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They (specifically "William" of Routenote) decided that since I wasn't going to comply with his abuse of Routenote's posted terms of service that they decided that this Terms of Service permits them to basically remove all of my properties from major distribution platforms that have already accepted my content out of PERSONAL SPITE for calling them out when I suggested that it was predatory for them to vaguely construe their Terms of Service to literally fit any generic argument they have to abuse the customer and run off with their money. They have a "cash out" incentive for when an artist makes increments of $50 at a time. They paused my account in July at 48.04 USD, and when I asked them to update the metrics so I could receive my $50 payout, they only updated their metrics to August, capped me at just over $49 USD and then claimed that they were going to pull all of my content from distribution just for standing up against my abuser. I have since reached out to "[email protected]" in response to "[email protected]"'s abuse and have yet to hear back from them. For further context, they were rejecting my media due to content policies (they werent submitting to promised companies like Youtube and META claiming my work fell under their AI rule, which I read; shared with both Content ID ie: Youtube, and Meta support teams both; which after they had read my article endorsed by pickax.com's news team about my methodology for using AI systems; Meta and Content ID both agreed that my use of AI does not disqualify my work from their systems, as it traditionally had never been rejected by their systems prior to this incident. They claim consistently that its a terms of conditions issue, but I stand to argue that if terms of conditions aren't set in stone and can be changed at any time, then they offer no consistent value that can be used defensively in any kind of credible discussion. Detailed screenshots attached.

Dollars Lost

$49

Targeted Person's Location

OH, USA- 43557

Scammer Information
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Unknown Location

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routenote.com

Scam Type

Other

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Business name

Route Note Routenote

Date Reported

October 15, 2025

Scam ID

1081396


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