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Thread: Youtube finally given in?
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09-20-2007, 08:33 PM #1Web Hosting Guru
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Youtube finally given in?
When Google bought Youtube they put money aside to battle obvious legal issues such as copyright claims. This was a big thing, a lot of people thought Youtube would just fall to peices with media being constantly removed.
Just now while I was watching a video on Youtube, I got this message.
This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Sony BMG
The funny thing is the video still plays.. strange...
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09-20-2007, 08:36 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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It's not new. Youtube has been dong that for some time. If a copyright holder files a complaint with Youtube they will remove the video - as they should.
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09-20-2007, 10:28 PM #3Retired Moderator
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Youtube never condoned illegal distribution of copyrighted materials. They can't scan the millions of videos they collect one at a time, so they rely on copyright holders to police their contents. I imagine they're still on somewhat shaky ground for facilitating it in the first place (I don't know what the Youtube policy is against people who upload copyrighted materials - they're probably covered though). But enough of Youtube contains videos by the creators or people who have the right to post them that it's not going anywhere anytime soon.
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09-21-2007, 04:06 AM #4Newbie
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Yea lots of top gear videos have that when you click on the link.
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09-21-2007, 04:25 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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These content providers have plenty to fear with youtube too, given that youtube will probably overtake TV in the next 5 years. It's already taking eyeballs off the TV in the younger markets, and this is a real worry to the TV execs.
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09-21-2007, 04:29 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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09-21-2007, 04:39 AM #7DigitalPunchCardMaker
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Yep! You're right about that.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6411017.stm
There is a "Flag" button in YouTube, which you can report the content as inappropriate(Illegal, Graphic, Porn, Copyrigted etc.). I am guessing that if they receive a certain amount of reports for same video, they "suspend" the video automaticly, until some human verifies the content.
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09-21-2007, 04:46 AM #8Mac User
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I like the entire whole episodes of Top Gear on youtube. It just doesn't make sense having excerpts.
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