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In November 2024, YouTube creator [https://www.youtube.com/@MendItMark Mend It Mark] uploaded a video in which he repaired a [https://audiodesign.co.uk/styled-23/styled-27/index.html MasterGroove SR Mk3] pre-amp made by Tom Evans Audio. In the video, he took the pre-amp apart and, to help diagnose the issue, he reverse engineered the device and created a schematic.<ref>https://archive.org/details/the-gbp-25-000-pre-amp-that-went-wrong-tom-evans-mastergroove-sr-mk-iii-rjbp-fsfzi-i</ref>He also made his viewers aware of the fact that the price of this pre-amp is £25,000 and that many of the electrical components in the pre-amp had the part numbers scraped off


After the video was published, Tom Evans Audio issued a copyright strike against the video which resulted in the video being taken down. Mend It Mark was not told what the copyright infringement was.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYpPNCzQCVQ</ref>
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In November 2024, YouTube creator [https://www.youtube.com/@MendItMark Mend It Mark] uploaded a video in which he repaired a [https://audiodesign.co.uk/styled-23/styled-27/index.html MasterGroove SR Mk3] pre-amp made by Tom Evans Audio. In the video, he took the pre-amp apart and to help diagnose the issue, he reverse engineered the device and created some schematic diagrams.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mend It Mark |date=13 Nov 2024 |title=The £ 25, 000 Pre Amp That Went Wrong Tom Evans Mastergroove SR Mk III [ RJbp FSFzi I] |url=https://archive.org/details/the-gbp-25-000-pre-amp-that-went-wrong-tom-evans-mastergroove-sr-mk-iii-rjbp-fsfzi-i |url-status=live |access-date=23 Mar 2025}}</ref> He also made his viewers aware of the fact that the price of this pre-amp is £25,000 (about 30,000 USD) and that many of the electrical components in the pre-amp had the part numbers scraped off.
 
===After upload===
 
After the video was published, Tom Evans Audio issued a copyright strike against the video which resulted in the video being taken down. Mend It Mark was not informed on what the copyright infringement was.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=11 Dec 2024 |title=Tom Evans Audio doubles down on a bad decision |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYpPNCzQCVQ |url-status=live |access-date=23 Mar 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> This decision was met with criticism from creators on YouTube since it questions whether or not showing a circuit design in a video could be considered copyright infringement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=9 Dec 2024 |title=Tom Evans audio proves that their $30,000 audio preamp is garbage by filing a bogus copyright claim |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJYIhLQJtTs |url-status=live |access-date=23 Mar 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93QlQN_1yUA</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Defpom's Electronics Repair |date=15 Dec 2024 |title=🔴 Mend It Mark's Frivolous Copyright Takedown - Pre-Amp da £25.000 - N.1312 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15AiQv-EiGM |url-status=live |access-date=23 Mar 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> In December 2024, Louis Rossmann re-uploaded Mend It Mark's original video to his channel with his own introduction.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hVe_spuJQI</ref> As of March 2025, the video is still up on his channel.
 
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In November 2024, YouTube creator Mend It Mark uploaded a video in which he repaired a MasterGroove SR Mk3 pre-amp made by Tom Evans Audio. In the video, he took the pre-amp apart and to help diagnose the issue, he reverse engineered the device and created some schematic diagrams.[1] He also made his viewers aware of the fact that the price of this pre-amp is £25,000 (about 30,000 USD) and that many of the electrical components in the pre-amp had the part numbers scraped off.

After upload[edit | edit source]

After the video was published, Tom Evans Audio issued a copyright strike against the video which resulted in the video being taken down. Mend It Mark was not informed on what the copyright infringement was.[2] This decision was met with criticism from creators on YouTube since it questions whether or not showing a circuit design in a video could be considered copyright infringement.[3][4][5] In December 2024, Louis Rossmann re-uploaded Mend It Mark's original video to his channel with his own introduction.[6] As of March 2025, the video is still up on his channel.

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  1. Mend It Mark (13 Nov 2024). "The £ 25, 000 Pre Amp That Went Wrong Tom Evans Mastergroove SR Mk III [ RJbp FSFzi I]". Retrieved 23 Mar 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Rossmann, Louis (11 Dec 2024). "Tom Evans Audio doubles down on a bad decision". YouTube. Retrieved 23 Mar 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Rossmann, Louis (9 Dec 2024). "Tom Evans audio proves that their $30,000 audio preamp is garbage by filing a bogus copyright claim". YouTube. Retrieved 23 Mar 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93QlQN_1yUA
  5. Defpom's Electronics Repair (15 Dec 2024). "🔴 Mend It Mark's Frivolous Copyright Takedown - Pre-Amp da £25.000 - N.1312". YouTube. Retrieved 23 Mar 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hVe_spuJQI