Comments on: YouTube Gets Tough on Copyright Infringement

By: roy

roy — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:54:20 +0000

From a business point of view, YouTube is nothing but a pain the ass, they destroy copy right laws and take well deserved money from hard working people. But from everyone elses point of view – it’s a God-send.

Like Sean says, it’s a pretty great resource for finding old clips, and an even better learning resource at that. (like those Maysles films that Jay posted about on the DocBlog)

What I wonder is do filmmakers or artists have to accept that idea that they’re going to be ripped off? I would think that Comedy Central and other artists could use YouTube as way for people to get interested in their shows.

By: Croft

Croft — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:19:35 +0000

Youtube is gonna go the way of Napster.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:42:54 +0000

I don’t care much about losing Comedy Central clips either but it will probably lead to a lot more.

The nostalgic stuff is great but YouTube is a pretty amazing resource when you think about it. Anytime I hear about something that was on the news, or some funny thing that happened on a talk show somewhere, all you do is go on YouTube and someone’s already uploaded it. Pretty amazing.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:50:12 +0000

YouTube is best for nostalgia. I was able to watch the final episode of Conan the Adventurer, thus completing a saga that began in my early childhood.

I wonder if those clips will be taken down as well. If they do it’s sad. I don’t really care much about Stephen Colbert clips.

I don’t think it’s totally out-of-place for the TV stations to want current content taken down though… I am willing to concede the newer stuff if I get to keep nostalgia clips and short films directed by people who go on to direct monsterbudget video game movies.