technologyreview.com — YouTube and similar video-sharing services deal with these copyright violations after they occur: by taking down the material if they receive a complaint from the legitimate copyright holder. But given the sheer number of videos uploaded to the Internet every day, it's a losing battle.
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lain1kAug 22, 2006
Is anyone really watching pirated shows/movies on youTube and google? The quality is horrible. Most of what I watch is the best clips from The Daily show or other shows that I missed.
bobothnAug 22, 2006
@Travelsonic You obviously dont know how copyrights work. any content any one creates becomes copyrighted with full protection under the copyright law. the people who publish something under creative comons are still under the copyright law it is basicly just saying they wont sue you.
mchaseAug 22, 2006
I agree, after seeing that 25 minute clip I went out the next weekend with the sole intent of watching the movie in theatres. Unfortunately it had been pulled from the local cinema after only a week on the big screen so the whole thing was kind of pointless.. but it did work for Dawn Of The Dead when they showed the first 10 minutes uncensored on TV.
nomercygtpAug 22, 2006
They partially did, it is called spellcheck, but few use it. Grammar, well that is a whole other issue.
cbizAug 22, 2006
Xalorous - I guess I have been one since I used my 1st tape recorder (not a cassette) to record radio shows and other peoples albums. A Pirate once said, "Not all men seek rest and peace, some are born with the spirit of sharing music in their blood, restless bingers of copying and duplicating, knowing no other path."
emalyseAug 23, 2006
Sorry, Youtube is a place for video content that is not available legally, usually music related videos from yesteryear, interviews, rare stuff etc probably culled from an old VHS or Beta tape. If some of this material was available legally there might be an argument that says this is is out and out piracy. I understand if material is taken down but if it then just goes back into the vault and never sees the light of day again when there is clearly a demand to see this content on line. If such media was widely available on line via a legal source it would negate much of youtubes raison d'etre.
marioluigi123Aug 30, 2006
"Pirated video makes up about one-fifth of the moving-image content uploaded to video-sharing sites, according to Tom McInerney, founder and CEO of San Francisco-based Guba."Um...is that a guess? Cause if not, they must have measured it somehow and they should know where the stuff is. Heck, just search for like "History Channel" and you can easily find stuff.