’re also basically unenforceable. At least in US law, companies trying to force people into non competes after termination consistently get overruled. I don’t know how effective they are in the UK though.

 

The UK does sometimes enforce them, but not always, unless a court considers that the non-compete clause is to protect a “legitimate business interest” and is no wider than reasonably necessary.

Edited February 26, 2020 by Pulse

[BLACK BLΠFLY]

That just seems so hamfisted. ^^

[Bung]

Non compete clauses may be common practice, but they’re also basically unenforceable. At least in US law, companies trying to force people into non competes after termination consistently get overruled. I don’t know how effective they are in the UK though.

They are enforceble in the US. There had been a case where Volkswagen hhired a manager from another company to cget knowledge about the US market etc. They had to pay some millions after court for such a non compete clause.

 

They are rather common in different fields of work.

[Marshal Rohr]

Guys, it is never this dramatic when something like this happens. I can’t think of a single instance aside from the Mat Ward death threats and chapterhouse causing the Old World to blow up (which the community did, not corporate suits) where someone stops doing something or leaves and we find out later the conspiracy theories were true.

[Joe]

Strictly speaking, non-competition clauses are incredibly common in the industry. My previous director and a colleague discussed this at some length with a former Warlord Games employee, whose application had to be turned down due to a NCC being in effect there. And that was apparently modelled on a similar clause GW employs.

[Brother Casman]

Alright, let's put a pin in the speculation about why this is happening, and just enjoy Daz's offerings while we still have them, eh?

[BLACK BLΠFLY]

He just release part seven today for the Nurgle model.

[Master Commander Ajax]

He just release part seven today for the Nurgle model.

There’s going to be a part 8 and 9 as well. He’s said that those are going to be the last videos.

[BitsHammer]

Part 8 is now out.

[Kastor Krieg]

Yeah, I totally backed up all of his vids I've found useful. Destroying intellectual property by making it inaccessible, especially when for "legal" / "copyright" reasons, is disgusting and criminal. 

This is the way we've lost most of the blues history, because corp execs stashed the originals in a single building, left them to literally rot, did not allow anyone to digitize them and preserve them in fear of them leaking out and losing potential money.

And then that huge warehouse fire happened, destroying 90% of the collection. We won't ever hear that music again. 

Edited February 27, 2020 by Reclusiarch Krieg

[Kastor Krieg]

And part 9 has just been released.

[The_Chaplain]

How are you all backing up videos? Is there some feature on Youtube I'm not aware of?

[Panzer]

How are you all backing up videos? Is there some feature on Youtube I'm not aware of?

 

3rd party software, websites, etc.

[BitsHammer]

One last video before he goes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1gV2g8jGWY

[Master Commander Ajax]

Glad to hear he’ll still be on Instagram.

[BitsHammer]

I'm not going to take credit for the idea, but there is a push to help get him to 100k subscribers so he can get a silver Youtube button as a sort of "going away" present. 16 days and counting to get him up there.

[Axineton]

I downloaded all his relevant videos over the weekend in as high def as I could get them which was 1080p and I’ll download this one too for personal use and to improve my painting skills. 

[Ultionis Lupus]

Hopefully GW will see what a huge success a channel like this can be. There's no reason for them not to produce their own after seeing what Darren has achieved. Fingers crossed