Thanks to Saint Patrick for the reply. The quotes below are from throughout this thread (not only from Saint Patrick's post).
"There's really nothing that we can do about it. Those ads aren't running directly on RYM, they are part of a network that run on hundreds of sites, and Google manages that."
"I would say, as a web designer, I completely agree with what RYM is saying. They can remove the spot for displaying ads (hence, removing ANY form of infringement) but at the same time removing what could be a good money generator (depends on how popular the site is)."
"It's NOT RYM's fault what ads show up on their site because all they have control over is the on or off switch, essentially. It's pretty much a way for them to get some ad revenue for no work at all and I understand calling that lazy, but ANY site that has Google Ads will show pretty much the same stuff and calling each site and telling them about what ads YOU see just makes YOU look silly as they have no control over it and probably aren't seeing the same thing."
RYM was the first website where I saw the League of Angels ads using DOA video (And YouTube was the only other website where I saw the ads.). I have been an RYM member for at least 7 (but probably closer to 10) years, and I have donated/subscribed to RYM. I had always thought Sharifi (owner, programmer, system administrator, and site administrator) and the people working (mostly voluntarily) with him at RYM were good people. And RYM had recently devoted a section of the website to video games. So, I notified RYM immediately, thinking they would be as bothered by the ads as I was. And I told them I had screenshots and videos of the ads running on RYM which I would send to them if I was given an e-mail address (which would accept the attachments). I received a reply from Sharifi within 24 hours which stated there was nothing they could do about the ads. He did not ask to see the screenshots nor the videos of the ads running on RYM.
Per the screenshots below, Google AdSense purportedly provides RYM with "Flexible ad controls" which allow "choosing how ads are displayed on your site. You can block those you don't want to appear" by blocking the advertisers' URLs (I told RYM the URL -
http://angel.gtarcade.com - which I was taken to when I clicked on the League of Angels ads using DOA video.). I am still not convinced RYM is not lazy nor apathetic.
"I hope this doesn't offend you, but if you're going to get angry, get angry at Google for not being a gamer. If they are half a gamer as everyone else, they would instantly recognized one or two characters (even if they hate DOA) and raise a flag on these ads. Perhaps, they don't have time or the team to monitor these ads."
"I am also usually in favor of blaming Google for everything. It's actually a fun pass-time of mine. Unfortunately, this is also not their fault. Expecting someone to be able to monitor as many ads as they do, EVEN with 46k workers, is asking too much. There's maybe 2% of those workers that actually work in that department being expected to vet millions of people's ads on a daily basis. They're probably mostly making sure the ads meet certain decency standards and placing it into an appropriate category. That's hard work, man."
Per the screenshot below, Google AdSense's ads are purportedly "reviewed by real people and clever machines. The review process takes into account a variety of factors, including the quality of the ad and target audiences." Google could not add checking AdSense's ads for possible copyright infringement to the "review process" which already "takes into account a variety of factors"? They check every video uploaded to YouTube (although probably only using "clever machines"/Content ID and not also using "real people") for possible copyright infringement, and that is a lot of videos.
And it appears Google AdChoices' ads (marked by the
icon) allow anyone to report ads which they think commit copyright infringement while Google AdSense's ads (such as the League of Angels ads using DOA video which I saw) allow only copyright holders to report ads which they think commit copyright infringement. If Google AdSense's ads also allowed anyone to report ads which they think commit copyright infringement, millions (if not billions) of people could be checking AdSense's ads for possible copyright infringement at no cost to Google. I am still not convinced Google does not have the resources nor the capabilities to check AdSense's ads for possible copyright infringement.
This is the last time I will post regarding Google's/YouTube's and RYM's involvement. I blame the people behind League of Angels the most, Google/YouTube a little less, and RYM a lot less. Yes, it could be argued that Google/YouTube and RYM initially unintentionally profited from the League of Angels ads using DOA video and that they initially unintentionally harmed Team NINJA by running those ads. However, if they either chose to continue running those ads or chose to do nothing to stop those ads from running after being told about the copyright infringement in them, it could also be argued that Google/YouTube and RYM were then intentionally profiting from the League of Angels ads using DOA video and that they were then intentionally harming Team NINJA by running those ads.
It might be a moot point now, because the League of Angels ads using DOA video are not appearing on RYM nor on YouTube anymore (at least, not for me), although other League of Angels ads are still appearing on RYM and on YouTube. So, Team NINJA might have stopped the people behind League of Angels from using DOA video in their ads. Or RYM and/or Google/YouTube themselves might have stopped the League of Angels ads using DOA video from running without Team NINJA's encouragement. If so, kudos to them. Also, I have no objection to RYM and/or Google/YouTube running other League of Angels ads, of course.
I promise I will post to this thread in the future only to report further copyright infringement and to thank others who report it. Otherwise, I will be silent.