Vice stole stock footage from someone who sells stock footage. Uli Hamacher licences his footage to stock houses like Getty. While the clip Vice used is not on Getty it was in a compilation video called “Industry” and labeled consistent with the way stock footage is privately negotiated. Vice cropped out the watermark and contact info. I contacted the email watermarked on the video and within 24 hours Uli responded saying “chances are high that the Video was stolen”.

Vice used footage from itself (also cropping out their own logo):

There may be good journalists at Vice but, as I’ve written several times, the good work adds credibility to the more nefarious advertorial / sponsored content.

Silver lining? I guess this means you can use Vice’s films and music for internal use without permission.