u/RunawayTurtleTrain

Tl;dr: Hobbii stole a crocheter's own video of her Hobbii purchase and used it to run a paid ad. They didn't pay her, promised it would be removed (and agreed compensation for the ad already run)​, then reran the ad anyway. They still haven't paid her. This was posted on the 26th September by Chloescraftylife

Transcript​ of Instagram screenshots:

1. I woke up to Hobbii using my content in a paid ad, without my permission. Here's what happened.
2. I'm posting this to raise awareness of working with brands, both big and small in the crochet community. This post is not to throw shade, and Hobbii is aware I'm posting this publicly.
3. I filmed and posted the video to my profile on 25th Jan. It featured yarn and other crochet accessories I purchased with my own money. [Screenshot of posted video, 'teeny tiny Hobbii haul'.] I tagged Hobbii in the caption, but didn't invite them as a collaborator, or a paid partner.
4. I raised my concerns with Hobbii, who were very apologetic and after some back-and-forth, we agreed on the compensation, and I was informed the ads had been removed. [Screenshots of two snippets of e-mail, saying "Hey Chloe, First and foremost I am sorry for the misuse of your content, this one is on me. I have removed the piece of content of our advertising and will make sure it won't be used again."]
5. I sent my invoice with the full terms. [Screenshot of snippet from said terms. Two parts are highlighted: "The agreed usage rights commence upon receipt of full payment of this invoice" … "Hobbii may not materially alter the content, change the context," (end highlight).] After not hearing back for a few fays, I opened Instagram and the ad popped up. Right in my face.
6. [Screenshot of Instagram notification: A partnership ad featuring you and Hobbii is now running.] I noticed the caption "quality yarn at affordable prices". [Screenshot of ad post with caption circled.] Not only had I not been paid, they had re-run the ad, and were now putting words in my mouth. What if I didn't think it's quality yarn, for example?
7. I e-mailed my findings to them and proposed a new compensation figure, which reflected not only the stolen content, but their failure to honour my terms. [Screenshot of part of e-mail sent.] I received an incredibly patronising response, full of excuses (which looked like ChatGPT wrote it). [Screenshot of part of their response: "It's xxx either way".]
8. [Screenshot of further e-mail to Hobbii] I wish I could say this has been resolved in a professional manner, but instead I haven't heard back since 23/9/26 and no compensation has been received. Remember: know your worth, don't settle and stay strong!

(I chose the Yarn flair since that's Hobbii's main business, but please let me know if another one would have been more appropriate.)

For a while the release date was the 27th July and I was actually starting to look forward to being able to watch it properly, but when I checked yesterday, it had turned into "Sorry, this content is unavailable". Booooo.

(Taskmaster New Zealand remains resolutely "unavailable", of course, as it has for months already.)

Most of us have seen the video of the​ Taskmaster club in the hospital. Turns out, it's an official scheme developed in partnership with Taskmaster Education with tasks written by Alex and videos of him, just like the Taskmaster Club for schools and other educational settings! This at Frimley Park was a pilot and it can now be rolled out nationally.

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/news/frimley-health-childrens-wards-take-taskmaster

Facebook post with the same information but also some photos https://www.facebook.com/100064540458125/posts/1404296985064970/