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The Exploitation of Projekt Melody: Blackmail, Extortion & Harassment

Rima Evenstar

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Explore the extraordinary journey of Projekt Melody, a former camgirl turned overnight internet sensation. Witness how she defied expectations, pushing the limits of what a 3D model could achieve, leaving many in awe and envy. Delve into the tension that unfolded between Melody and her creator, DigitrevX, as he pursued her after her newfound success. Uncover the intriguing details in this video.

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Chapters:
00:00 - 01:45 : intro
01:45 - 07:36 : Backlash
07:36 - 08:28 : Vshojo
08:28 - 10:54 : Innovations & Lewdtubers
10:54 - 18:31 : Projekt Melody's Struggles with DigitrevX
18:31 - 19:21 : Personal Input
19:21 - 20:24 : Controversy with Amouranth
20: 24 : Outro

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20 Comments

@rimaevenstar Creator 2 years ago Pinned

Last Video of the year! Happy Holidays everybody!! 🥳🥰

@Agemmata 2 years ago

Always odd that when someone discover a better, safer, and more efficient way to do something, people in in the industry reject it out of a fear of competition instead of adopting it.

@VME-Brad 2 years ago

It's less that she "joined" VShojo, and more that she was the driving force behind it's creation. It's been said that VShojo started as an idea after a conversation she had with Gunrun about the problems she had been having starting out. and all of the initial wave of VShojo have said that it was Melody who approached them to join.
To the point that Ironmouse was the first one asked, and the last one to accept.

@MICHAELTUMANGDAY 2 years ago

She started as an H-Type Vtuber but look at her now. Time sure flies fast.

@KainiusTheGreat 2 years ago

Mel is a prime example of what happens when you're an innovator in a field 85% filled with dumb people. "She doesn't put herself at risk!" That was a them problem and they were being jealous idiots for not thinking of it first (and regretting their decisions).

@DogsRSweet 2 years ago

I had always wanted to look back at Melody's history, but I'm glad I can be lazy and can just enjoy someone else's work

@rockdragon3 2 years ago

"you should partner with my company"
"oh, what does the partnership entail?"
"you pay me $45,000 a month, and i get 25% of your merch sales"
"and what do you offer?"
"what?"

bruh really thought he was slick trying to get her to sign a contract for a monthly fee thats more than some people make in a year.

@l3nsman 2 years ago

Here's the thing with DigitrevX: He is on record telling Project Melody on the chat logs that the 3D model he made for her would be completely hers, intellectual property and all. If the contract Project Melody ended up signing with him didn't actually cover IP rights then he is guilty of making her sign a fraudulent contract, because he made her agree to it under false pretenses.

My guess is that he originally never intended to claim IP rights because he thought Melody would be a one-off job, done and forgotten in a few months. But when he saw how big Melody had gotten, he wanted a piece of the pie.

It's sort of like the Witcher situation, where the author of the books signed away his rights for cheap thinking the games based on his books would never be as popular as they ended up being. But whereas Andrzej Sapkowski eventually reached out to the game's authors who amended his original agreement in good faith, DigitrevX simply went nuclear and attempted to force Melody to give him the money he believed he was owed when he failed to force Melody into joining his shitty company.

In any case, his career as a 3D modeller is now effectively over. Who would want to work with someone who reclaims work that he got paid for?

@SmashyPhone 2 years ago

I’ve watched Mel since the beginning. Watching her overcome the massive backlash she first received to where she is now is really somthing. She’ll always be one of my favorites if not my favorite.

@ventikoi 2 years ago

it's really ironic that camgirls are claiming that mel was taking viewers away from them when mel's target audience usually doesn't even want to interact with real life camgirls in the first place lmao

@justkev6277 2 years ago

I bet Melody is wiser now, but people SERIOUSLY need to get lawyers involved sooner when TENS OF THOUSANDS of dollars are involved. It's so frustrating hearing about bullshit like the modeler guy and other scams like what happened to Bao. So many people don't setup proper contracts, or take the appropriate legal actions when they do. At least ask for a consultation!

@Charles-A 2 years ago

What those people don't understand is that even if a virtual model attracts the eye initially, keeping an audience requires charisma, engagement, an authentic personality and creativity on what do to on stream, something melody has and they don't. Melody is simply that fun to watch and folks have fun interacting with her on stream.

e-girls/camgirls who are successful are precisely that because they have some of the same characteristics and can engage with their audience beyond showing themselves on a camera, and when that's not the case, it's because they're exceedingly attractive and are a magnet for simps,but that'd be only a 1% of all of them.

@AJLaz000 2 years ago (edited)

wait so Melody kept offering this Digitrev guy to pay him which he REFUSED everytime saying "it's no big deal" but he was actually thinking he'd be compensated "eventually"??? bruh what is this guy's damage??? SHE WANTS TO PAY YOU!!! WHY ARE YOU REFUSING??? AND WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO BE COMPENSATED THAT'S NOT ALL THOSE TIMES SHE WANTS TO COMPENSATE YOU????

@fuzziestoffrawgs 1 year ago

9:11 I have never turned my volume down so fast WHYYYY

@ellieechoes 2 years ago

Her modeler sounds really greedy. He really tried to exploit her Grey area contract with him. A normal person, who wasn't greedy, would've realized that hey we never really decided the copyright issue. But she paid the correct fee at the time. So I'll give it to her. He instead said, huh I can get way more money out of this. Also that music deal is very shady. He probably was set to have a huge payout when she signed. That's the only reason he would push for it so hard. Seeing how music isn't really her goal in content creation. Overall, objectively, this guy got greedy and got caught.

@otakubullfrog1665 2 years ago

I think that DigitrevX was being very short sighted by not realizing that maintaining a positive relationship with Melody as one of her original creators would do more for his career in the long term than getting greedy and shaking her down would even if he'd gotten her to pay him off. He ended up alienating himself from a community that otherwise would have been very interested in his future work.

@TheCammunist 2 years ago

DigitrevX really shot himself in the foot. Bro could've made bank working alongside Melody instead of trying to extort her.

@SakuraScout 2 years ago

Melody was one of VTubers who gotten me into this rabbit hole back in 2020. Her rapid popularity had gotten me curious enough to venture onto the camsite and I was hooked with her adorkable personality. So the hate she got from the other models never felt justified to me. I decided to be fair and see what these models were producing. And so many of these streams were just lifeless. Melody is a true performer and genuinely loves engaging with her audience. She's an actually entertaining adult streamer which is why people stuck around. Really the whole fuel behind the hate was jealously.

Anyway, nice video on Melody Rima! Looking forward what you produce in 2024.

@theultramage 2 years ago

Bonus fact, Coco mentioned and even featured her in an early Asacoco segment on 2/13 and 2/14 of 2020.

@joka5865 2 years ago

no joke, the very first time i randomly landed on CB was the exact time Melody had one of her first streams there. i clicked on it, intrigued at first because i havent heard of the concept of vtubers yet. i was fascinated by her tech, but also her dorky personality.

been following her ever since, and its quite funny when you compare her to other current "always down bad" acting vtubers. she seems so tame in comparison lol